From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
A Group under the auspices of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has said the endemic corrupt practices in the country is negatively affecting Nigerians.
The Deputy Executive Director of group Mr. Leo Atakpu asserted this during ANEEJ Cluster assessment report on the implementation of London Anti-Corruption Summit and Global Forum for Asset Recovery (GFAR) commitments meeting held yesterday.
According to him Nigeria is the 154 least corrupt nations out of 180 countries, according to the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International.
Mr. Leo explained that the meeting is being organized under the Enhancing Anti-corruption and Social Inclusive Reform Initiatives in Nigeria project being implemented by ANEEJ and its eight partners as part of the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project.
According to him, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently revealed that 133 million Nigerians live in multi-dimensional poverty, saying public infrastructures such as power, roads as well as social services, particularly educational and health institutions are in dire conditions necessitating an unprecedented upsurge in brain drain.
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