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Vol XXXVIII (No. 9), 07 Sep 2010
Africa: Corruption Rating - Nigeria's Worsens
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Send to Friend(s) You are sending the following news to your friends: Africa: Corruption Rating - Nigeria's Worsens MIL/all africa.com, Nov 18, 2009. Author: Lagos, Nigeria: November 18, 2009 - IR Summary/ All Africa.Com . Nigeria dropped nine places to 130th position out of the 180 countries ranked on the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2009 by Transparency International (TI), a global anti-corruption watchdog.The survey measures domestic public sector corruption in selected countries and is conducted by TI, which is based in Berlin, Germany. In terms of level of perceived corruption, Nigeria, which had moved up 27 places to rank 121 out of 180 countries in 2008, placed 10th out of the 16 West African countries. |