The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, (CISLAC), has expressed regret the high level of corruption, as captured in the 2022 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released globally by Transparency International, where Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points.
The Executive Director of CISLAC and the Head of Transparency International in Nigeria, Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani, stated this Thursday, while presenting the Nigeria’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)-16 2022 Shadow Report, at the Salvation Army Auditorium, International Justice Commission, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA.
Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, who was present at the event received the report.
Rafsanjani, who said the report is the 6th edition in the series of annual shadow reports which measure Nigeria’s progress on SDG 16 specifically targeting 16.4, dealing with anti-money laundering; 16.5, which looks at beneficial ownership, and 16.10 which looks at access to information. While urging institutional independence, CISLAC emphasised the importance of upholding the Constitution of Nigeria’s principle of separation of powers.
Rafsanjani further said CISLAC is readily available to help the Federal Government attainment of the SDGs. According to him, it will be difficult to achieve the SDGs if there is no way to overcome the problems that have been recognised.
In order to ensure the safety of the lives and liberties of Nigerians as well as to lessen corruption inside the government, he expressed the hope that the report’s recommendations would be implemented by the proper authorities.
In his goodwill message, Samuel Kananda, of Transparency International Berlin, Germany, noted that this year’s report comes halfway to the target year for the achievement of all SDGs 2030.
