Nigeria Drops To 146 in 2019 Global Corruption Ranking
UMORU ABDULKADIR
Despite efforts by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to reduce the level of corruption in the country, the latest Annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) shows that the country instead of improving slipped to 146th position from her 144th position of the preceding year out of 180 countries.
The country scored 26 points out of a total of 100 points from the 27 points it recorded in 2018 and 2017 respectively, an indication that corruption situation in the country worsen-off than it was the previous two years.
This is despite the milestone achievements by the present administration in convicting highly corrupt individuals of high networks, especially politicians.
Similarly, of the 19 countries in the West African region, Nigeria was ranked the fourth most corrupt country in the region better only than Cameroon occupying 153 positions, Chad (162) and Equatorial Guinea at 173 positions out of 180 countries.
According to the report, the least countries in the West Africa sub-region were Cape Verde occupying 41 positions, followed by Senegal who occupies 56th position while the Benin Republic and Ghana followed at 80th position.
On the other hand, New Zealand and Denmark each scored 87 points to occupy the first spot as the least corrupt countries in the world, while the United States of America and France scored 69 points each, thus occupying 23rd position according to the CPI report.
While Western Europe was the highest-scoring region, Sub-Saharan Africa region was classified as the lowest-performing region.
Commenting on the 2019 TI’s Corruption Perception Index ranking, the Chairman of the body (TI), Delia Ferreira Rubio said; “Governments must urgently address the corrupting role of big money in political party financing and the undue influence it exerts on our political systems.”
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