2023 Polls: Salihu Lukman Accuses Tl Of Attempting To Influence Outcome
The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, has accused Transparency International of attempting to influence the outcome of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections.
TI had in its 2020 report of Corruption Perception Index released on Thursday said Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points, ranking 149 out of 183 countries surveyed. It was the country’s worst rating in years.
TI cited an absence of transparency, nepotism, lack of adequate anti-corruption legal frameworks, the prevalence of bribery and extortion in the Nigerian Police, corruption in the security sector, among others, as reasons for the low rating.But in a statement issued on Tuesday, the PGF DG described the rating as a poor attempt at politicising the fight against corruption.
“For a government...