{"id":37862,"date":"2020-01-23T15:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=37862"},"modified":"2020-01-23T15:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:57:37","slug":"nigeria-emerges-most-corrupt-country-in-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigeria-emerges-most-corrupt-country-in-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Emerges Most Corrupt Country In West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria has slipped on Transparency International\u2019s Corruption Perception Index 2019, scoring 26 per cent.<\/p>\n

Nigeria scored 27 out of 100 in TI\u2019s 2018 report but dropped by a point in 2019, making Africa\u2019s most populous country take the 146th position.<\/p>\n

The country has also become the most corrupt nation in West Africa.<\/p>\n

This is despite the anti-corruption war being championed by Nigerian President, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).<\/p>\n

TI\u2019s latest report states that Africa\u2019s most populous country like most other countries in Sub-Saharan nations has continued to witness a high rate of corruption which has now worsened due to vote-buying.<\/p>\n

The report shows that despite the corruption war being championed by Buhari in the last four and a half years, Nigeria has failed to score higher than 28 per cent.<\/p>\n

Nigeria scored 28 out of 100 in 2016 and 2017 but fell in 2018 to 27 and fell further to 26 in 2019.<\/p>

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In the latest report, Nigeria scored the same as Iran, Honduras, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Mozambique and Angola.<\/p>\n

Out of 180 countries surveyed, Nigeria scored better than only 28.<\/p>\n

They include \u2013 Comoros, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Nicaragua, Cambodia, Chad, Iraq, Burundi, Congo, Turkmenistan, Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, Guinea-Bissau, North Korea, Venezuela, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, South Sudan and Somalia.<\/p>\n

The TI survey measures public sector corruption in 180 countries.<\/p>\n

The countries with the highest score were New Zealand and Denmark which both scored 87 out of 100.<\/p>\n

Others that were highly placed include- Finland (86), Switzerland (85), Singapore (85), Sweden (85), Norway (84), Netherlands (82), Luxembourg (80) and Germany (80).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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