Corruption worsened in Nigeria since 2018 – Poll
L-R Sen. Presidebt Ahmed Lawan, President Muhammadu Buhari, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila in Aso Rock [Photo: PresidencyAlmost 80 per cent of Nigerians have said that corruption has worsened in the country in the last year.
The poll lasted for about seven days and was conducted in a way that made it impossible for a respondent to vote more than once from the same computer or mobile device. The Sub-Saharan Africa region was rated as the lowest-performing region while Western Europe was the highest-scoring region.Although the report does not show real incidences of corruption, it is a reliable indication of the perception of the Nigerian public and the international community about the state of corruption in the country, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre , a branch of Transparency International, said.
Going by the concerns raised by CISLAC for example, this government has a high record of attack on journalists and civic groups. Not forgetting the recent arrest of campus journalist, Ayoola Babalola, “for publishing articles critical of President Muhammadu Buhari and some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress” and the detention of PREMIUM TIMES’ journalist, Alfred Olufemi, over a report that exposed an Islamic cleric who raped a 16-year-old girl in Osun State.
He faulted the nation “whose federal Attorney General hired lawyers to sign papers on repatriation of Abacha loot and got paid in billions of naira.
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