Transparency Int’l rates anti corruption war in Nigeria ineffective

In spite of claims by the Nigerian government of winning its war against corruption, the Transparency International (TI), a global watch dog, has said that Nigeria still retains its position as the 26th most corrupt country in the world.

In its 2016 corruption perceptions index report just released, Nigeria’s corruption perceptions index has remained what it has been in the past five years.

The agency therefore, queried the efficacy of government’s anti corrupting efforts.

Somalia, South Sudan, North Korea and Syria are perceived to be the most corrupt countries in the world, according to TI’s latest annual review that draws on a mix of business and government sources for the rankings of more than 250 countries.

In its 2016 annual report, the agency said corruption has continued to cause a major growth reduction in countires like Nigeria, and that the attempts by the current administration to put a check on the vice is yet to be error free.

It disclosed that the government would record better result in improving corruption index if the programme is more open and devoid of sentiments.

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On performance of other African countries, TI named Somalia as among nations holding “undesirable title as the world’s most corrupt country for the past ten years”.

The counties under this category each scored 10 points on the Corruption Perceptions Index table in 2016, which, exposes the countries’ public sector to risks from zero to 100.

Nigerian public sector risk, on the corruption index record, has remained nine since 2013.

Some of other countries ranked among the ones that have sliped further down from their ranking in 2015 inlude: South Sudan, North Korea, Syria,Yemen, Sudan and Libya.

Others with peculiar reports are, Afghanistan, Guinea-Bissau and Venezuela.

“Nigeria and six other African countries significantly declined in improving their records of previous ranking because of factors that have some political developments,” said Margret Scott, TI director of information, to foreign journalists in Vienna, Austra.

But an aide to Nigeria’s Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, said the government was yet to get any official report, but added, that “Any corruption index report that fails to recognise the ongoing war againt corruption by the present administration cannot be in tune with realities.”

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