Anti-corruption
nonprofit Transparency International, TI, has released its 2013
Global Corruption Barometer, which surveyed residents in 107
countries, ranking Nigeria, Zambia, Paraguay, Mexico, Zimbabwe,
Venezula and Russia as the largest countries on the globe with active
corruption indices with Liberia and Mongolia leading the table.
According
to the report, the world’s corrupt nations differ in many ways.
Four are located in Africa, three in Latin America and two in Asia.
These nations also vary considerably in size and population. Mongolia
has just 3.2 million residents, while Mexico, Nigeria and Russia are
three of the largest countries on the globe, each with more than 100
million people.
In
Nigeria, 84% of those surveyed by Transparency International claimed
corruption had increased in the past two years, a higher percentage
than almost any other country in the world.
Troublingly,
75% of those surveyed also said the government was, at best,
ineffective at fighting corruption, worse than in all but 10
countries.
TI says Nigeria is heavily dependent on the oil industry, yet the government refuses to act on accusations that the oil companies are underreporting the value of the resources they extract and the tax they owe by billions of dollars.
The
report adds that “certain transparency groups also blamed
politicians for encouraging corruption.
PM
NEWS, Lagos
Nigerian
Government can argue with this report, but we know better. The truth
is always bitter.
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