{"id":20156,"date":"2021-04-11T13:15:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T12:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=20156"},"modified":"2021-04-11T13:15:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T12:15:37","slug":"why-nigeria-can-not-become-a-failed-state-under-president-buhari-lawan-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/11\/why-nigeria-can-not-become-a-failed-state-under-president-buhari-lawan-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nigeria can not become a failed state under President Buhari, Lawan reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmed Lawan, Nigeria&#8217;s senate president has revealed why Nigeria can not become a failed state under President Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>According to the senate president,\u00a0the security challenges plaguing the country can not make it a failed state.<\/p>\n<p>This statement was made by the senate president on Saturday when\u00a0he launched the 2021 empowerment programme to 2000 beneficiaries of Katsina central senatorial district.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2020, Financial Times said Nigeria was \u201con the brink\u201d of becoming a failed state.<\/p>\n<p>The international business newspaper cited insecurity, stalled economic growth and weak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/28\/ganduje-closes-five-health-training-institutions-in-kano\/\">institutions<\/a> as some of the country\u2019s biggest challenges.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the country is gradually moving towards becoming a failed state\u00a0if the current trend of security challenges continues.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan, however, said those projecting Nigeria as a failed state \u201care missing the point\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said if the country did not become a failed state during the era of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, then it was impossible for it to fail now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who were saying that in the present circumstance caused by insecurity, that Nigeria could turn a failed State, approaching a failed State or may likely end up a failed State, are missing the point because Nigeria can never be a failed State,\u201d Lawan said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div id=\"tweet-rich-content-label\" class=\"css-1dbjc4n\" aria-labelledby=\"quote-tweet-label tweet-card-label\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1bs4hfb r-1867qdf r-1phboty r-rs99b7 r-1s2bzr4 r-1ny4l3l r-1udh08x r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1adg3ll r-1udh08x\">\n<p>\u201cAgain they forget that when a state of emergency was declared in some parts of the North-East during the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Nigeria did not turn a failed state, let alone the present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The number three citizen called on all stakeholders to join hands with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to overcome the present challenges facing the nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmed Lawan, Nigeria&#8217;s senate president has revealed why Nigeria can not become a failed state under President Buhari. 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