Nigeria queries Transparency International corruption rating
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the buhari presidency has questioned the criteria or facts used by transparency international1 the anti-corruption watchdog to rank the country 148th least corrupt in the world1 in a statement by spokesman1 garba shehu1 the government questioned the method used by ti to arrive at what it called ti’s ” very misleading and unfair conclusions in its assessment of the federal government’s efforts in this anti-corruption crusade”1 government said while it welcomes constructive criticisms from the anti-corruption watchdog1 the organisation has a responsibility to reflect the larger picture of the concrete and verifiable achievements of the buhari administration since it came into office in may 20151 “political will is the first major component of fighting corruption in any country and president buhari has made a huge difference by demonstrating not only the political will but also the extraordinary courage to go after high profile looters1 including former military service chiefs and judges1 “it was once unthinkable to touch or prosecute the ‘‘big men’’ for corruption in nigeria but president buhari has ended impunity for corruption1