The Presidency says Nigerians are to blame for the country’s poor ranking on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index in which Nigeria scored 25 out of 100, Igbere TV reports.

In the rating released last week, Nigeria was also named the second most corrupt nation in West Africa and ranked 149 out of 180 countries.

Senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity Garba Shehu said on Monday on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme that it was an indictment on Nigerians, and not on the Buhari administration.

He said,

“I’ll tell you that this one by TI is not a judgment on Buhari or his administration or its war against corruption, I will tell you that this one is a judgment on Nigerians because if you look at the indices they used at arriving at these conclusions, they used eight indices, six of which showed Nigeria as being more or less Nigeria in the same position.

“The two that they dwelled on, that caused this backslide, are essentially Nigerian problems. They’re talking about the political culture of this country, vote-buying, thuggery. Is it Buhari that is a thug? We’re not doing thuggery.

“And when they talk about the justice sector, they are talking about perceived corruption in the judiciary. These perceptions are essentially not correct. Yes, there are issues in that sector but so many changes are going on in that sector wouldn’t it have been nice if they acknowledged it so that you encourage those judicial officers that are upright, and then the system gets getting better.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxnXG7bbC1w

Minister of Information Lai Mohammed had also on Sunday discredited Transparency International’s report.


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naija oh happy new months to you all

Hope Garba Shehu and Lai won't run out Lies to Lie very soon.

These guys never take responsibility for anything.. The truth is that almost everyone in this country is corrupt.. Almost every sector and even the churches and mosques are not left out. Why most people complain about corruption is because, they do not have the opportunity to steal or belong to a particular sector or position of the country where corruption strives.

Nice...

Garba Shehu is 100% right here... Exactly what I have been preaching on this Forum... Change begins with the people... 99.9% of Nigerians are corrupt..

Then we vote some of us to become senators, governors, presidents, etc. Others become lawyers, judges, etc. Before you know it, we have corrupt elements in government.

That's the problem... Ask any Nigerian to mention 10 incorruptible Nigerians... Once they mention President Muhammadu Buhari, you'll notice they begin to stammer, and then they'll tell you they can't recall any more names.

Too bad.. Even foreigners know this... The Archbishop of Canterbury is an example... He identified only Buhari as the only incorruptible man in Africa! While I am happy for Buhari, I weep for my fellow Nigerians. We really need to change. It's no longer funny. Our image is battered!

But e go better.

Garba knows nothing, I swear, wtf is he saying sef

Bunch of .......

Nigeria is not heading in any direction under this government

no truer words have been said

Nigerians voted Buhari so why should he face the blame alone?

this would have been different if he came in through a coup or something