The Wall Street Journal quotes CGD visiting fellow Nuhu Ribadu on corruption.
From the article:
"In Nigeria, Network member Nuhu Ribadu was dismissed as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in 2008 after he had successfully prosecuted his boss—Nigeria's police inspector general—for corruption and then locked horns with the governor of an oil-rich state over corruption allegations. Mr. Ribadu says he fled Nigeria after an assassin tried to put a bullet in his back.
The World Bank, with Norad's backing, gave the Center for Global Development in Washington a grant to pay Mr. Ribadu a $100,000 salary as a visiting fellow, World Bank and Network officials say. Norad declined comment.
He became a leading critic of the Nigerian regime. Then Nigerian politics changed and Goodluck Jonathan became president this year, pledging to be tough on corruption. He met with Mr. Ribadu in Washington and now Mr. Ribadu is considering joining his administration.
"The message goes back to Nigeria that you can fight corruption and there is life after the fight," Mr. Ribadu says."