Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser
to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has faulted reports by
Transparency International, about corruption in Nigeria.
Adesina stated this when he
appeared on Channels Television’s special Independence Programme on Monday.
The presidential spokesperson was
asked about Nigeria’s fall from 136 to 148 on Corruption Perception Perception
Index (CPI) for 2017, two years after the Federal Government started its
anti-corruption war.
“We have spoken many times about
that ranking and my position is that that ranking is not strictly about
government, it is about Nigeria and her people.
“Some people want to make it seem
as if it is a vote of no confidence in government or it is a lower mark for the
government. I don’t agree, I think it is a lower mark for the people because
the people constitute the country.
“And if things do not seem to
have worked as they should work, the people also have part of the blame,” he
replied.
The Presidency had rejected the
Corruption Perception Index when it was released in February and Adesina
suggested it would not be taking such reports seriously.
“As much as I respect
Transparency International, I don’t think we necessarily need them to
authenticate what is going on in the country; because we, Nigerians, know that
there is a war against corruption ongoing and that war is succeeding.
“There are strides being taken.
It may not be there yet, and we are not there, but we are on the way there. So,
let no agency from any part of the world come to think that whatever it says is
the gospel to us,” Adesina added.
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