Nigeria Among African Countries With Worst Governance Records, New Report Reveals
The report listed Nigeria among other countries like Botswana, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Senegal, Sudan, and Tunisia, as those suffering from deteriorating governance.
The 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance has noted that governance in Nigeria has continued to deteriorate.
The report listed Nigeria among other countries like Botswana, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Senegal, Sudan, and Tunisia, as those suffering from deteriorating governance.
“For the remaining 21 countries, hosting 47.9% of the population, the Overall Governance level is worse in 2023 than in 2014,” it said.
“For 11 of those – Botswana, Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Guinea, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda – home to almost 1/3 (29.3%) of the population, deterioration is even worsening over the second part of the decade.
“This concerning overall trend is driven by the ongoing deterioration of the Security & Rule of Law dimension, which has been the most deteriorated category since 2014 (-1.6 points), as well as, to a lesser extent, by the irregular trajectory of Participation, Rights & Inclusion, ending with a loss of -0.2 points between 2014 and 2023.
“Within these categories, deterioration is worst in both Security & Safety and in Participation, with a loss of -5.0 and -4.5 points respectively, while Rights (-2.8) and Accountability & Transparency.”
The declaration comes amid a World Bank report that notes that Nigeria has continued wasteful expenditure under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The World Bank ranked the Nigerian government as weak in terms of cutting wasteful expenditures.
According to the World Bank’s Nigeria Development Update seen by SaharaReporters, the global financial institution said the current administration led by President Bola Tinubu must start “cutting wasteful expenditures that are not essential such as purchase of vehicles, external training, among others”.
Nigeria has continued to battle dearth in governance with leadership challenges labelled as the bane in development of the country.
Nigeria is also said to be suffering from poor security and safety concerns.
The development comes amid kidnappings and killing recorded in different parts of the country.
SaharaReporters recently reported how a N3.2 trillion expenditure on security by the Tinubu administration failed to stop kidnappings and killings across the country.
While the government have continued to say it is committed to improving governance, Nigerians have lamented impact of government policies on their day to day life.
