DO YOU KNOW THAT NOBODY IS SAFE IN NIGERIA?

Human Rights Activist, Mr
Femi Falana, has described
Nigeria as a nation surviving
on a life support machine
following its current position
of housing more than 150 million poor people out of
the 300 million living in
Africa. Represented by Mr Femi
Aborishade while delivering
a lecture at the second annual
Olalekan Olamide Platform
for Development, Falana who
spoke on the theme, ‘Development- How it begins
with you,’ said the
umeployment rate in Nigeria
is becoming too alarming,
saying this might not be
unconnected with the series of violence being witnessed
in Nigeria today. He said: “It is unfortunate
that despite the increase in
Nigeria’s income, particularly
from the sale of crude oil,
development has been in the
negative. Nigeria is transiting from posterity to poverty
while poverty in the country
has continued to be on the
increase.” Falana added that
unemployment and poverty
had further fuelled series of
unrest that had become an
abmnormal way of life in
Nigeria. “Nobody is safe in Nigeria
again. No one can sleep with
his two eyes closed, not even
the arrogant political office
holders who plunders
Nigeria’s wealth, for the fear of the Boko Haram sect. The
essence of any government
in power is to first provide
and enable a secure
environment. No
government should continue to be in power if it failed to
provide security,” Falana said.