{"id":29549,"date":"2019-01-29T12:33:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=29549"},"modified":"2019-01-29T12:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:33:56","slug":"nigerias-ranking-improves-on-2018-ti-corruption-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigerias-ranking-improves-on-2018-ti-corruption-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Ranking Improves On 2018 TI-Corruption Index"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria moved to 144th from 148th in Transparency International latest corruption perception index worldwide, that also saw the United States dropping four notches out of the top 20 countries in the world.<\/p>\n

However, Nigeria made the four notch jump without improving its score of 27 out of a possible 100 as recorded in 2017.<\/p>\n

Africa\u2019s most populous country tied with Kenya, Comoros, Guatemala and Mauritania. Nigeria ranked better than Cameroon put at 152nd.<\/p>\n

Botswana remains Africa\u2019s most transparent country with a ranking of 34, followed by Namibia, Mauritius and Senegal.<\/p>\n

The United States slid to 22nd in the world from 18th last year, dropping out of the top 20 countries for the first time since 2011, Transparency International said in a report that cited growing threats to democracy worldwide.<\/p>\n

The group said its latest report on business leaders\u2019 perceptions of corruption put the United States at 71, down from 75, on a scale of 0-100.<\/p>\n

That sounds a \u201cwake-up call\u201d about the need to tackle conflicts of interest, undue influence of the private sector and widening gaps between rich and poor, said Zoe Reiter, the watchdog\u2019s acting representative to the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a red flag because it\u2019s really part of a pattern that we\u2019ve seen since the 2008 global financial crisis of a loss of trust \u2026 in our public institutions,\u201d she told\u00a0Reuters.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cPeople don\u2019t see us as having adequate mechanisms in place to fight corruption and ensure the accountability of our elected officials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Concerns were already mounting before the election of Donald Trump, although they have been highlighted by the actions of a rich president who defied precedent to keep his personal tax affairs secret and retain his business holdings in office.<\/p>\n

\u201cConcerns around the Trump administration are quite serious, but this has been stewing for several years,\u201d she said. \u201cConflict of interest wasn\u2019t a new problem, but it was illuminated in its glory when you have someone who is basically breaking norms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is a symptom not a cause. His presidency is illuminating some of the problems.\u201d<\/p>

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Denmark and New Zealand had the best scores on the Corruption Perceptions Index again in 2018, scoring 88 and 87, while Somalia, Syria and South Sudan remained at the bottom, with scores of 10, 13 and 13, TI said.<\/p>\n

Overall, more than two-thirds of countries scored below 50 on the 2018 index, and the average was 43, said TI, which has more than 100 chapters worldwide.<\/p>\n

The group said only 20 countries had significantly improved their scores since 2012, including Argentina and Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n

Sixteen others, including Australia, Chile and Malta, declined significantly in the same period.<\/p>\n

The average score for EU and western European countries held steady at 66, while sub-Saharan Africa scored just 32, TI said. A score of 100 is considered \u201cvery clean\u201d, while a score of zero is highly corrupt.<\/p>\n

TI said its analysis showed a clear link between having a healthy democracy and fighting public sector corruption, and cited declining scores for Turkey and Hungary, in connection with challenges to the rule of law and press freedoms.<\/p>\n

Hungary\u2019s score dropped by eight points to 46 over the past five years, amid troubling developments including the forced departure of the Open Society Foundation and Central European University, founded by philanthropist George Soros, TI said.<\/p>\n

Turkey\u2019s score dropped by nine points in the same period to a score of 41, as the country was downgraded to \u2018not free\u2019 on a democracy ranking, TI said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCorruption is much more likely to flourish where democratic foundations are weak and\u2026where undemocratic and populist politicians can use it to their advantage,\u201d said Delia Ferreira Rubio, who chairs the global civil society group.<\/p>\n

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