Tag: Transparency International
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We’re not surprised by EFCC chair’s suspension – Transparency International
The Head of Transparency International, Nigeria, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, says the suspension of the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, did not come to the organisation by surprise. Rafsanjani, also the Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), said this in an interview with NAN in Abuja.
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TI’s corruption rating not true reflection of anti-graft war – FG
The Federal Government has rubbished the latest report by the Transparency International (TI) on Corruption Perceptions Index in Nigeria. Recall that Transparency International (TI) in its 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranked Nigeria as 149 out of the 180 countries assessed. The CPI revealed that persistent corruption was undermining health care systems and contributing to…
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Nigeria getting more corrupt, global corruption index reveals
Nigeria continues to wallow in corruption, according to the annual corruption perception index released by Transparency International in Berlin on Thursday (today). After more than four years of anti-corruption campaign by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Nigeria was ranked 146th out of the 180 countries surveyed by the group, one of the worst ranking in…
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Pay workers’ salaries before attempting to establish state police – TI tells debtor governors
The Transparency International (TI) has advised states owing its workforce to clear the backlog befire attempting establishment of the proposed state police. The Head of TI Nigeria, Musa Rafsanjani, who stated this on Sunday, said as good as the objectives of state police were, state governments must first be able to pay workers’ salaries, provide…
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How Transparency International is frustrating our fight against corruption – FG
The Federal Government has admonished the global anti-corruption body, Transparency International (TI) and local civil society organisations affiliated to it, to stop frustrating its anti corruption fight. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition when he received a TI delegation, led by the Chair of the body’s International Board, Delia…
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Corruption Index: Why Nigeria scored low on Transparency International report – Osinbajo
…insists low score won’t affect FG’s fight against corruption Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday explained why the country ranked low on Transparency International latest report. Osinbajo, however, said the report should not in any way be seen as a setback for the country. According to him, it is an opportunity to continue building…
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Corruption index: SERAP backs TI, urges Buhari to take ranking as a ‘wake-up call’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged “the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to see the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI), published last week, as a wake-up call to renew its oft-expressed commitment and raise its game to fight both grand and petty corruption, as well as end the legacy of impunity rather…
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Corruption ratings: Focus on facts, not fiction, Buhari tells Transparency International
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday asked the global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI) to focus on facts and not fiction in adjudging the nation’s current corruption index. Recall the TI ranked Nigeria low in its 2017 Corruption Perception Perception Index (CPI) released on Wednesday. The latest ranking has Nigeria in the 148th position out of…
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Corruption ratings: Transparency International report erroneous – Sagay
The chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) on Thursday faulted the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) describing it as ‘erroneous’. The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, uses a scale of 0 to 100,…