Nigeria Is A Failed State

By MrClouds Solomon Chindo

The first step to restoring stability and security is recognizing that the government has lost control structure of the country. Sadly, they are still yet to admit that fact.

Nigeria has long teetered on the precipice of failure. But now, unable to keep its citizens safe and secure, Nigeria has become a fully failed state of critical geopolitical concern. Its failure matters because the peace and prosperity of Africa and preventing the spread of disorder and militancy around the globe depend on a stronger and working Nigeria.

Its economy is usually estimated to be Africa’s largest or second largest, after South Africa. Long West Africa’s hegemon, Nigeria played a positive role in promoting African peace and security. With state failure, it can no longer sustain that vocation, and no replacement is in sight. Its security challenges are already destabilizing the West African region in the face of resurgent jihadism, making the battles of the Sahel that much more difficult to contain. And spillover from Nigeria’s failures ultimately affect the security of Europe and the United States

THERE ARE FOUR KINDS OF NATIONS:

The strong
The weak
The failed
And the collapsed.

Nigeria falls into the category of the failed nations and at the verge of a collapse.

Failed states are violent, they harbor some form of violent internal strife, such as civil war or insurgency. Nigeria now confronts six or more internal insurrections and the inability of the Nigerian state to provide peace and stability to its people has tipped a hitherto very weak state into failure.

Nigeria, has remained endemic. Buhari’s administration came to power in 2015 and won reelection in 2019 with promises to clean up corruption. But Nigeria is more corrupt at every jurisdictional level than it has been for decades, which greatly hinders the continuing struggle against insecurity.

These factors are dragging Nigeria gradually into a collapsed nation.