Garba Shehu, President Buhari’s media aide, has responded to Transparency International’s ranking of Nigeria as 146 out of 180 corrupt countries and as the most corrupt country in West Africa.
During an appearance on Channels TV ‘Sunrise Daily’, Shehu emphasized that the report, which gave Nigeria a score of 26 out of 100 points, is based on perception index and not research-based.
The Presidential spokesperson argued that the report does not depict the country’s actual situation, emphasizing that it relies on secondary sources.
Shehu stated;
“The report itself is a perception index,” he said. “So perception is what it is. It is different from the reality that you have on the ground. The report is harsh on the government. It does not take due cognisance of the ground reality.
“In fairness to the TI that presented the report, they said themselves that it is not research-based. So it is not fact-based but based on second-rate data – information collected here and there. In effect, anybody could put together this kind of report from press releases issued by opposition political parties.
“The fact on the ground contradicts this report. This administration has done enormously well. We have achieved quite a lot.”