A
corruption free Nigeria is the dream of every Nigerians but when we
talk about its end then many questions rouse in this regard. The
roots of corruption are not limited to government institutions but
its kingdom is wide spread to almost every corner of society. We can
say to some extent that society has been besmeared with corruption by
all means.
Corrupt
people in big government organizations, particularly those who enjoy
political back are expert in inventing new scientific methods of
corruption and looting innocent people and they remain free and safe.
I agree to the content of cartoon that a corruption free Nigeria is a
future impossible tense. In cartoon, student’s reply is
grammatically wrong but as a ground reality, it looks true. In a
laughing manner, cartoonist has mentioned an unfortunate but a true
picture of World’s 146th most corrupt country. It is shocking that
Nigeria has moved significantly from the 136th it ranked in 2016 to
146th in 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 significant 12 places below where it was the
previous year.
This
will come as a blow to the President Muhammadu Buhari administration
who came into office on the strength of his anti-corruption
credential. Although the administration has put many suspects on
trial and seized assets of politicians and government officials, it
has also been accused of condoning corrupt practices by top
government officials.
The
index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived
levels of public sector corruption in the opinion of experts and
business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt
and 100 is very clean, according to TI.
An
analysis by TheCable shows that Kenya, which was rated more corrupt
than Nigeria in 2016, has now overtaken the west African country,
climbing to 143 from 145.
Other
sub Saharan African countries ranked higher than Nigeria are Botswana
— whose joint 34 rank is the best in Africa — as well as Rwanda
(joint 48) and Nambia (joint 53).
Nigeria
is ranked 148 along with Guinea and Comoros.
In
2015, Nigeria scored 26/100 and was ranked 136 — although only 168
countries and territories were surveyed then. New Zealand maintains
the No. 1 rank with a score of 89/100, Denmark No. 2 with 88, while
Finland, Norway and Switzerland are joint No. 3 with 85.
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