Details are now emerging why the Buhari administration rejected media reports on the recently released report of Transparency International, TI, which claimed that the perception of corruption in Nigeria had worsened between 2016 and 2017.
Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Malam Garba Shehu, described as misleading and unfair, the ranking of 148 given Nigeria out if 180 countries surveyed.
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He said while the Presidency noted and welcomed constructive criticism, the organization has a responsibility to reflect the larger picture of the concrete and verifiable achievements of the administration since it came into office.
The source explained that contrary to reports in some sections of the media, Nigeria improved in many other indexes.
In the 2016 Index, the country was ranked 136th out of 176 countries with a score of 28. Nigeria’s score also slightly improved from 26 to 28 between 2015 and 2016.
“It must also be pointed out that compared to the 2016 Index, Nigeria either improved or remained stable in all, but one of the Indexes,” the source said.
For instance, Nigeria improved significantly in key indexes between 2016 and 2017: the Bertelsmann Foundation Transformation Index, a 5-point improvement; African Development Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, a 2-point improvement; a 1-point improvement in the World Justice Project Rule of law Index Expert Survey and World Economic Forum Executive Opinion respectively.
See Malam Garba Shehu’s Tweets:
This notwithstanding, facts are facts, and those facts won’t cease to be facts even if you don’t care to pay attention to them.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) February 23, 2018
In the end, this whole episode may turn out to be just a political distraction, given the strong views some of TI’s patrons have expressed against the Buhari Administration.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) February 23, 2018
Nothing can be more eloquent than this. https://t.co/bP29mjl1dW
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) February 23, 2018
Anybody who knows where Nigeria was coming from would not believe that corruption is worse under the Buhari administration.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) February 23, 2018
During the 7th session of the Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption in Vienna, Austria, the Chairman of the Agency Ibrahim Magu noted that the figure represents $2.9 billion dollars.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) February 23, 2018
This impressive and unprecedented record is worthy of mention and acknowledgement by anybody genuinely looking at the larger picture of the country’s progress in the war against corruption.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) February 23, 2018
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