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Magu alleges ‘politics in the indices’ led to Nigeria’s poor TI ranking
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday dismissed Transparency International’s ranking of Nigeria in its latest Corruption Perception Index, alleging interference of politics.
Speaking to journalists at the Commission’s new headquarters, Magu said while he was worried by the ranking, he remained undeterred in his anti-corruption fight.
“We will continue to fight corruption, it (ranking)) doesn’t matter,” Magu said.
“There’s a lot of politics in this indices, I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it’s right.”
Magu said as far as anti-corruption rating is concerned, Nigeria has done “very well.”
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“You are in this country, would you honestly say the situation is the same 12 years back?
“So I don’t believe in this Transparency index, but we are doing everything possible to improve on our rating next year.”
The latest Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International earlier this year ranked Nigeria 148th out of 180 countries, showing a worse perception of corruption in public administration in Nigeria compared to 2016 when Nigeria ranked 136th.
The presidency had disagreed with the report, describing the ranking as “fiction.”
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