Nigeria has been ranked in the list of poorly-governed countries on the African continent by World Economics, a United Kingdom (UK) based research organisation.
The good governance ranking is assessed through four main indexes. The indexes are; corruption perception, rule of law, press freedom, and political rights.
The governance index as set by World Economics, gives equal weight to all four criteria set by the researchers.
Index numbers according to World Economics, are all rebased and shown on a scale of 0-100. Governance: 0 = Poor governance, 100 = As good as it gets, Corruption Perception: 0 = Bad, 100 = Good, Rule of Law: 0 = low rule of law, 100 = High rule of law, Press Freedom: 0 = Low press freedom, 100 = High press freedom and Political Rights: 0 = Low political rights, 100 = High political rights. The grade definitions are A: Very good, B: Good, C: Average, D: Poor and E: Very poor.
Based on the ranking, Nigeria had a grade of D with an index score of 37.0.
At the bottom of the ranking is Libya with a grade of E and an index of 15.4. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes ahead of Libya also with grade E and an index of 21.6 and Chad is placed ahead of DRC with an index of 23.2.
Meanwhile, the ranking placed Ghana as the 5th best-governed country on the African continent and the best-governed country in the whole of West Africa.
With a grade of B, and with an index of 61.7, Ghana secured the 5th position ahead of Senegal, the closest West African counterpart ranks 6th with a grade of C and an index of 53.6.
Namibia is ranked 2nd with a grade of B and an index of 69.1. South Africa is ranked 3rd with a grade of B and an index score of 65.5 and Botswana is placed 4th ahead of Ghana with a grade of B and an index of 65.1.
Credit:Nigeria Tribune
