Nigeria Is On Brink Of A Failed State, PDP Governors Warn

GOVERNOR SELECTED under the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) have warned that if the alarming drift of Nigeria under the watch of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) government continues, the country could become a failed state.

According to a statement issued by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant ( Media) to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, the PDP governors expressed deep concern on the deteriorating relations between various ethnic groups in Nigeria. The governors noted that the country’s fault lines and differences were being stretched to the limit by the current administration, saying that it clearly lacks the capacity to govern. The governors met under the aegis of the Peoples

Democratic Party Governors’ Forum in Makurdi, Benue

State, yesterday, to review the state of affairs in the country and common developments in their states.

Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who read the communiqué issued at the end of their meeting, observed that due to the rise in ethnic and tribal tensions, religious divisions, and various forms of social and political cleavages, Nigeria was in dire need of leadership at the federal level to avert a looming disaster.

“The meeting was similarly alarmed that security of lives and property of Nigerians are no longer guaranteed under the present government as a result of leadership incompetence and mismanagement of the nation’s affairs. While noting that governors have a role to play in the handling of some of the worsening situations, they regret their hands are tied behind their backs as the entire coercive authority in the country is monopolised by the APC Federal Government.

“Time has come to take advantage of the ongoing Constitution Amendment process to decentralise the security architecture of Nigeria and involve states and local governments,” Tambuwal said.

He explained that the governors reaffirmed their conviction that an urgent devolution of powers and restructuring of the country in a way that brings together various groups and tendencies in the country have become imperative and timely now, adding that Nigeria could not afford another civil war.

The governors charged the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission to send a new Revenue Allocation Formula that allocates more resources to states and local governments to President Muhammadu Buhari for National Assembly’s action.