Nigeria Has Failed Under Buhari, Northern Group Says

Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari can, by all standards, be categorised as a failed state, according to the Coalition of Northern Groups.

The spokesperson of the CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, told THE WHISTLER on Thursday in Keffi that, “Nigeria can today be categorised a failed state under the current administration, having disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly.

“Nigeria can also be said to have failed as the government appears to be losing the necessary elements of stability which are effectiveness and legitimacy. Likewise, the nation has weakened and its standard of living declined, introducing the possibility of total governmental collapse. 

“Virtually, all the principles that qualify Nigeria to be categorised a failed state have manifested in the last five years: loss of control of its territory, and of the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force, and inability to provide public services.

“The Nigerian central government has today become so weak and ineffective that it has an inability to raise support, and has little practical control over much of its seaways, highways and forests, hence there is a non-provision of public services. 

“Already, widespread corruption and criminality, the intervention of state and non-state actors, the appearance of refugees and the involuntary movement of populations have become the order of the day, compounded by a sharp economic decline.”