Rating has no bearing with reality — MalamiIn an interview on Channels Television’s LunchTime Politics on Thursday, Malami said the TI’s report had no bearing on reality. In the latest report, Nigeria scored the same as Iran, Honduras, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Mozambique and Angola. Out of 180 countries surveyed, Nigeria scored better than only 28. Buhari’s anti-graft war backsliding, says SERAPOn its part, SERAP said Nigeria’s downward slip on the TI’s corruption perception Index should not come as a surprise to anyone. SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oludare, said the 2019 TI Corruption Perceptions Index, which showed that Nigeria’s corruption rating had worsened from 2018, confirmed the belief that Buhari’s anti-graft war was backsliding.

Source: Punch January 23, 2020 23:26 UTC