that governance in Africa has improved since 2000, but the story is
different for Nigeria, as it has descended to the "bottom ten
governance performers on the continent."
The report, which was released yesterday, also cited South Africa,
Kenya and Egypt as three other African regional powerhouses showing
unfavourable governance performance since 2006. Over the past four
years, all four countries have declined in two of the four main IIAG
categories – Safety and Rule of Law and Participation and Human
rights.
Each of these four countries deteriorated the most in the
Participation sub-category, which assesses the extent to which
citizens have the freedom to participate in the political process.
South Africa and Kenya have also registered declines in Sustainable
Economic Opportunity. And Nigeria, West Africa's powerhouse, has for
the first time this year fallen into the bottom ten governance
performers on the continent.
Abdoulie Janneh, former Executive Secretary of the UN Economic
Commission for Africa and Board Member of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
said: "Given the vast natural and human resources of these four
regional powers, these governance results are a concern. Each of these
countries plays a key role in the economic and political landscape of
the continent. To continue to optimally play this role requires a
sustained commitment to balanced and equitable governance."
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