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The presidency has blamed former president Olusegun Obasanjo and his former education minister and activist Oby Ezekwesiri for Transparency International low ranking of Nigeria in the recently released TI world corruption index.
The presidency not only disagreed with the ranking of Nigeria, it also insinuated that some patrons of TI in the country may be the brains behind the low rating to distract the President.
“In the end, this whole episode may turn out to be just a political distraction, given the strong views some of TI’s patrons have expressed against the Buhari Administration,” a state house statement noted.
The two Nigerians associated with TI are former President Olusegun Obasanjo who is a member of Advisory Council of the Berlin based anti corruption watchdog and former minister and co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls Advocacy group, Dr Oby Ezekwesili.
Ezekwesili was co-founder of TI and served as one of the pioneers directors of the organisation.
Ezekwesili and Obasanjo have been outspoken in their criticisms of the Buhari administration in the past few months.
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In an open letter last month, Obasanjo asked the President not to contest the 2019 election to seek for a second tenure of office as he alleged that his government has already ruined the Nigerian economy, performed poorly in its anti- corruption war among other failings in its about three years in power.
In the same vein, Ezekwesili has been outspoken about the various failings of the Buhari administration, especially lack of will by the government to act on allegations of corruption against members of the cabinet.
Recall that the latest TI corruption index indicated that corruption in Nigeria has gotten worse under the present administration.
