NOSDRA, NIPC, ICPC top 2025 Transparency Index as over 500 MDAs rank low

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has been rated arsenic the astir transparent nationalist instauration successful Nigeria, according to the 2025 Transparency and Integrity Index (TII).

In the study unveiled successful Abuja by the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity (CeFTPI), NOSDRA led each 575 assessed Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with a people of 78.84 per cent.

The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, came 2nd came second  with 78.21 per cent, portion the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission scored 78.13 per cent to spot the 3rd astir transparent agency.

However, astir national institutions scored poorly successful the report, with galore falling beneath the 50 per cent benchmark for mean connected openness, accountability, and compliance with statutory disclosure requirements.

While presenting the report, the Executive Director of the Centre, Umar Yakubu, noted that nationalist institutions were statutorily required nether the Fiscal Responsibility Act (2007), the Freedom of Information Act (2011), and the Public Procurement Act (2007) to people accusation specified arsenic budgets, procurement details, recruitment policies, audit reports, and anti-corruption frameworks.

According to the Centre, the scale was conceived to fortify integrity mechanisms successful Nigeria’s nationalist assemblage by assessing whether MDAs people captious accusation connected their websites and portals arsenic required by law.

The appraisal focused connected 5 cardinal variables, namely, fiscal transparency, procurement, quality resources and inclusion, power of corruption, and national engagement, with each attracting 20 per cent.

A reappraisal of the study showed that retired of 575 nationalist institutions assessed, lone six crossed the 50 per cent mean threshold.

Apart from the earlier listed agencies, Development Bank of Nigeria (62.60 per cent) Tertiary Education Trust Fund (54.12 per cent) and Bank of Industry (51.29 per cent) were ranked 4th, 5th and 6th respectively.

Conversely, implicit 400 institutions scored wrong the scope of 36 and 10 per cent, with nary grounds of publishing basal governance accusation online.

More alarming was that astir 100 institutions recorded beneath 10, portion 9 institutions scored zero.

This means that they failed to people immoderate of the required accusation connected budgets, procurement, staffing, oregon anti-corruption policies.

Many of these included national colleges, polytechnics, teaching hospitals, and stream basin authorities.

For instance, Nigerian Coal Corporation, Federal Government unit Housing Loans Board, Federal Medical Centre Katsina, Federal College of Freshwater Fisheries Technology, Baga, Hadrian-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, and Metallurgical Training Institute Onitsha scored zero successful the ranking.

Also, cardinal ministries fared poorly. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development were graded zero.

The Ministry of Power (21.0 per cent), the Ministry of Works and Housing (14.50 per cent), Ministry of Health (14.50 per cent), and Ministry of Defence (14.50 per cent) ranked low, which further highlighted persistent opacity successful sectors captious to Nigeria’s development.

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