ICPC said TI ignored measures being taken by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to fight corruption.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has also condemned the latest Transparency International report that ranked Nigeria the fourth most corrupt country in West Africa and the 34th in the world.
PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday reported ICPC’s sister anti-corruption agency, the EFCC, and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, condemning the TI index. The EFCC described the report as baseless and appalling.Taking a similar position, the ICPC In a statement on Friday challenged TI to publish its research parameters so that its data can be disaggregated, rather than build its rankings on a few issues such as political corruption.
”These efforts include the increasing number of cases filed in court and jail terms secured in several convictions against corrupt persons across all levels of society, including hitherto ‘sacred cows’. It highlighted key achievements of the Buhari administrations, such as the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information , the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System ; and Treasury Single Account .
”Allied to this report is also the highly publicised work of the Commission in tracking the use of the funds released for Constituency Projects and the report on the deployment of Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard in 280 MDAs.
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