Nigeria on Tuesday recorded an upward shift in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), advancing five places to rank 145 out of 180 assessed countries.
Transparency International (TI) released the latest index, revealing the country also gained one point added to its previous 24, ending up scoring 25 out of the 100 maximum points in the 2023 CPI results, apart from moving five places up from its 150th position.
While the country moved up in the global ranking, it still falls below the sub-Saharan African average of 33 points.
The CPI, a widely recognized measure, assesses the perceived corruption level in a country’s public sector on a scale from zero (“highly corrupt”) to 100 (“very clean”).
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC) clarified that the index reflects perceptions rather than specific corruption incidents, and it does not evaluate the performance of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies, which are acknowledged for commendable efforts.
Ada Peter
