Few days before his inauguration for a second term in office, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International (TI) said President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign has yielded little result. Demanding an urgent intervention as the new cabinet is being anticipated at a press conference in Abuja Friday, the chair, Transparency International Nigeria and Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani said Buhari’s government has not delivered on anti-corruption commitments made to Nigerians and to the international community. “Having observed the disturbing trends, events and occurrences in our dear nation; noting the responses from government, groups and different stakeholders, civil society legislative advocacy centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International (TI) states with concern that corruption remains pervasive in Nigeria,” Rafsanjani said. The score means that there was no change in the perception of the state of corruption in the country; Nigeria has not improved in the international comparison in regard to perception of corruption,” Rafsanjani stated. He said implementation of key anti-corruption strategies such as the Freedom of Information, whistleblower regime, public procurement, judicial reform, educational reform, land reform, beneficial ownership, security reforms, oil and gas reform and others were marred in loopholes that jettison the anti-corruption crusade.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2019 13:52 UTC