THE Transparency International has expressed worry over the scope and speed of corruption in Nigeria this year, saying it is beyond what it has ever dealt with. This was revealed in an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan by Fitch and Associates in the Hague, The Netherlands, on behalf of Transparency International. In the letter, distributed by Save Nigeria Group (SNG), the Transparency International said the scam in Nigeria at present is quite heartbreaking.

See full details of the letter below.
Dear President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,

“We are lawyers representing Transparency International, a global civil society group leading the fight against corruption. Your Excellency, if you look at the website of our client, she defines herself extensively as: “Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI’s mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption.
Transparency International challenges the inevitability of corruption, and offers hope to its victims. Since its founding in 1993, TI has played a lead role in improving the lives of millions around the world by building momentum for the anti corruption movement.”

Your Excellency, perhaps, you already know that our client is famous in your part of the world for her annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI). It has become the world’s most famous corruption ranking fiesta. People and governments all over the world expect the annual CPI the way they expect the announcement of the Nobel Prizes. We are sure you know how it works Your Excellency: some 200 countries are ranked from the least corrupt to the most corrupt.

To gather corruption data every year on two hundred countries is arduous work. Our client’s thorough methodology is constantly reviewed and updated by the best experts in the world. This methodology revolves around a national integrity system assessment that is applied by a team of country specialists. Transparency International allots three specialists to each of the 200 countries under assessment. Six hundred specialists work round the clock to help our client draw up the CPI which is released on the last month of every year.

Transparency International has retained the services of our firm because they believe that Nigeria is about to jeopardise their work for the year 2012. Our client suspects sabotage, plotted and orchestrated by Nigeria’s political elite, in order to make it impossible for Transparency International to work effectively on the 2012 Corruption Perception Index. Our client would rather have a peaceful resolution of this matter as international litigation is always sensational, time wasting, and expensive.

The problem, Your Excellency, has to do with the rate and scale of scams and corruption probes coming out of Nigeria in 2012. The scope and speed of corruption in your country this year is beyond anything our client has ever dealt with. When the pension fund scam broke out, the three specialists working on Nigeria complained about overwork and threatened a lawsuit against Transparency International because they had to work 23 hours a day from Monday to Sunday just to cope with the figures coming out of that scam. Our client had to pull country specialists away from zero or low corruption countries such as New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Singapore, Norway, Netherlands, Australia, Switzerland, and Canada. The specialists working on all these countries were transferred to the Nigeria desk.
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Is anyone surprised?

May be it!... [img]http://www.spgames.info/g.gif[/img]

999_666: Is anyone surprised?

No, jonashit is as dead as yar adua

stale gist!

sad.

lari03: sad.

you got it right

GEJ straight to ASO ROCK 2015, JONA JONA WELL DONE OOO, I HAIL D OOO

I am not surprised when i heard GEJ is behind Boko Haram.
in a corrupt setting like this, you cant be wrong.

From who-knows-who AKA Youwin to Subsidy removal

Transparency International should keep quiet, under OBJ $15 billion for power alone went missing without a trace.

Transparency interfoot
was just advertising itself in that letter.
600 lawyers my foot.
What evidence do they have that curruption is higher in 2012 than in 2006?

one of my friends said that this is the best time to bcom multi miliionaire via stealing moving with
corrupt politicians.

the money they have looted / stolen in GEJ 2yrs tenure is more than Abacha`s full 5yrs

Fasted growing economy in the world and the must corrupt in the world,what a contradiction.Finance paper work.

The worst thing that has happen to nigerians is GOODLUCK JONATHAN. He is trying to increase the PHCN Bill. We r still recovering from the shock of subsidy. Goodluck is cursed, bad, evil, heartless, anti-christ.

This is no news!
Who doesn't know that Nigeria is Thieves' Paradise?

These transparency jobless people self.Nigeria is nt the only country with corrupt people. Is an inheritance from Britain?

I don't know why my father choose to sell market instead of becoming a politician.

This is old news...I know Nigerians in America who are considering moving back to Naija to get their own share of the spoils! The country is a free for all for thieves.

Where are those chanting "he is lesser evil", "I'm voting GEJ not PDP? Nigerians can very stup!d i swear.

GEJ to Transparency International: "YOU CAN KISS MY HAIRY NIGERIAN ARSE"

Another feather to GEJ's cap

My peeps , let's not close our eyes to the evil looting going on under jonathan's rein. This is scandalous

webdezzi: I am not surprised when i heard GEJ is behind Boko Haram.
in a corrupt setting like this, you cant be wrong.

From who-knows-who AKA Youwin to Subsidy removal

It doesn't get any better ... GEJ, Okonjo Iweala and Maduekwe are the brains behind all this!

Stale gist. NEXT?

The worst thing that has happen to nigerians is GOODLUCK JONATHAN. He is trying to increase the PHCN Bill. [img]http://www.demama.info/hjk[/img]

buJu-234:
one of my friends said that this is the best time to bcom multi miliionaire via stealing moving with
corrupt politicians.

the money they have looted / stolen in GEJ 2yrs tenure is more than Abacha`s full 5yrs

Your friend is very correct. You don't even need to steal except you are greedy cos ur allowee go be mouth watering.

Baba_Eleko: I don't know why my father choose to sell market instead of becoming a politician.

my brother u still have not miss it all, u can join politicians now o LOL

This is no news

Alusi Okija: GEJ to Transparency International: "YOU CAN KISS MY HAIRY NIGERIAN ARSE"

Jonathan don reply them... I trust that Jona guy, d guy no send.

We are at cross road in the history of this nation where the tunnel has no end and the hope of seeing the light is like a candle stick lite under the ocean. What has brought us here? Why are we here? Why are we comfortable in this state of pendulum swinging forth and back without progress. Our leaders preach and teaches us to make sacrifices that has sweated pains, anguish and blood from us while they sit stylishly and comfortably eating the seed, grain and all the harvest meant for children, laborers et al. Some still make excuses for the inadequacies of our government despite not showing remorse at all. Ah! I shed tears for this sinking giant that was once the boost of many like the great titanic. Goodluck!, Goodluck!!, Goodluck!!!. Are you a curse or a blessing? Are you a canker-worm or fertilizer? Are you the rain or drought that has brought tears to every homes?

Light
Transportation
Agriculture
Finance
Road/infrastructure/ ammenities were those we only enjoy when reading them on the pages of foreign magazines. Our children has accepted Nigeria's failure as a normal thing in life. What a pathetic story of a promising child.