When Transparency International released its 2020 Corruption Perception Index, mixed feelings trailed the report in Nigeria.
While some Nigerians were not shocked when they found that the nation was rated 149th out of 180 countries, others were surprised wondering what could be responsible for such development despite the Federal Government’s investment in some anti-corruption campaigns.
Below are the 5 reasons Nigeria dropped on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index, according to Transparency International: Absence of transparency in the COVID-19 pandemic- The agency stated that there has been a lack of transparency in the emergency response of the government to COVID-19.
Coupled with the gap in coordination, the process has been fraught by the incessant flouting of procurement guidelines, hoarding of relief materials, and diversion of these materials, which are then used as personal souvenirs presented to political party loyalists and close associates.
Taiwan remains at No. 28 in global corruption ranking
Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan ranked 28th in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index, holding the same spot as the previous year, a Transparency International report released on Thursday showed.
On a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 indicating a highly corrupt government and 100 a clean one, Taiwan scored 65, putting it above the global average and the Asia-Pacific regional average of 45, the report showed.
In the annual ranking of 180 countries and territories based on perceived levels of public sector corruption, Taiwan ranked 28th globally for the second consecutive year and seventh among the 31 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region, after New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Bhutan.
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International (TI) Nigeria on Thursday released its 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI).
According to the index, Nigeria experienced a striking decline, the worst the nation has seen since 2015.
The CPI aggregates data from 8 (eight) different sources that provide perceptions by Nigeria’s business community and country experts on the level of corruption in the public sector.
Transparency International’s 2020 CPI showed that Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points, dropping to 149 out of the 180 countries surveyed, taking the nation three steps down from the 146 scored in 2019.
A proper examination of the index as published by Transparency International shows that Nigeria’s decline in its corruption fight is predicated on five (5) weaknesses.