Nigerian corruption worse: Transparency International gives Buhari bad news

President Buhari: bad news from Transparency International over corruption war

Corruption in Nigeria is getting worse under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch.

This is the verdict of Transparency International (TI) as Nigeria recorded its worst rating on the Corruption Perception Index since 2015.

According to TI’s 2020 index released on Thursday, Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points, dropping to 149 out of the 180 countries surveyed.

The ranking took the nation three steps down from the 146 scored in 2019.

According to Transparency International, the nation’s dip in ranking stems from an absence of transparency, nepotism, lack of adequate anti-corruption legal frameworks.

It also attributed it to the prevalence of bribery and extortion in the Nigerian Police, corruption in the security sector, among others.

The ranking must be bad news for the Buhari administration, which made anti-corruption war one of its three cardinal programmes, at inception in 2015.

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Jasper says:

January 28, 2021 at 5:54 pm

Such a corrupt government.

The ADC to the first lady was detained in 2017 for failure to handover N2.5 billion to the first lady. You wonder how she got such amount of money within 2 years of Buhari’s ascension to the presidency, that’s the same Buhari who couldn’t afford 20 million naira APC’S presidential nomination form 2 years prior.

The jobless son of the President Yusuf bought a N45 million naira power bike.

Babachair, The grass cutter. The snake and money swallowing millions upon millions under Buhari’s government.

The looting of the pension fund also under him.

Buhari conducted 2019 election with 214 billion whereas jonathan conducted 2015 election with 95 billion.

Buhari approved 27 billion for the renovation of the National assembly complex.

Tinubu and his 2 bullion vans.

What a massively corrupt and aimless government.

Nigeria is in trouble with these Clueless and unprogressive looters in power.

The difference between the APC government and PDP government is clear. Whereas PDP looted from the money they generated through effective economy policies.

The Clueless APC government is looting from the money they borrowed and keep borrowing.

They have finished Nigeria completely.

What a situation. I take a stroll. Nonsense.

Tunji says:

January 28, 2021 at 8:08 pm

I’m not going to take a stroll on this, but I completely agree with you. I have been saying the same thing for years that no Nigerian can eradicate corruption and it is going to get worst. Most of us when we were born, we came to this world with a blood type called CORU++, Corruption++. Nigeria is doomed.