TO LAI MOHAMMED AND THE PRESIDENT BUHARI-LED ADMINISTRATION - IF THESE SIGNS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO CALL NIGERIA A FAILED STATE, HOW ELSE DO YOU DEFINE A FAILED STATE?
June 7, 2021 | News
I recently saw a picture that was being broadcast on different social media platforms, showing a small bungalow built on a hilly ground with a staircase that allows people to climb to enter the building. But inside the garage of the said building was packed a white car, and the picture had a caption that read:
-By Zik Gbemre
TO LAI MOHAMMED AND THE PRESIDENT BUHARI-LED ADMINISTRATION - IF THESE SIGNS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO CALL NIGERIA A FAILED STATE, HOW ELSE DO YOU DEFINE A FAILED STATE?
To say that Nigeria under the Buhari-led Government is best described as a failed State, is to put it mildly…
With everything that has been happening under the Buhari reign of terror, which is daily driving Nigeria towards another civil war, I wonder what else is Lai Mohammed waiting to see happen to Nigerians before they would realize that Nigeria can only be described as a failed State?…
When children are now recruited to carry AK47 guns and commit these crimes, why wouldn’t Nigeria be described as a failed state by others?…
The Buhari-led administration has proven to not have the capacity and the willingness to address the country’s insecurity challenges, and secure the lives and properties of Nigerians…
I recently saw a picture that was being broadcast on different social media platforms, showing a small bungalow built on a hilly ground with a staircase that allows people to climb to enter the building. But inside the garage of the said building was packed a white car, and the picture had a caption that read: “Some politicians are like this (referring to the car in the garage), you just wonder how the car got there?” That is exactly how it is every time one listens to the sort of garbage that daily comes out from the mouth of most of the political leaders of Nigeria, especially those under the present Muhammadu Buhari APC-led Government. You just cannot help but wonder how did these people find their way into Government House, both and the State and Federal levels? Who voted or appointed some of these incompetent persons to make decisions that would affect the lives of millions of Nigerians?
These were my thoughts when I recently saw reports that the Federal Government said it is “preposterous’’ for anyone to declare Nigeria a failed state on the basis of the country’s security challenges. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this in response to a recent declaration by the Council on Foreign Affairs in the United States of America (USA) that “Nigeria is at a point of no return with all the signs of a failed nation’’. And if we are to be true to ourselves, to say that Nigeria can only be best described as a failed State, is to put it mildly. And the sooner the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration changes its present unacceptable body language and posture towards addressing the increased insecurity situation in the country that is about tearing the nation apart, the better for all us.
After about Six years of the President Buhari Government, they have left a Nigerian populace that is more disappointed with all of them and the entire political structure than before. All that the majority of Nigerians see around them as Nigerians, is the rising hunger, hardship and poverty, high-profile corruption at all levels with reckless abandon and impunity; increasing insecurity flamed by our political leaders and threatening the unity of the nation; every sector replete with dysfunctional attributes that make them serve only the interest of the political class to the detriment of the common man, and the list is endless.
With everything that has been happening under the Buhari reign of terror, which is daily driving Nigeria towards another civil war (but God forbid), I seriously wonder what else is Lai Mohammed waiting to happen to Nigerians before he realizes that Nigeria is already best described as a failed State? Is it when all of our children have been kidnapped, all of our women raped, and all of our youths killed by the Boko Haram sect, killer Fulani herdsmen and supposedly unknown gun men; that is when the Buhari Government will then realize and conclude that Nigeria is a failed State? What more are they waiting for to happen before they would take the insecurity situation in the country seriously as they should? When foreign leaders of developed countries are beginning to warn their citizens to avoid Nigeria like a plague because of the heightened level of insecurity, is that not enough for this Buhari administration to know that Nigeria is a failed State?
I am sure some of us have seen a video being broadcast online and social media platforms, showing a very young boy (probably in his early teen years) handling an AK47 riffle with ease and precision, as he was asked to insert and remove the 30-round banana magazine to test if he could operate the gun. Which the boy did very well as he spoke in Hausa, explaining how he and others like him, were trained by one Alhaji on how to handle such guns. And the said Alhaji often uses them to carry out some operations that include kidnapping and armed robbery. I could not help but wonder the fact that the said boy, is somebody’s child, who has now been brainwashed into becoming a hardened criminal.
Yet, Lai Mohammed is trying to convince us that Nigeria is not a failed State. To say that Nigeria is in trouble, is an understatement. Every time I remember the said video, it reminds me of such movies we used to watch in those cinema houses then. Old cowboy movies also known as Western movies then, with prominent film stars like Clint Eastwood, of popular movies like: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More. And also the Western movie that had Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as the main film stars, in the movie titled: They Call Me Trinity, where bandits were prominent in such movies. The only difference between those movies and what is happening now in Nigeria, is the use of children in carrying out these crimes in Nigeria. Nigeria has been turned to a Theatre of Movies - where we read and see all kinds of stories, just as we watched in cinemas of the old western movies of that era. It never crossed our minds that one day, we would be watching strange things happening in the country. As if, what we used to watch in cinema houses then in Warri, have now become the sad reality of the daily experiences of the citizens of Nigeria of today with stories of Boko Haram, killer Fulani herdsmen, bandits, kidnappers, etc.
I recently also, saw another online post by one Imo community leader’s forum with the title: Unknown Gun Men (litany of victims). The post noted that: “In the past few months, the unknown gun men's violent activities in the Eastern part of Nigeria have taken a great toll on the lives of Security personnel as follows; 78 Police officers, 38 Army officers; 5 Naval officers; 7 Airforce officers; 15 Civil defense officers; 31 Community policing members.
“With this staggering number of casualties, no serious government will stand by and watch the life of security personnel and its citizens to be destroyed. Survey reports shows that 80% of the security personnel killed are from the Eastern part of the country. It is worrisome, unfair and senseless to kill security personnel that are guarding our lives and our properties by the unknown gun men in Imo state. The public is hereby encouraged to support the security agencies and boost their morale in fighting the violence and criminal acts of the unknown gun men. *STOP THE CARNAGE. *”
Indeed, the Buhari-led administration has proven to not have the capacity and even the willingness to address the country’s insecurity challenges, and secure the lives and properties of Nigerians. Like I have said, and will continue to say; no person forced Muhammadu Buhari to seek to be elected as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Now that it has become evident that he cannot handle the demands of that exalted Office, he should own up and say I don't have solutions to end these killings and criminality going on across the country. So, Nigerians will know exactly what is their fate in this nation that is best described as a failed State.
Zik Gbemre.
June 7, 2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes
-By Zik Gbemre
TO LAI MOHAMMED AND THE PRESIDENT BUHARI-LED ADMINISTRATION - IF THESE SIGNS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO CALL NIGERIA A FAILED STATE, HOW ELSE DO YOU DEFINE A FAILED STATE?
To say that Nigeria under the Buhari-led Government is best described as a failed State, is to put it mildly…
With everything that has been happening under the Buhari reign of terror, which is daily driving Nigeria towards another civil war, I wonder what else is Lai Mohammed waiting to see happen to Nigerians before they would realize that Nigeria can only be described as a failed State?…
When children are now recruited to carry AK47 guns and commit these crimes, why wouldn’t Nigeria be described as a failed state by others?…
The Buhari-led administration has proven to not have the capacity and the willingness to address the country’s insecurity challenges, and secure the lives and properties of Nigerians…
I recently saw a picture that was being broadcast on different social media platforms, showing a small bungalow built on a hilly ground with a staircase that allows people to climb to enter the building. But inside the garage of the said building was packed a white car, and the picture had a caption that read: “Some politicians are like this (referring to the car in the garage), you just wonder how the car got there?” That is exactly how it is every time one listens to the sort of garbage that daily comes out from the mouth of most of the political leaders of Nigeria, especially those under the present Muhammadu Buhari APC-led Government. You just cannot help but wonder how did these people find their way into Government House, both and the State and Federal levels? Who voted or appointed some of these incompetent persons to make decisions that would affect the lives of millions of Nigerians?
These were my thoughts when I recently saw reports that the Federal Government said it is “preposterous’’ for anyone to declare Nigeria a failed state on the basis of the country’s security challenges. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this in response to a recent declaration by the Council on Foreign Affairs in the United States of America (USA) that “Nigeria is at a point of no return with all the signs of a failed nation’’. And if we are to be true to ourselves, to say that Nigeria can only be best described as a failed State, is to put it mildly. And the sooner the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration changes its present unacceptable body language and posture towards addressing the increased insecurity situation in the country that is about tearing the nation apart, the better for all us.
After about Six years of the President Buhari Government, they have left a Nigerian populace that is more disappointed with all of them and the entire political structure than before. All that the majority of Nigerians see around them as Nigerians, is the rising hunger, hardship and poverty, high-profile corruption at all levels with reckless abandon and impunity; increasing insecurity flamed by our political leaders and threatening the unity of the nation; every sector replete with dysfunctional attributes that make them serve only the interest of the political class to the detriment of the common man, and the list is endless.
With everything that has been happening under the Buhari reign of terror, which is daily driving Nigeria towards another civil war (but God forbid), I seriously wonder what else is Lai Mohammed waiting to happen to Nigerians before he realizes that Nigeria is already best described as a failed State? Is it when all of our children have been kidnapped, all of our women raped, and all of our youths killed by the Boko Haram sect, killer Fulani herdsmen and supposedly unknown gun men; that is when the Buhari Government will then realize and conclude that Nigeria is a failed State? What more are they waiting for to happen before they would take the insecurity situation in the country seriously as they should? When foreign leaders of developed countries are beginning to warn their citizens to avoid Nigeria like a plague because of the heightened level of insecurity, is that not enough for this Buhari administration to know that Nigeria is a failed State?
I am sure some of us have seen a video being broadcast online and social media platforms, showing a very young boy (probably in his early teen years) handling an AK47 riffle with ease and precision, as he was asked to insert and remove the 30-round banana magazine to test if he could operate the gun. Which the boy did very well as he spoke in Hausa, explaining how he and others like him, were trained by one Alhaji on how to handle such guns. And the said Alhaji often uses them to carry out some operations that include kidnapping and armed robbery. I could not help but wonder the fact that the said boy, is somebody’s child, who has now been brainwashed into becoming a hardened criminal.
Yet, Lai Mohammed is trying to convince us that Nigeria is not a failed State. To say that Nigeria is in trouble, is an understatement. Every time I remember the said video, it reminds me of such movies we used to watch in those cinema houses then. Old cowboy movies also known as Western movies then, with prominent film stars like Clint Eastwood, of popular movies like: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More. And also the Western movie that had Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as the main film stars, in the movie titled: They Call Me Trinity, where bandits were prominent in such movies. The only difference between those movies and what is happening now in Nigeria, is the use of children in carrying out these crimes in Nigeria. Nigeria has been turned to a Theatre of Movies - where we read and see all kinds of stories, just as we watched in cinemas of the old western movies of that era. It never crossed our minds that one day, we would be watching strange things happening in the country. As if, what we used to watch in cinema houses then in Warri, have now become the sad reality of the daily experiences of the citizens of Nigeria of today with stories of Boko Haram, killer Fulani herdsmen, bandits, kidnappers, etc.
I recently also, saw another online post by one Imo community leader’s forum with the title: Unknown Gun Men (litany of victims). The post noted that: “In the past few months, the unknown gun men's violent activities in the Eastern part of Nigeria have taken a great toll on the lives of Security personnel as follows; 78 Police officers, 38 Army officers; 5 Naval officers; 7 Airforce officers; 15 Civil defense officers; 31 Community policing members.
“With this staggering number of casualties, no serious government will stand by and watch the life of security personnel and its citizens to be destroyed. Survey reports shows that 80% of the security personnel killed are from the Eastern part of the country. It is worrisome, unfair and senseless to kill security personnel that are guarding our lives and our properties by the unknown gun men in Imo state. The public is hereby encouraged to support the security agencies and boost their morale in fighting the violence and criminal acts of the unknown gun men. *STOP THE CARNAGE. *”
Indeed, the Buhari-led administration has proven to not have the capacity and even the willingness to address the country’s insecurity challenges, and secure the lives and properties of Nigerians. Like I have said, and will continue to say; no person forced Muhammadu Buhari to seek to be elected as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Now that it has become evident that he cannot handle the demands of that exalted Office, he should own up and say I don't have solutions to end these killings and criminality going on across the country. So, Nigerians will know exactly what is their fate in this nation that is best described as a failed State.
Zik Gbemre.
June 7, 2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes