Goodluck Jonathan on New Media,
Reno Omokri, has faulted claim by
the presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, APC,
Major
Gen Muhammadu Buhari, that
Nigeria has been reduced to a
failed state.
Omokri argued that there are
challenges confronting the country
but Nigeria is not a failed state,
stressing that it is unfortunate that
a former Head of state and a
presidential hopeful will speak ill of
his country.
“With due respect sir, Nigeria is not
a ‘failed state’. Yes, we do have
some challenges but true leaders do
not condemn their nation to the
world, “he said.
Omokri reminded Gen. Buhari that
Nigeria is making giant strides that
place it among the respected
countries in the world.
“Do failed states defeat Ebola, be
the world’s 3rd fastest growing
economy, be investors’ destination
and the largest economy in
Africa?” Omokri queried.
Recalled that Buhari in an
interview on Al Jazeera, Sunday,
said that the “government has
failed in its principal duty of
protecting life or property of all
beings inside its territory”.
Although there is no general
consensus on the definition, a
failed state is a state perceived as
having failed at some of the basic
conditions and responsibilities of a
sovereign government.
Some of the characteristics of failed
state are loss of control of its
territory, or of the monopoly on the
legitimate use of physical force
therein, erosion of legitimate
authority to make collective
decisions, inability to provide
public services and inability to
interact with other states as a full
member of the international
community
