Whose Opinion Matters?
Tue Dec 15 2020
The recent reported abduction of yet another batch of school children in Katsina State has virtually cemented Nigeria’s reputation as a failed state. Now rated as one of the top five most dangerous places to live in, the nation is witnessing an unprecedented level of militancy, insurgency, ethno-religious strife, kidnapping, armed robbery, and political violence.
Nigeria supposedly operates an “American Style” Presidential democracy. In the US Declaration of Independence, their founding fathers wrote “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.