Nigeria failing in corruption war, says global body

Corruption is a DOUBLE CHIEF in Nigeria.

is that stolen money or bribe money in the picture?

Simple way forward, ability for ordinary people to look at their politician eye to eye and ask question relating to any issue without being afraid or being marked enemy of the state. Children should be able to their parent, why? Youth wing of political party or any organisation should be able to stand up and asked their leader, with due respect...that is not true. Our leader should be man enough to sign the BOI immediately. A conflict of interest regulations should be in place for all public office holders at all levels.

Haven't you heard about what International Transparency said about corruption in Nigeria? Don't say I tell you: Corruption has been crowned a double chief in Nigeria. It has no respect for generational consideration. What is going on, is a scramble for petro naira.

pls Nigeria give me a break

Report reflects the reality on ground. Imagine Civil Servant on N65,000.00 Salary building or buying blocks of building in Maitama and Lekki Phase 1.However its surprising that Nigeria still ranks better than some countries.

What will EFCC say about it? Either come out to denounce the report (as work of detractors) or just keep quiet. BTW, what legacy does Ms Waziri wants to leave behind?

waziri cannot say anything to this allegation.she is as corrupt.what of the money her husband stole while in govt.

Then, praise-singers would say Waziri Farida is doing well

What will they say? They are all corrupt. Does Waziri have a clean record? They are all aware of their deeds. None of them will escape the judgement of God

i am sure with the current effort by the EFCC in curbing corruption, the country's ranking would certainly improve when the next ranking is done. Let hope that other anti-corruption agencies and the judiciary show same level of committment and zeal in the fight against corruption as EFCC.

Obasanjo/Ribadu fought corruption,Nigeria/her people gained some respect, the counrty improved on global perception index yet some claimed he was witch hunting. Now, Yaradua/Waziri is taken us back down the ladder and the same people that acussed Obasanjo of witching hunting are keeping quite and smilling to the banks.

The best way to wipe out corruption is to make it punishable by death. Capital punishment! No more, no less. This law has to be established first. Any takers? After this, you can now start asking the generals, past heads of state, governors, legislators, ministers, commissioners of police, local government chairmen etc., to tell us where they got their money to build dreamy hill-top mansions, universities, eye-popping elementary and high schools that only the elites can afford. If they cannot explain this, what reason have they to live? Tie them to the stake. They are not better than armed robbers. Can you put a number on how many people have died as a result of their corruption? At the end of the day, you'd find out that this so called powerful people are not really many (even, if you count the corrupt obas, emirs, and civil servants who lined their pockets while in office to date) not up 50-200 thousand from day Nigeria got its independence. If we cannot do this, then the cankerworm that is corruption will wipe out Nigeria. And Nigeria, alas, the people are not ready to face this challenge. Make corruption uncool and the so called giant(?) of Africa will rise and take its rightful place not behind S. Africa, but leading Africa and telling the world in a very loud and clear voice that she has arrived. May God bless Nigeria

Life indeed is an irony. its a pity that some loud mouthed individuals who just yesterday were praising Waziri for Bode George's conviction are already castigating her based on this TI's rating. A case of "Today they call him king,tomorrow they shout crucify him,crucify him" Let it be known to everyone of us that this war is not for EFCC nor Waziri alone to wage. It is a collective one where every nigerian must be identified with.The question we need to ask ourselves is how have we as a people contributed to the current situation.Corruption is a phenomenon being perpetrated by people not animals. Have we been above corruption in our daily dealings or are we pretending to be saints just because we have not been caught. Let it be known nigerians that Waziri and her EFCC are doing their best in the prevailing circumstances which are tough enough. Where is the judiciary in all this? Where is the legislature? Where is the Presidency and other stakeholders? I am sure that if the judges handling these cases have not been entertaining frivolous injunctions maybe many ex governors would have been cooling their heels in prisons like Bode George. Moreover, the legislature which are made up of highly incompetent and corrupt persons cannot and may not create the enabling laws to fast track judicial processes. On the other hand, Yar'adua has shown that he is not sincere about fighting corruption.He has been hobnobing with the corrupt among us and this is not good enough. Nigerians wake up.

as far as i know, EFCC is trying its best to fight corruption in this country.why should some people blame WAZIRI for everything gone wrong in fighting corruption.is she the only one heading a corruption agency?

Talk talk. nonsenese upon nonsense....all of them they steal money......pls give me abreak joooo.THEY ENJOYED REFINERY WITHOUT INCREASE IN FUEL PUMP..NOW ITS OUR TURN... THEY SAID REFINERY CANNOT WORK HERE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BUSINESS TO RUN......THEY KEEP SHOUTING 7 POINT AGENDA,,,,, LIGHT NO EVEN DAY FOR 24HRS... TIRED EVERYBODY JUST DEY EAT MONEY...CURRUPTION UPON CORRUPTION...NA TRUE FELA TALK OOOOO PAFUK NA WAOOOOOOOOO

corruption has been existing even before Waziri took over as the chairman of EFCC.this has been our problem since independence.for Nigeria to have taken that position now shows with time corruption whould be a thing of the past.

this corruption has been our problem since independence.thank God nigeria is going backward but we all should keep fighting corruption with all our might.with God on our side and Waziris effort,will soon have a corrupt free economy.

why cant we appreciate the efforts of the anti grsft agency.it is not fair ,the fight against corruption is a cause for everyone and we all need to join our hands and fight it.it begins with us as individuals.

I have no doubt that if the Transparency International had reviewed holistically, the efforts of farida Waziri at figting corruption in Nigeria, including the conviction of Chief Olabode George by diligently prosecuting the case,our record could have drastically inproved. Even the doubting thomases know that there is a sharp improvement in the war against corruption in Nigeria. I will only encourage EFCC not to relent.

Well my fellow Nigerians if we are being honest here, i will say the corruption system in nigeria is improving so please let us all support Waziri to eradicate corruption and make a thing of the past.

Now why do we trivialise issue? Nigeria's ranking slips and we blame EFCC and Waziri. Bode George is convicted and we salute EFCC and Waziri. Lets get serious and analyse issues based on empirical facts. Apart from EFCC there is a body in this country known as ICPC which is the body directly responsible for corruption. How many of us know that this ranking is only a perception index. No 2 ways about it that as a nation we are corrupt but we need empirical evidence of where we stand rather than a perception of where we stand. I dont think this is an EFCC issue alone but if it is, then we need to know how many cases of corruption it inherited and how many it has initiated. Facts are sacred and should be the basis of perception.

Yes to death penalty... I agree completely and it should be for both the giver and the taker... may Nigeria shine again??

How does this picture of the Senate's mace in front of stolen cash measure up to the nation's rebranding efforts?

everybody shut up!!! Nigeria tolerate corruption. Look at yourself and tell me if you have not committed a corrupt act today or yesterday in your office, asking for gratification,hiding a file, shuffling files,taaking bribe, tip, egunje and yet we point fingers at others saying they are corrupt. If most Nigerians complaining today find themselves in same position, they will do worse.

I think the whole mess comes from the presidency, we need a more stronger president that can say a word and it stands, Yaradua is better when it comes to rule of law, but we need him to be more aggressive and outspoken. when ever a crime is committed he has to come out and condem it publicly, and the time when PDP or AREWA should be telling the presidency what to do should be over as well.

It's unfortunate that corruption has become a household word in Nigeria. Who do we blame? We all have a share of the blame as parents, wives, husbands, children, grand-parents, aunties, uncles, sisters, brothers, friends and neighbours. Our society has lost its value system to the effect that people do not distinguish ill-gotten money from legitimate earning. Our Imams, pastors, parents, immediately family members, relations, friends and neighbours eulogize and respect us when we have money to spread around. They don’t mind the source of the money neither do they care to ask. Some can go to the extent of worshipping you and killing for your own sake. We have so many people who are regarded as prominent first-class citizens whose source of wealth cannot be traced beyond stealing from the public purse. Some have combined public service with business which is unethical. If you try to speak out about such wealth the Imams and pastors will tell you “Allah ya hana dogon bincike”, meaning; “God abhors probing people’s actions.’ I don’t know where they got this vague interpretation of God’s words. I challenge the EFCC to take a count of all the mansions and large estates in Abuja - Maitama, Asokoro, Utako and Gwarimpa, and tell Nigerians who own the houses. I believe the findings will reveal that 95% of the houses are owned by politicians and public servants both senior ranking and their subordinates. What is their source of income to acquire such stupendous wealth? Buhari is right when he said it’s very easy to know a corrupt person. All you need do is to trace his wealth and assets and make comparison with his legitimate income. Can his salary buy him the comfort he enjoys? If not, he is corrupt he needs to be investigated. Even EFCC that is saddled with the responsibility of tracking down corruption and prosecuting perpetrators is looking the other way as if everything is normal. They rely too much on a third party to report cases of corruption when they can track it easily. Unfortunately those who crafted the EFCC Act have ignored the fact that reporting corruption by a third party is always difficult in our circumstance because it’s pretty impossible to stumble on facts. But institutions like the police, SSS, traditional councils, and banks can provide clues to the anti-corruption agencies. Unfortunately too, majority of the officials of these agencies are also corrupt. So what is our recourse? Every Nigerian should serve as an ombudsman; he or she should ask their leaders their source of wealth; they should ask them to account for every single kobo received from the revenue allocation. We need to revive our value system. We need to train our children to ask questions that are relevant to their lives so that when they grow up, they form the habits of keeping tabs on their leaders. We are in dire need of leadership training for our youth because I believe the current crop of leaders is a wasted generation. We may not be the most corrupt nation on earth but we are the most irresponsible corrupt nation. Others steal and invest the money home to build infrastructures and provide jobs. Our own looters are siphoning off the money to foreign countries like Switzerland, Britain, U.S. Germany, and of recent United Arab Emirate and Egypt. I agree with Buba Galadinma, only a bloody revolution can restore sanity and order to Nigeria. We should be thinking and working along this line sooner than later. May God give us the strength to challenge our leaders at all levels and make them do the right hting.

The ranking of Nigeria is very correct because this the country where there is a good electoral reform produce Uwai Panel that will benefit the whole masses that the president kept from signing.

Micheal, shot up, dont say what you dont know.Everybody is not as bad as you.

The truth is, there's nothing to appreciate in the so called anti graft war because as a hardworking person trying to survive on honest living, I have to pay exhorbitant school fees for my children in a country where several past leaders who let our public educational system grind to a halt own huge elitist private schools. These same leaders who allowed the total collapse of power own multi billion organisations that sell generators and diesel to you and I. Some are Diresctors of HMOs that bill me huge sums annually for decent health care....and I'm expected to be placated by a measly 2 year sentence for Bode George and all that charade with the Banking Sector? Which hunt, empirical fact,corruption rating, whatever.....this is the average Nigerian's reality.....We are way behind in winning the battle against corruption!

Please YarAdua bring back Ribadu. This guy is the best man for the job.

all these lip service we are paying on daily basis goes to show the extent of our nonsensity and insensitivity to the plight of Nigeria. the word transparency, use to be our watchword but now that has change because aliens have invaded our political landscape with all sort of diabolic policies, that is we have enormous babel everywhere. if the head of the fish is bad, the rest of the body will definitely be conterminated,and what do you expect of a system that has no check and balances. if we need a radical change in this our great country, everybody has to change their attitude toward everything. period.

boys relax...its not corruption...its uneven wealth distribution...all fingers are not equal..

If after all said and done Nigeria is still considered corrupt, I believe the issue of EFCC and co has been defeated, they should be scraped maybe another body formed to replace them, all we were hearing is somebody has been arrested how they ended their investigation will never be made public especially if the accused "belong".

this stigma of corruption has dent the image of our country in the communities of nations, our leaders cant walk tall in the presence of their conterparts as a result of corruption, European banks have evidences against nigeria as a state regarding this dirty government practices, with due respect to every body;s opinion, ribadu did well than weak waziri, though he has his mistakes and shortcomings but he took the fight to the corrupt leaders and brough many down with shocking revelations, am his fan and i admire him alot, may be if every nigerian at home have the chance of visiting france, uk, germany and usa, you will be suprise regarding the respect the czar (ribadu) cornered to him self as a result of unrelenting and unbendable actions while in office, in the mindset of many european leaders, thats why he is enjoying the respect and security in America now, imagine the rejected Ribadu in all government seminars across the world, the rejected stone that become a corner stone, arguable, there are things that Ribadu should have handle well than the way he handled it while in office, but the point is that he did very well if not excellently, transparency international testifies to that, the destiny and prosperity of our great country remains in the hands of our corrupt leaders, nigeria lost the bid to be acknowledged as one of the g20, we lost out due to corruption, its quite unfortunate.

How can corruption be fought when people can not will eection? With stash of money like this in National Assembly is ery hameful. When allthey know how to do is to steal people' mandate and judges receive huge sum like our dear senate president who is the most corrupt person and planning to bring his son to federal house of assembly and his uneducated brother to benue state house of assembly by 2011, then run for VP with Goodluck in 2015. God please my country NIGERIA!!!

Does that verdict surprise anyone? Recall that we have a presidency that writes letters through its Attorney-general to British courts to protect thieves. So what were we expecting? The world cannot be decieved in spite of all the rebranding.

Naija is the most corruption villiage in the world & corruption will stop in Naija when they (the people in Government & the so call politician) finish the OIL in Niger Delta .

Nigeria practices the one of the highest levels of confilct of interest in public ofice in the continent

Ibori had a strangled hold on the Yaradua's administration. He is the one ruling the Country behind the iron contain. After he was arrested by Ribadu, he demanded to have an audience with the President, it was there after Ribadu was fired with some flensing technicality of sending him to NIPSS for training. Waziri since she was appointed, has been all talk and no action

WELL CORRUPTION HAS REALLY GONE DEEP INTO OUR BLOOD, THAT EVEN RELIGIOUS BODIES ARE NOW CORRUPT, THE ONLY THING IS GOD IS STILL GOD THE HOUR OF RECONING WILL COME THAT ALL THIS THINGS WILL COME OUT, AGAIN LET;S CONTINUE TO PRAY 4 OUR COUNTRY, GOD WILL BRING US OUT OF THIS SHAME.

Republic of Benin ranks 106 - which is ridiculous because I know first hand that she is far worse than Nigeria. Nigerians usually hint at bribery, Beninese threaten. Take what you hear with a pinch of salt.

great achievement. nigeria should keep it up. i hope mr rule of law and due proccess is listening.he sees nothing and knows nothing. that is why most of our roads are terrible, there is no power supply, we have dry taps. yet there are budgetary allocations and nobody is accounting for money assigned for the work. infact nothing seems to be working in nigeria now except corruption. good people, great nation. another big plus to our rebranding campaign

it is very important we stop blaming the leaders for the problem of Nigeria.The problem is YOU & ME. How did you handle your office,family,friends or even yourself.what you do at the backward?it is a personal question you can't jump.

Many people have commented on this TI's recent ranking. Its to be expected that Nigerians are concerned about corruption of course it is the bane of our development. However searchlight must now come on THE NIGERIAN PRESS on the way they handled the last regime's effort on corruption. The present ranking should indeed go to the press. They are the one who have failed!!! It is no secret that the press was the archenemy of Obasanjo. The reason of course is also traceable to corruption. For just before the advent of Obasanjo's regime the press boys especially those at the coridors of power, (those posted to cover, presidency, Governors etc) feed fat from the droppings of the "Master's Table" but when Obasanjo came in it was not "business as usual'. That of course made the boys mad. You know at their level they control the opinion of the top echelons of the press. They said Ribadu was being used to hunt down enemies of Obasanjo. Unfortunately, some of the cases has suceeded Obasanjo and are still in court. I can still remember the Plateau State saga and the arrest and escape from London of the "holy one of Plateau". How the press transfered him to their court and declared him a victim of Obasanjo's oppression. The Nigerian press must be honourable to accept their error. They were the ones who set Ribadu up for all his present travails. While the International Community was praising the same man to the highest heavens. When the present regime came to power, the press praised them for the being the upholder of the rule of law, they also praised the present EFCC for correcting the evils of Ribadu. As at now we yet to see one single case handled by Ribadu and upturned by any Court in Nigeria. At least Transparency International does not see any improvement yet!! and without TI, the Nigerian press would have rated the present fight on corruption as the best in the History of our Nation. The truth is that we need cleansing for the Press also. There are many boys out there who have no business handling the pen!! They are corrupting the profession and The Country!!!!

I agree, bring back ribadu - the best man for the job .

@Funmilayo, maybe they measured it in terms of population therefore there is more corruption in Nigeria than Republic of Benin.

corruption has come national culture in this country almost,all our political or non political are involve in one way of corruption or the other,and this type of corrupt officials.are thee same set people from the time that this country get,indepence till date and may be till eternity even, if something urgent.is not done this olden days generation of leaders that plant thier childrens and cronnies should pls allow the younger generations to continue from where the fail people.especially people like murtala nyako rilwan lukman farida waziri and the rest

corruption has come national culture in this country almost,all our political or non political are involve in one way of corruption or the other,and this type of corrupt officials.are thee same set people from the time that this country get,indepence till date and may be till eternity even, if something urgent.is not done this olden days generation of leaders that plant thier childrens and cronnies should pls allow the younger generations to continue from where the fail people.especially people like murtala nyako rilwan lukman farida waziri and the rest

fuck all nigerian leaders i pray hail 4 dem. they make d country much more hard 4 even d average man talk more of a poor man wat a huge large wickjetness.

This is a platitude and gross waste of time, to comment upon. We are pretenders, is it not obvious, that nigeria is a failed state, too clear that a cabal has ruined the country, and we know the hegemony has a particular region in the country that has caused all this mess, yes we know. And they are holding on to power desperately. We are acursed, safe for a divine intervention that we await desperately. That even when the president is operating on the last reserves of his being , he'd rather, he had a state burial by dying on the seat, and jeopardizing the lives of 150million, people, oh God, why?

when there's no more oil in the Delta, se everybody will go back to mend his tent. The time is nigh.

We deserve the kind of government that we currently have. Period! We have not earned the right for a good responsible government, therefore we all can complain all we want today, tomorrow, until kingdom come, nothing will change, if we don't demand change either peacefully or forcefully!

In a more civilized society,politicians come out to apologize for there failure (quote on quote mistake)and they resign. But here in Nigeria u see that reverse is the case. corrupt government officials are praised and they want to hang on to power even if it needs there blood.SAD story

Nigerians are not suprise to the rating. All the charges against some former governors for corruptions has not yeilded any result. Justice delayed is justice denied.Great lesson to our leaders.

With the level of corruption in Nigeria it baffles me that Nigeria was ranked better than some countries.

The only way to control corruption is to make the system responsive to best practices. You buy a commodity in the market and there is no receipt to show for it. Where the receipt is issued, it is a fake one and no one monitors the issuer for tax purposes. The receipts issued are printed by everyone, everywhere, anyhow and anyway. Cash registers don't work cause there is no electricity; PHCN bills are raised without reading meters; Airport tolls are paid into the pockets of the collectors; No government office audits and publishes its annual accounts; Procurement is done without the due process...I can go on. The only way to fix it is to make the system accountable. We know what to do. Let's have the social and political will to do it. SIMPLICITA.

please Ribadu come and finish what U STARTED becouse Yar'aduwa and Farida cannot do it

This is a solid confirmation of the well known view expressed by Hilary Clinton for which corrupt officials took offence. What do they have to say here. If those who are supposed to fight corruption are actively engaged in corruption, result is this expected draw back from what Ribadu did. Have we not heard of the bullet proof Jeep from Akwa Ibom State Governor to Waziri, the Abuja land issue, bribes by former governor rogues, the cases of Halliburton and Siemens who are still doing business with the corrupt government whereas some of thier officials are to be put behind the bars in their sane countries. The list indeed is endless. I absolutely agree that we should bring back Ribadu to continue his good works from where he stopped for this woman Waziri is totally corrupt. The events in the banking sector should not be attributed to corrupt EFCC but to Sanusi who is believed to have done that in order to implement his northern hidden agenda. Waziri had investigated tha bank before but hid the reports because of huge bribes from the banks. The Presidency is very corrupt and that is why it is tolerating corruption even in its doorstep. The certificate forgery is the Customs, fraternity with corrupt Ibori, corrupt activities of the Attorney General of the Fraudulents all weigh against the Presidency in this matter. May be after this government, Nigeria will face corruption head-on, but for now Yaradua is tolerating corruption. The international community should help poor Nigerians from this corrupt and toothless government.

The fight against corruption in Nigeria is huge and real. So many lectures, seminars and what have you have not impacted much because sincerity is lacking. The truth is sooner than later we shall all be consumed by it as the rich and poor, big and small face the consequences of this rot. Time was in this country public schools were place of pride for the children of rich and poor, light was available,factories were working because those leaders of yesterday were so selfless.Today, despite the abundance God Has endowed on us,everywhere is a cry of sorrow. We pray this report will be a wake up call to change for the better.

Does this mean i wont be getting my money from that widow of an exiled former leader that i heard about in my email? Im crushed.

A nation is corrupt (NIGERIA IS CORRUPT) it don't mater how or what position Ngeria is as 1 or #180 most corrupt nation in world,fact is Nigeria is sick and needs help,every Nigerian should help work towards healing the nation,by asking he/herself what is be done to make change,if a Nigerian is asked if he loves Nigeria the answer is a big yes but in the actual sense of loving a nation (nigerians u all don't ve a cue )lovin a nation is doing the right things,bring the best of a nation,been your brothers keeper. You all corrupt little minded NIGERIANS changes your ways and start doing the thing,ask yourselves where are those corrupt bastard before you,death and forgotten and NIGERIA will survive you all,you better make change.REST MY CASE!

Corruption is now a generational thing were d pple who re in power leave sit 4 there relation teaching them d footstep it has been legalised BUT I BELIEVE NO MATTER HOW IT HAS EATEN DEEP INTO OUR SOUL OF NIGERIA THERE IS STILL HOPE LET NOT GIVE 4 2OMORO IS PREGANT BETTER NIGERIAS ARE TAKIN D POSTIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND THEY TAKING US 2 DAT PLACE WE HAVE ALWAYS DREAMET OF . B4 we got 2 were we re now we were nothing after rain there is sun after nite there cums day. LET NO LOOSE FAITH IT WILL COME 'BUT' THERE IS ALWAYS A BUT IT ONLY TIME. GOD BLESS NIGERIA

Why is this europians fooling themselves and not Nigerians? What are they doing to stop this corruption? Our bad leaders carry this to wall street banks in uk, bank of swiss and bank of america. They dont tell them to return the back to Nigeria, what will this ranking of corruption do for Nigerians or you people think that when u guys come up with such data then we will die? U people taught Nigerians corruption, go with ur unuseful information, tell us how much u people confisticated from our bad leaders.

Why is this europians fooling themselves and not Nigerians? What are they doing to stop this corruption? Our bad leaders carry this to wall street banks in uk, bank of swiss and bank of america. They dont tell them to return the back to Nigeria, what will this ranking of corruption do for Nigerians or you people think that when u guys come up with such data then we will die? U people taught Nigerians corruption, go with ur unuseful information, tell us how much u people confisticated from our bad leaders.

I agreed with Ahmad barkindo, corruption has now become part of Nigeria's culture. Because the families and societies encourages and promotes it.