The Economist recently
wrote an article explaining why Nigeria is yet be rid of Boko-haram.
According to the article, the source of the problem is bad governance.
Read it below:
FOR the past five years an Islamic extremist group called Boko Haram has
grown in stature and gruesomeness in Nigeria's north-east. It has
expanded its membership, range of operations and the territory it
controls to the point where two dozens cities are beyond government
control. This has happened despite the fact that Nigeria is now Africa's
largest economy and has a highly capable political elite. Currently the
army is fighting insurgents for control of the city of Chibok where
Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls earlier this year. How
come Nigeria's situation keeps getting worse, given international
support for the Nigerian government?
The crisis in the north-east needs to be seen in the context of
generally rising criminality in Nigeria. Kidnappings for ransom are
rife: celebrities and clergymen are plucked off the street in daylight.
Hundreds of people are killed every year in land disputes. Thieves
siphon off as much as a fifth of the country’s oil output in the Niger
delta. Piracy is common. Rampant criminality also infects politics.
Gangsters aid politicians by intimidating opponents. In return elected
officials share out funds plundered from state coffers. Two years ago
KPMG, a global audit firm, named Nigeria as the most fraud-prone country
in Africa.
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