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Nigeria has ‘real problems’ but the issue of corruption is sensationalised by the media, the finance minister has said.
“There is a real problem in the country with corruption and governance like in many other countries,” said Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi #Okonjo-Iweala told CNBC.
Last year in a survey by graft watchdog, Transparency International, Nigeria was ranked the 144th most corrupt country in the world amongst the 177 countries surveyed. Almost 70 per cent of nations were thought to have a serious problem with public servants on the take and none of the countries scored a perfect score.
“I also think that corruption has been trivialised and I gave a talk on that last December. Our media like to sensationalise these things. I actually think they’ve trivialised corruption and taken attention away from where the real problems are.”
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Source: #CNBCAfrica
“There is a real problem in the country with corruption and governance like in many other countries,” said Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi #Okonjo-Iweala told CNBC.
Last year in a survey by graft watchdog, Transparency International, Nigeria was ranked the 144th most corrupt country in the world amongst the 177 countries surveyed. Almost 70 per cent of nations were thought to have a serious problem with public servants on the take and none of the countries scored a perfect score.
“I also think that corruption has been trivialised and I gave a talk on that last December. Our media like to sensationalise these things. I actually think they’ve trivialised corruption and taken attention away from where the real problems are.”
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Source: #CNBCAfrica
