The Presidency has blamed Nigerians for the country’s poor ranking on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index in which Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 and was named the second most corrupt nation in West Africa and ranked 149 out of 180 countries.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday, barely two days after the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, discredited Transparency’s report.

Responding to a question, Shehu said the report is a reflection of corruption by Nigerians and not by the Buhari administration.

He said, “I’ll tell you that this one by TI is not a judgment on Buhari or his administration or its war against corruption, I will tell you that this one is a judgment on Nigerians because if you look at the indices they used at arriving at these conclusions, they used eight indices, six of which showed Nigeria as being more or less Nigeria in the same position.

“The two that they dwelled on, that caused this backslide, are essentially Nigerian problems. They’re talking about the political culture of this country, vote-buying, thuggery. Is it Buhari that is a thug? We’re not doing thuggery

Source: https://punchng.com/corruption-presidency-blames-nigerians-for-transparencys-poor-ranking/

Over to you smart and intelligent Nigerians

I just want to be sure that "The Presidency" is OK

Ok

Thunder will continue to fire you, and the entire presidency, you guys are monumental failures, never seen a government as stupid as this.

Abeg someone should help me with a laughing meme. I just dey laugh after reading this

Very useless government. Always blaming everyone but themselves for their ineptitude.

Shelumiel:
Very useless government. Always blaming everyone but themselves for their ineptitude.

What they forgot to realise is that "when the fish begins to decay, it starts from the head"

junketer:
Abeg someone should help me with a laughing meme. I just dey laugh after reading this

I don join you laugh

Nice...

Garba Shehu is 100% right here... Exactly what I have been preaching on this Forum... Change begins with the people... 99.9% of Nigerians are corrupt..

Then we vote some of us to become senators, governors, presidents, etc. Others become lawyers, judges, etc. Before you know it, we have corrupt elements in government.

That's the problem... Ask any Nigerian to mention 10 incorruptible Nigerians... Once they mention President Muhammadu Buhari, you'll notice they begin to stammer, and then they'll tell you they can't recall any more names.

Too bad.. Even foreigners know this... The Archbishop of Canterbury is an example... He identified only Buhari as the only incorruptible man in Africa! While I am happy for Buhari, I weep for my fellow Nigerians. We really need to change. It's no longer funny. Our image is battered!

But e go better.