Nigeria: TI's Latest Rating of Nigeria Without Basis - Govt

24 January 2020

Lagos, Abuja — The federal government has rejected Nigeria's rating as the fourth most corrupt country in West Africa based on the 2019 corruption perception index compiled by the Transparency International (TI).

In the latest rating, in which Nigeria ranked 146 out of 180 countries, TI, again, scored the President Muhammadu Buhari administration low despite its avowed commitment to fight corruption.

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