The latest Ibrahim Index of
African Governance (IIAG) has ranked Nigeria 35th out of 54 African countries
in its overall governance ranking.
According to the report released on November 20, 2017, in Dakar, Senegal,
the Mo
Ibrahim Foundation highlighted that Nigeria has shown a
significant improvement in the last five years. More so, the 35th position for
2017 is a rank better than its position in 2016 (36th).
“Over the last ten years, 40 African countries have improved in
Overall Governance. In the last five years, 18 of these – a third of the
continent’s countries and home to 58% of African citizens – including Cote
d’Ivoire, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria and Senegal, have even managed to
accelerate their progress. In 2016, the continent achieved its highest Overall
Governance score to date (50.8 out of 100.0),” the report
says.
Mauritius was ranked the best country on governance
index in the continent. It scored 81.4 percent in the overall governance index. Seychelles (73.4), Botswana
(72.7), Cabo Verde (72.2) and Namibia (71.2) joined
Mauritius in the first five top countries in the index.
Of
the 40 countries that improved in Overall Governance in the last ten years, 18
are picking up pace over the last five years. In the last five years, their
annual average increase in score is greater than that of the last ten years.
This includes only four of the top ten highest scoring countries in Overall
Governance in 2016: Seychelles (2nd), Namibia (5th), Tunisia (7th) and Senegal (10th).
Nigeria
achieves its highest category score in Participation & Human Rights (52.5),
and its lowest category score in Sustainable Economic Opportunity (42.3). Also,
the country achieved more in the sub-category score of Rule of Law (63.1), and
its lowest sub-category score was Accountability (32.7).
The
foundation expressed optimism about the increasing number of strong
institutions, and more governments in Africa have started paying attention to
key dimensions of good governance.
“As the index shows us, overall governance in Africa is improving.
This is good news. However, the slowing and in some cases even reversing trends
in a large number of countries, and in some key dimensions of governance, means
that we must be vigilant. Without vigilance and sustained efforts, the progress
of recent years could be in danger of vanishing.”
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