Corruption Index: Nigeria Moves up From No. 144 to 136 Nigeria has moved eight places up in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for the year 2014. The country improve on the CPI from 144 in 2013 to 136 this year. Vanguard reports. Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2014 ranks countries based on a 100-point “corruption perception” scale, where zero equals a “highly corrupt” perception and 100 means the country is perceived to be very clean. Nigeria ranked 136th, along with Russia, Lebanon, and Kyrgyzstan. In the report, North Korea and Somalia rank equal-worst of 174 countries with a score of just eight. Denmark and New Zealand ranked least corrupt, with scores of 92 and 91, respectively. The Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Mr. Reno Omokri, noted that the CPI confirmed the success of the anti-corruption fight of the president. “The significant improvement Nigeria has made in the 2014 Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International is as a result of the clinical surgical incision made by President Jonathan at the centers of corruption in Nigeria. so GEJ is fighting corruption?
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 20:50:38 +0000
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