Since the recent failed bomb attack on a US airline by Abdul Muttallab and the president of the country being AWOL, Nigeria has been in the news all over the world.
A lot of people have since been comparing Nigeria to failed nations like Yemen.Nigeria is now on the terrorist list of the US. Many Nigerians now pass through dehumanizing ordeals at airports all over the world even in neighboring Ghana.
Why do they see Nigeria as a failed state?
First of all, our president left the shores of this country without properly briefing the Federal Executive Council and National Assembly on his mission and how long it’s going to take thereby not transmitting a letter to the National Assembly handling over to his vice president. Even in nations where democracy is not practiced, the president or head of government know what to do. For example, in Guinea, the coup leader, Capt. Moussa Dada Camara handed over power to his deputy when he had to be flown to Morocco for treatment. It is only in a lawless and failing country in which a President of the country abandoned his duty post with no formal permission. There is no official record whatsoever to indicate that the president is on sick leave or sabbatical leave. Does this not imply that the president of Nigeria is above the law?
Those in the National Assembly rather than safeguard our collective will and the interest of the nation were requesting that the nation go on prayer for its president, when the National Assembly ought to have insisted on the president to hand over to Jonathan and speedingly approved the process, they were being evasive and reluctant to talk about Yar’Adua’s issue. The judiciary itself did not fare any better.
It claimed that it is not obligatory but discretionary for the president to hand over power to the vice president under the Constitution. Wow! What an interpretation. The constitution has been interpreted severally to suit the whims of some elements in this nation.
During the days of vacuum, the Niger Delta militants resumed its attack on oil pipelines, there was no president to respond and the vice president had no authority. It was during the absence of the president that we had the Mutallab case, thereby adding a new feather to the nation’s already battered international image and became a country of interest and a terror sponsoring country. No President to address the situation.
U.S Secretary of state, Hilary Clinton said at U.S – Islamic World Forum held recently in Doha, the Qatari capital city,” in Nigeria, extremists are exacerbating Muslim – Christian tensions” thereby indicating that Islamic fundamentalism and extremism in Nigeria is of core concern to the U.S and that Nigeria is actively being watched by the American government.
There is no electricity, water, good roads, an oil producing nation where there is fuel scarcity and no security. Frustration, pain and despair are abound instead. These are evidences of a failed or failing state/nation.
A lot of people have since been comparing Nigeria to failed nations like Yemen.Nigeria is now on the terrorist list of the US. Many Nigerians now pass through dehumanizing ordeals at airports all over the world even in neighboring Ghana.
Why do they see Nigeria as a failed state?
First of all, our president left the shores of this country without properly briefing the Federal Executive Council and National Assembly on his mission and how long it’s going to take thereby not transmitting a letter to the National Assembly handling over to his vice president. Even in nations where democracy is not practiced, the president or head of government know what to do. For example, in Guinea, the coup leader, Capt. Moussa Dada Camara handed over power to his deputy when he had to be flown to Morocco for treatment. It is only in a lawless and failing country in which a President of the country abandoned his duty post with no formal permission. There is no official record whatsoever to indicate that the president is on sick leave or sabbatical leave. Does this not imply that the president of Nigeria is above the law?
Those in the National Assembly rather than safeguard our collective will and the interest of the nation were requesting that the nation go on prayer for its president, when the National Assembly ought to have insisted on the president to hand over to Jonathan and speedingly approved the process, they were being evasive and reluctant to talk about Yar’Adua’s issue. The judiciary itself did not fare any better.
It claimed that it is not obligatory but discretionary for the president to hand over power to the vice president under the Constitution. Wow! What an interpretation. The constitution has been interpreted severally to suit the whims of some elements in this nation.
During the days of vacuum, the Niger Delta militants resumed its attack on oil pipelines, there was no president to respond and the vice president had no authority. It was during the absence of the president that we had the Mutallab case, thereby adding a new feather to the nation’s already battered international image and became a country of interest and a terror sponsoring country. No President to address the situation.
U.S Secretary of state, Hilary Clinton said at U.S – Islamic World Forum held recently in Doha, the Qatari capital city,” in Nigeria, extremists are exacerbating Muslim – Christian tensions” thereby indicating that Islamic fundamentalism and extremism in Nigeria is of core concern to the U.S and that Nigeria is actively being watched by the American government.
There is no electricity, water, good roads, an oil producing nation where there is fuel scarcity and no security. Frustration, pain and despair are abound instead. These are evidences of a failed or failing state/nation.
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