In the 2017 Freedom in the World evaluation, Nigeria’s political rights rating improved to 3 as against last year’s 4.
This improvement has been attributed to increased transparency under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration and military gains against the dreaded Boko Haram sect that led to a significant reduction in the group’s ability to alter the religious and ethnic composition of the northeast.
Freedom in the World is an annual survey and report by a U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House. It assesses the degree of political rights and civil liberties in every nation and significant related and disputed territories around the world.
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This year’s Freedom in the World survey evaluates the state of freedom in 195 countries and 14 territories.
The assessment is based on a scale of 1 to 7 with one being most free and seven being least free. Each country and territory is assigned between 0 and 4 points on a series of 25 indicators, for an aggregate score of up to 100. These scores are used to determine two numerical ratings, for political rights and civil liberties. A country or territory’s political rights and civil liberties ratings then determine whether it has an overall status of Free, Partly Free, or Not Free.
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In the ratings for 2016 below, Nigeria’s political rights rating was 4 while that of civil liberties is 5. This year, while political rights improved, civil liberties remained the same.
Thanks to Buhari and Nigerian troops for this achievement.
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