By Kasim Sumaina
The 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released globally by Transparency International (TI) Thursday in Abuja, showed that Nigeria yet again, records a decline in the CPI.
Published exclusively in Nigeria by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the national chapter of TI, the index reveals that Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points, failing back by one point compared to last year.
In the comparison for this year, Nigeria ranks 149 out of 183 countries, three places down compared to 2019 results.
The Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsajani), while announcing the results, noted that in the past four years, Nigeria’s score has declined on average by 0.8 annually.