According to Transparency International’s
data from 1979 till date, the tenures of
both General Muhammadu Buhari and
former President Olusegun Obasanjo were
more corrupt than the tenure of President
Goodluck Jonathan.
The data also showed that under the
administration of President Jonathan,
Nigeria has recorded its best score in the
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) since
1979. This is in complete contrast to the
sordid picture of rampant corruption being
painted by the opposition, ardent critics of
the Jonathan administration and much of
the media in the last few years – especially
in the build up to the general elections.
But the point that the figures from
Transparency International make so clearly
is that, in comparative terms, Nigeria is
actually much less corrupt today, and per­
ceived globally to be much less corrupt
today, than it has been in the last 35 years
– including under the regimes of General
Buhari and President Obasanjo, both of who
wear the toga and chant the mantra of
anti-corruption. Shockingly, according to
the TI data, President Obasanjo’s first
tenure had the worst scale of corruption
during the 35 years period between 1979
and 2015.
The TI Corruption Perception Index is a
rating of countries from 1 to 100 showing
their corruption scale. A rating of 1 is the
worst and rating of 100 means a country is
completely free of corruption. The pass
mark is 50 and any country scoring below
50 is considered a corrupt country.
In the year 2000, Nigeria was ranked the
most corrupt country in the world – and
improved marginally in 2001 and 2003
when it was rated the second most corrupt
nation in the world in the TI’s Corruption
Perception Index. This was certainly not
under the watch of President Jonathan.
Since 2012, Nigeria has made steady
improvements in the CPI. Indeed, under
President Jonathan, for the first time in
decades, Nigeria is not in the list of 1-10
most corrupt countries in the world.
In the 2014 Transparency International’s
Corruption Perception Index, issued in
December, Nigeria was ranked 136 out of
175 countries surveyed in the report. This
ranking placed Nigeria, alongside five other
countries, as the 39th most corrupt country
in the world. This is Nigeria’s best ranking
in the last four years.
With this ranking, Nigeria leapfrogged eight
countries within a space of one year – from
the 31st most corrupt nation in 2013 to the
39th in 2014. This may be regarded by
cynics as a small achievement: but it
represents a big step in the right direction.
Indeed, the administration of President
Jonathan deserves some commendation for
the positive steps it has taken, and the
modest achievements it has made so far, in
the war against corruption – rather than
the vengeful knocks it is receiving from
various quarters.

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tjadeniyi:
According to Transparency International’s
data from 1979 till date, the tenures of
both General Muhammadu Buhari and
former President Olusegun Obasanjo were
more corrupt than the tenure of President
Goodluck Jonathan.
The data also showed that under the
administration of President Jonathan,
Nigeria has recorded its best score in the
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) since
1979. This is in complete contrast to the
sordid picture of rampant corruption being
painted by the opposition, ardent critics of
the Jonathan administration and much of
the media in the last few years – especially
in the build up to the general elections.
But the point that the figures from
Transparency International make so clearly
is that, in comparative terms, Nigeria is
actually much less corrupt today, and per­
ceived globally to be much less corrupt
today, than it has been in the last 35 years
– including under the regimes of General
Buhari and President Obasanjo, both of who
wear the toga and chant the mantra of
anti-corruption. Shockingly, according to
the TI data, President Obasanjo’s first
tenure had the worst scale of corruption
during the 35 years period between 1979
and 2015.
The TI Corruption Perception Index is a
rating of countries from 1 to 100 showing
their corruption scale. A rating of 1 is the
worst and rating of 100 means a country is
completely free of corruption. The pass
mark is 50 and any country scoring below
50 is considered a corrupt country.
In the year 2000, Nigeria was ranked the
most corrupt country in the world – and
improved marginally in 2001 and 2003
when it was rated the second most corrupt
nation in the world in the TI’s Corruption
Perception Index. This was certainly not
under the watch of President Jonathan.
Since 2012, Nigeria has made steady
improvements in the CPI. Indeed, under
President Jonathan, for the first time in
decades, Nigeria is not in the list of 1-10
most corrupt countries in the world.
In the 2014 Transparency International’s
Corruption Perception Index, issued in
December, Nigeria was ranked 136 out of
175 countries surveyed in the report. This
ranking placed Nigeria, alongside five other
countries, as the 39th most corrupt country
in the world. This is Nigeria’s best ranking
in the last four years.
With this ranking, Nigeria leapfrogged eight
countries within a space of one year – from
the 31st most corrupt nation in 2013 to the
39th in 2014. This may be regarded by
cynics as a small achievement: but it
represents a big step in the right direction.
Indeed, the administration of President
Jonathan deserves some commendation for
the positive steps it has taken, and the
modest achievements it has made so far, in
the war against corruption – rather than
the vengeful knocks it is receiving from
various quarters.

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BUNKUM!

lolzzzz! Op am sure u n d transperent retards must high on oshogbo weed during d loopsided research.

8yrs,6yrs and 2months I guess d op is high on weed #ACE

once it doesn't favour APC deception, it is a trash.

midolian:
[s]BUNKUM!

Ewu!
You pple hate truth.
This is international rating not local.
Get busy

playboy99:
8yrs,6yrs and 2months I guess d op is high on weed #ACE

Akpa amu
Read before u comment.
Buhari former regime not now