India celebrated 75th Independence Day on 15 August 2021, but the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav or India@75 campaign launched earlier this year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to continue till August 15, 2023. While.
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Obstacles to Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 economic revival
Sam Amadi,
Published 10 May 2021
Nigeria is trapped in severe insecurity. The country is the third most terrorised country in the world, after Afghanistan and Iran, according to the 2020 Global Terrorism Index. War-torn Somalia and Syria have better ranking than Nigeria on the index. The country is also grappling with an acute economic challenge. To highlight the dire situation, about 40% of Nigerians are extremely poor, according to data by the National Bureau of Statistics. Inflation is in double digit. And the naira has continued to devalue.
How did Nigeria’s economy and society collapse so quickly? What tragedy dragged us quickly down?
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FOR any student of Nigerian history or close watchers of its current affairs, the country’s lugubrious ranking on the inaugural Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) released last week by the Singapore-based Chandler Institute of Governance could not have come as a surprise. In fact, it tracks the country’s ranking on similar indexes over the years by, for instance, the Berlin-based Transparency International (TI). More to the point, the country’s ranking of 102 out of 104 countries for which data were collected on a range of indicators accords with what ordinary Nigerians feel, know, and experience about their country on a daily basis.
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“I am confirming that there are Boko Haram elements here in Niger State. I am confirming that they have hosted their flags here, if care is not taken even Abuja is not safe; we have been saying this for long. All our efforts have been in vain”
Abu-Bakr Sanni Bello, Governor of Niger State,
The PUNCH, Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Judging from the opening quote in which the Governor of Niger State, Abu-Bakr Sanni Bello, raised the public alert that the dreaded Boko Haram has occupied several communities in the state, it is barely possible for anyone to play the ostrich anymore. For those who may not know, Niger State is contiguous to the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, a mere two hours’ drive away. One does not have to be an expert in military strategy to grasp the ominous implication of this recent triumph of the sect and its positioning right beside the nation’s heartbeat. This perhaps explains the raw upbeat mood of th