Nigeria’s Challenges Will Stay For Long – John Campbell
A US official has predicted that the Boko Haram problem and economic
challenges will remain for a long time.
With the election of the new government Nigerians hope for a quick
stabilization of economy and the elimination of the insurgency.
President Muhammadu Buhari in his May 29 inauguration speech
identified the major problems to be addressed during his first days in
the office. They include terrorism and corruption. However, John
Campbell, the former US Ambassador to Nigeria, explained why the
country should not expect immediate solutions.
He was quoted as saying by The Punch: "Nigeria's challenges are great:
Boko Haram and a huge population of internally displaced, a potential
renewal of an insurrection in the oil patch, ubiquitous corruption,
falling oil prices, labour unrest, and generally, a people by and
large alienated from their government and their elites. "President
Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for patience from the Nigerian people.
It remains to be seen whether they will give it to him. Nigeria's
challenges will be there tomorrow and for long after."
Meanwhile Prof Shehu Riskuwa, a former vice chancellor of Usman
Danfodio University, Sokoto, on May 30, Saturday, expressed confidence
that "with well-coordinated security strategies and political will to
implement, Nigerians will soon put the menace of Boko Haram insurgency
behind them". Recall that the Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka
recently made the claim that Nigeria "will never get rid of Boko
Haram" insurgents who he called "fanatics". He, however, expressed
optimism about Buhari's victory and the further development of the
country.
challenges will remain for a long time.
With the election of the new government Nigerians hope for a quick
stabilization of economy and the elimination of the insurgency.
President Muhammadu Buhari in his May 29 inauguration speech
identified the major problems to be addressed during his first days in
the office. They include terrorism and corruption. However, John
Campbell, the former US Ambassador to Nigeria, explained why the
country should not expect immediate solutions.
He was quoted as saying by The Punch: "Nigeria's challenges are great:
Boko Haram and a huge population of internally displaced, a potential
renewal of an insurrection in the oil patch, ubiquitous corruption,
falling oil prices, labour unrest, and generally, a people by and
large alienated from their government and their elites. "President
Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for patience from the Nigerian people.
It remains to be seen whether they will give it to him. Nigeria's
challenges will be there tomorrow and for long after."
Meanwhile Prof Shehu Riskuwa, a former vice chancellor of Usman
Danfodio University, Sokoto, on May 30, Saturday, expressed confidence
that "with well-coordinated security strategies and political will to
implement, Nigerians will soon put the menace of Boko Haram insurgency
behind them". Recall that the Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka
recently made the claim that Nigeria "will never get rid of Boko
Haram" insurgents who he called "fanatics". He, however, expressed
optimism about Buhari's victory and the further development of the
country.
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