…Says Nigerian Army sells weapons to insurgents

London-based news magazine, The Economist, has described the government of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as inept and high-handed, adding that he had also failed to tackle corruption.

The 178-year-old magazine said this in an editorial titled, ‘The Crime Scene at the Heart of Africa,’ which was published in its October 23, 2021, issue.

It said due to Buhari’s mismanagement of the economy, food prices had soared while life had become more difficult for Nigerians.

The editorial read in part, “Economic troubles are compounded by a government that is inept and heavy-handed. Mr Buhari, who was elected in 2015, turned an oil shock into a recession by propping up the naira and barring many imports in the hope this would spur domestic production.

“Instead he sent annual food inflation soaring above 20 per cent. He has failed to curb corruption, which breeds resentment. Many Nigerians are furious that they see so little benefit from the country’s billions of petrodollars, much of which their rulers have squandered or stolen.”
The Economist stated that even before COVID-19 last year, Nigeria was already witnessing unprecedented poverty.

The news magazine opined that this economic hardship was fuelling the current insecurity in the country.

“Two factors help explain Nigeria’s increasing instability: a sick economy and a bumbling government. Slow growth and two recessions have made Nigerians poorer, on average, each year since oil prices fell in 2015.

“Before COVID-19, 40 per cent of them were below Nigeria’s extremely low poverty line of about $1 a day. If Nigeria’s 36 states were stand-alone countries, more than one-third would be categorised by the World Bank as “low-income” (less than $1,045 a head). Poverty combined with stagnation tends to increase the risk of civil conflict,” it argued.

The Economist gave the Nigerian Army a dressing down, describing the military organisation as only strong on paper.

citizens in order to augment their salaries.

The editorial further read, “When violence erupts, the government does nothing or crack heads almost indiscriminately. Nigeria’s Army is mighty on paper. But many of its soldiers are ‘ghosts’ who exist only on the payroll, and much of its equipment is stolen and sold to insurgents. The army is also stretched thin, having been deployed to all of Nigeria’s states.


“The police are understaffed, demoralised and poorly trained. Many supplement their low pay by robbing the public they have sworn to protect.”

It called on the Department of State Services to stop disobeying court orders and release all those being detained illegally.

The Economist described as scandalous the refusal of the Nigerian government to arrest and prosecute any of the security operatives that killed protesters in Lagos last year.

The news magazine said in order to stop the slide towards lawlessness, Nigeria’s government should make its own forces obey the law.

The editorial further read, “Soldiers and police who murder or torture should be prosecuted. That no one has been held accountable for the slaughter of perhaps 15 peaceful demonstrators against police abuses in Lagos last year is a scandal. The secret police should stop ignoring court orders to release people who are being held illegally. This would not just be morally right, but also practical: young men who see or experience state brutality are more likely to join extremist groups.”

The news magazine noted that Nigeria was home to one of the largest film industries in the world and had the most successful start-ups in sub-Saharan Africa.

It argued that despite the great potential of the country, youths were beginning to emigrate in droves because of the sorry state of Nigeria.


https://punchng.com/buharis-govt-incompetent-failed-to-curb-corruption-the-economist/?amp

Very true.....APC is full off 'Stupid' people

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Buhari is supposed to be charged to court for promising what he cannot do during campaign

Buhari govt is even corruption itself !!!! How can corruption fight corruption

Baba Promise and fail....

Buhari government is corrupt and encourages corruption

When I see buhari, I see corruption

But it’s all good, Nigerians are ready to go to the next next level with Tinubu/Osinbajo.

Oh I forgot, Osinbajo is not to be held responsible as he has no powers, but he remains the most active VP in Nigeria and he has done very well.

Sigh

If Nigerians were really really really serious, they will make the next set of leaders sit down and right exams before they smell anywhere close to leadership seats.

It's Myopic Nigerians that believed, buhari and osinbanjo will do anything differently....
No one can end corruption in Nigeria that's the unfortunate truth, unless Nigeria gets invaded by another colonial power

This is nothing but the truth ! May God bless "The Economist".

Lalasticlala come and see something

BigSarah:
It's Myopic Nigerians that believed, buhari and osinbanjo will do anything differently....
No one can end corruption in Nigeria that's the unfortunate truth, unless Nigeria gets invaded by another colonial power

Lol, I can end corruption, at least for sectors under my immediate control.

Will I ever get to be in power, that is a different story.

Most of these politicians we have now, have no love for their fellow man, I tell you!

If foreign media start the game with Buhari ehn na that time e go know say this one no be channels wey you fit go lock down... They will finish your image in front of foreign nations.. You no go get any serious ally.. When the agitation for a break out finally takes it next gear... All Region picking up arms then you will realize who will support the rebels.

Nigeria is about to end.. The shí.thole is just drawing it last breath... Barely surviving.. The country go soon kpeme

Curruption is the qualification to work with this govt.

We understand the tactics the oppositions are doing to tint the government bad. This very elements are running pillar to post to do whatever they think they can do to make the government look bad. But the very good works of this administration will stand the test of time.

Even the dead in their graves can attest to the fact that Buhari is the WORST president Nigeria has ever had.
What is in dispute is whether the man was born incompetent or he just couldn't upgrade his intellect despite the many opportunities the federal character principle afforded him.

Buhari is an economic rascal

True

It's worse than the reportage
They just discussed 30% of the true situation of BuhariAPC ruling the country

NwaNimo1:
Very true.....APC is full off 'Stupid' people

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https://www.youtube.co/watch?v=3O9FFrLpinQ&ab_channel=tvlpodcast

Damnation on the People, What is the difference in ideology between both of them, & all the other political parties in Nigeria, you are all the same.

He was knocked down by corruption

ZKOSOSO:
It's worse than the reportage
They just discussed 30% of the true situation of BuhariAPC ruling the country

Not a true reflection, Nigeria is a 3 tier system made up of the Federal, States & Local Government, So it is highly unfair to blame the woes of the Federation on one man, nothing forgetting they all share money every month?

The democrazy you practice in your country is over bloated & designed to fail, the system is collapsing & the benefactors who play politics, have failed to do the needful, the blinds citizens blaming 1 man in a Federal system of Government, black man & greed, look @ Haiti today?

omowolewa:
He was knocked down by corruption

Moses couldn’t change the Israelites, Christ couldn’t change the Jews, if the people are corrupt, how can one man change them?

Yobabad:
Buhari is supposed to be charged to court for promising what he cannot do during campaign

For treason and shud be shot I swear

Buhari is a Colossal Nuclear Failure. The greatest mistake Nigerians ever made.
And I'm not sure Nigerians have learnt from this mistake. Tribalism and ethnicity is Nigeria's undoing.

adamsmith914:
Moses couldn’t change the Israelites, Christ couldn’t change the Jews, if the people are corrupt, how can one man change them?

We were better than we are now. Buhari is a FAILURE

benuejosh:
We understand the tactics the oppositions are doing to tint the government bad. This very elements are running pillar to post to do whatever they think they can do to make the government look bad. But the very good works of this administration will stand the test of time.

God will manage your life the way buhari managed Nigeria.
Say Amen.