In the year 2000, Transparency International carried out a survey on the corruption level in of some countries.
Out of 90 countries including Kenya, Cameroon, Angola, Côte-d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, Zambia, India, Venezuela, Moldova, and others, Nigeria occupied the 90th position, making the country the most corrupt in terms of transparency.
In the year 2001,2002 and 2003, Nigeria ranked the 2nd most corrupt nation in the world and in 2004 the country was pronounced 3rd most corrupt country in the world.
The record in 2005 slightly improved going by the Transparency International survey. Nigeria ranked world's 6th most corrupt nation.
In 2006, 2007 there was a slight shrink in corruption perception index.
Nigeria recorded significant improvement in 2014, as the country was ranked 136th out of 175 countries/territories surveyed. This is seen as the best report so far on the corruption perception in the country.
Nigeria is estimated to have lost over $400 billion to corruption since independence.
Not one sector of the country's economy is said to be clean.
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, seems to be getting a nod from some quarters in his resolve to fight corruption and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, is one of those giving such nods.
He insists that all those found culpable in corruption be remanded in prisons and all their loots forfeited.
Government after government have aimed at containing corruption through the enactment of laws and the enforcement of integrity systems, although concrete results are yet to be felt.
Perhaps, the time of patience has lapsed.
Nigerians have now moved to the streets to demand that the fight against corruption be strengthened and the federal capital territory where the president works and resides is the venue for the protest.
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