In a post on social media, Moghalu said the breakdown of internal security and rising terror attacks across the country are symptoms of deeper structural challenges confronting the Nigerian state.
“The breakdown of internal security and the reign of terror in Nigeria is evidence of: (a) the absence of nationhood, where primordial vested interests combine with corrupt incentives to achieve power, dominance, and primitive wealth accumulation – loyalty to religion and tribe trumps loyalty to the Nigerian state,” he said.
Moghalu said Nigeria is also grappling with a governance deficit because public administration has become secondary to politics.
“(b) the absence of governance, which has been made subordinate to politics – the first condition for good governance is a secure environment,” he said.
The former presidential candidate added that the inability of government to guarantee security of lives and property points to declining state capacity.
“(c) a failing state –
This post was originally published on this site.
