Tag: TI
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Presidency reacts to latest TI corruption index ranking for Nigeria
The Presidency on Thursday responded to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index which placed Nigeria 149 out of the 180 countries surveyed. The TI data suggested that Nigeria’s corruption situation had worsened. However, in a statement, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said the Muhammadu Buhari administration deserves credit for reducing corruption in the country. According to Shehu,…
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TI corruption rating shows Buhari-led govt is most corrupt in Nigeria’s history —PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the corruption index report on Nigeria by Transparency International (TI) confirmed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government as a citadel of corruption and the most corrupt administration in the nation’s history. Nigeria was abysmally rated 149 out of 180 countries on transparency, which was the worst performance…
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FG finally responds to TI’s low rating of Buhari’s anti-corruption drive
The Federal Government says it will not be distracted by the “baseless” rating of the Transparency International which ranked Nigeria low in its latest international Corruption Perception index. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the government position on Wednesday in London when he featured on respective interview session by some international…
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EFCC reacts to TI’s low rating of anti-graft war
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday took exception to Transparency International’s (TI’s) ranking of Nigeria as the 146th of the 180 analysed on the organisation’s 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). The anti graft body said the bogus and ambiguous criteria used by TI to arrive at its perception index can best be…
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FG tackles TI over poor ranking on corruption index
The federal government has described as baseless, Nigeria’s poor ranking in Transparency International’s (TI) latest corruption perception index . In the 2019 index published on Thursday, TI ranked Nigeria 146 out of the 180 countries considered, with 26 out of 100 points. The score is lower than Nigeria’s rating in 2018 when the country scored…
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Corruption: Magu rubbishes TI’s rankings, says ‘it is politicized’
…reinstates commitment to fight against corruption The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday rubbished Transparency International’s ranking of Nigeria in its latest Corruption Perception Index. 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…