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Again, FG faults rating of Nigeria by Transparency International on graft

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2021 0

The Federal Government says Nigeria’s low rating in the 2020 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (TI-CPI) does not truly reflect the great strides of the country in its fight against corruption. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Minister of

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Presidency tackles Transparency International on graft

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2021 0

The presidency says the Buhari administration deserves credit for diminishing corruption in the public service and will continue to vigorously support prevention, enforcement, public education and enlightenment activities of anti-graft agencies. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, stated this on Thursday in a statement while reacting to the latest Transparency

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PDP to APC leaders: TI rating exposed you, commence refund of stolen N15tr

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2021 0

Tunde Opalana, Abuja Latching on the 2020 corruption index report on Nigeria by Transparency International (TI), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it has been vindicated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government is a citadel of corruption and the most corrupt administration in Nigeria. The PDP asserted that the TI report, which shows the […]

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Transparency International fumes, says it has no link with terror groups

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

By Ukpong Ubong ABUJA–A global non-governmental organisation, Transparency International (TI), is fuming over allegation mouthed by a civil society group that it has been acting as informant to armed militant groups including Boko Haram waging war against Nigeria and other West African countries. TI, in a letter, said the allegation was not only false, baseless […]

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We are not distracted by your baseless rating – Lai Mohammed replies TI

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2020 0

 The Federal Government says it will not be distracted by the “baseless” rating of the Transparency International which ranked Nigeria low in its latest international Corruption Perception index. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the government position on Wednesday in London when he featured on respective interview session by some

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Why Nigeria dropped on TI corruption perception index – Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2018 0

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said Nigeria dropped in only one of the indices used by Transparency International (TI) in corruption perception for 2017. While the country scored 27/100 and was ranked 136th in 2016, the latest CPI scores Nigeria 28/100 but with a rank of No. 148 out of 180 countries surveyed — a […]

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Presidency faults TI on corruption rating in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2018 0

The Presidency has faulted the recent report of Transparency International (TI) that corruption is “getting worse” in Nigeria. Reacting to the IT’s latest global corruption index, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicty, Mr Garba Shehu, said that the ranking could be a “political distraction”. In its latest corruption perception index […]