The ongoing anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration may have started yielding positive fruits after the latest report by Transparency International shows that Nigeria is no longer one of the top 10 most corrupt nations in the world.
In recent years, Nigeria has made the global corruption watchdog’s list as one of the world’s most corrupt countries. This new report, therefore, suggests there is a reduction in instances of corruption in government circles in the county.
The 10 most corrupt countries:
- North Korea and Somalia (tied)
- Afghanistan
- Sudan
- Angola and South Sudan (tied)
- Iraq and Libya (tied)
- Haiti, Guinea-Bissau and Venezuela (tied)
- Eritrea, Syria, Turkmenistan and Yemen (tied)
- Uzbekistan
- Burundi, Cambodia and Zimbabwe (tied)
- Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar (tied)
According to the report Britain is one of the least corrupt countries in the world, with UK public officials seen as some of the most honest anywhere.
Transparency International ranked 168 countries’ corruption in the public sector on a scale of 0 to 100, with lower scores reflecting levels of corruption and higher scores being seen as very clean. It canvasses experts views’ of graft among state employees.
The 10 least corrupt countries:
- Denmark
- Finland
- Sweden
- New Zealand
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Singapore
- Canada
- Germany, Luxembourg and UK (tied)
