\u201cTransparency International\u2019s corruption rating not setback, call to work harder\u201d \u2013 Prof Osinbajo<\/p>\n
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday took an optimistic look at the poor rating of Nigeria on the recently-released Transparency International\u2019s Corruption Perception Index 2017.<\/p>\n
He said in Abuja that the rating was not a setback for Nigeria, but an encouragement for the country to work harder and close its ranks.<\/p>\n
The Transparency International\u2019s report released on February 21, scored Nigeria 27 per cent and ranked it 148th out of the 180 countries assessed.<\/p>\n
The organisation said Nigeria\u2019s latest result was worse than that of 2016 wherein the country was ranked 136th with a score of 28 per cent.<\/p>\n
In the 2017 rankings, Nigeria shares the 148th spot with Comoros and Guinea.<\/p>\n
But the Vice-President said Nigeria\u2019s declined rating on the Transparency International\u2019s CPI was because the country\u2019s score slumped on \u201cjust one out of the nine internationally-recognised indexes\u201d used by the organisation.<\/p>\n
He said while the index scored Nigeria low on the Economist Intelligence Unit Country Risk Service, with a decline from 37 points to 20 points, the country either remained stable or improved on its scores for all the other eight indexes used in the CPI ranking.<\/p>\n
Osinbajo said this at a one-day \u2018Dialogue of Organs of Government on Reform of Justice Sector and Campaign Against Corruption\u2019 which held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Vice-President was represented by the Deputy Chief of Staff, State House, Mr. Ade Ipaye, at the event, which was co-organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption and the Federal Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the event, various representatives of the three arms of government pledged to collaborate with one another in the fight against corruption. – Punch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cTransparency International\u2019s corruption rating not setback, call to work harder\u201d \u2013 Prof Osinbajo Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday took an optimistic look at the poor rating of Nigeria on the recently-released Transparency International\u2019s Corruption Perception Index 2017. He said in Abuja that the rating was not a setback for Nigeria, but an encouragement for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[323],"yoast_head":"\n