THE CORRUPTION SCORE OF THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATION DROPS

On the most recent Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) ranking, Nigeria has once more dropped four spots.

Nigeria received 24 out of 100 points in the 2022 rating, however it dropped from 150th to 154th place out of the 180 nations evaluated.

The CPI is TI’s method for assessing the extent of corruption in various national systems around the globe. The least possible score for a nation is zero, and the most is 100. 100 represents the best-performing government, and zero represents the worst.

According to the most recent ranking, President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption may not have produced enough progress.

Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and Jolly Nyame of Taraba State received pardons from the Buhari administration in 2022, which many see as a major setback for the nation’s anti-corruption initiatives.

The Supreme Court upheld the convictions and sentences of the two former governors at the time of their pardon in April 2022, even though they had only completed half of their sentence.

Also, despite government efforts to combat the problem, corruption has persisted in both the public and commercial sectors.

Delia Rubio, chair of Transparency International, claimed that attempts to combat corruption by governments around the world have failed.

Rubio demanded that all governments serve all citizens, not just an elite group.

“Corruption has increased the risk in our world. Governments have collectively failed to combat it, which fuels the present uptick in violence and war and puts people all over the world in peril. The only way out is for states to put in the effort and eliminate corruption at all levels to make sure that governments serve all citizens, not just an elite few, according to Rubio.