Despite what David Cameron says, Nigeria is
not actually among the most corrupt countries
in the world, according to recent research.
The Prime Minister has been caught on
microphone describing the oil-rich nation
along with Afghanistan as "possibly two of the
most corrupt countries in the world".
But Transparency International's research
does not seem to agree.
The respected Berlin-based global graft
watchdog annually ranks countries according
to perceived corruption within the public
sector.
Its most recent Corruption Perceptions Index,
for 2015, found the 10 most corrupt countries
were:
1. North Korea and Somalia (tied)
2. Afghanistan
3. Sudan
4. Angola and South Sudan (tied)
5. Iraq and Libya (tied)
6. Haiti, Guinea-Bissau and Venezuela (tied)
7. Eritrea, Syria, Turkmenistan and Yemen
(tied)
8. Uzbekistan
9. Burundi, Cambodia and Zimbabwe (tied)
10. Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Myanmar (tied)

Nigeria ranks just outside the top 30 most
corrupt countries, according to the index.
Maggie Murphy, senior global advocacy
manager at Transparency International, said
both Nigeria and Afghanistan suffer from
"rampant corruption" and "are certainly in the
wrong half of the index".
But she added: "Nigeria is perceived as less
corrupt because it has more of the institutions
to fight corruption in place and some of them
are even working.
"Afghanistan is obviously much worse
because it is still suffering from post-conflict
problems, and it has very weak institutions ...
much of the transactions are done in cash
and there are limited controls."
She said countries suffer from corruption
when they lack strong institutions, like an
independent judiciary and independent police

In order to fight corruption, nations must
"build up a zero-tolerance for corruption,
strengthen rule of law and offer no impunity
to corruption, no matter who is accused", she
said.
"If people see that people at the top can get
away with corruption then that will only filter
down. The corrupt must be held to account,"
Ms Murphy said.
She said both Afghanistan and Nigeria needed
to be doing more.
"Both have made commitments to fighting
corruption, however, it has been more talk
than action," she added.
David Cameron's comments about Nigeria and
Afghanistan, while speaking to the Queen and
the Archbishop of Canterbury, were made
ahead of an anti-corruption summit in London
later this week.
Ms Murphy said the UK played a part in
corruption around the world.
"The UK contributes in the fact that it is a
safe haven for corrupt individuals and their
assets, facilitated by weaknesses in the UK
anti-money laundering system and company
secrecy provided by the overseas territories
like British Virgin Islands," she said.
Robert Palmer, of campaign group Global
Witness, also criticised the UK's part in global
corruption problems in light of Mr Cameron's
remarks.
"Nigeria and Afghanistan are both deeply
corrupt countries, but their leaders have
shown signs that they want to clean up their
act," he said.
"They are not helped by the secrecy sold by
UK tax havens or the army of lawyers and
bankers from places like London willing to
handle stolen money or look the other way -
we must get our own house in order too."

Source: http://news.sky.com/story/1693689/what-are-the-10-most-corrupt-countries

Summary-Nigeria is still corrupt.

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juhan:
Summary-Nigeria is still corrupt.

Loool.. buh we aint dat bad...we used to be top3 some years bck

juhan:
Summary-Nigeria is still corrupt.

louismane:
Loool.. buh we aint dat bad...we used to be top3 some years bck

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