Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned that Nigeria risks becoming a failed state if the citizens do not resolve their foundational challenges that make it rather difficult for the central government to discharge her responsibilities effectively.<\/strong><\/p>\n Atiku in a statement titled \u201cNigeria needs the peace serum of restructuring\u201d which was issued on Monday\u00a0said that Nigeria needs to restructure to avoid the various failed state prophecies, first advanced by an\u00a0American think-tank against Nigeria in 2006\u00a0and most recently regurgitated by the\u00a0Financial Times of London,\u00a0about a month ago, saying that to be forewarned is to be forearmed.<\/p>\n He asked \u201cWhat is a failed state?\u201d and went ahead to define it thus: \u201cA failed state is a political sovereign geographic territory whose government has deteriorated to a level where it cannot fulfil a sovereign government\u2019s basic responsibilities, such as the security of life and property, and upholding law and order.\u201d<\/p>\n Atiku therefore declared that Nigerians must address the root causes of the various symptoms of insecurity Nigeria now faces.<\/p>\n \u201cNigeria needs peace, unity and prosperity. But all three of these virtues are dependent on Nigeria having social justice. Without justice, there cannot be cohesiveness in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation as Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n The former Vice President said that Nigerians ought to understand that its collapse into\u00a0a unitary system was an ad hoc temporary solution to a challenge that emerged after the January 15, 1966 coup decapitated the central and most regional governments, stressing that it was not meant to be a long-term solution.<\/p>\n \u201cWe must stop fighting each other as Nigerians, and we must start fighting for Nigeria. Arise o compatriots, Nigeria\u2019s call obey. Nigeria is calling for restructuring. And I urge all Nigerians to obey our mother\u2019s voice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned that Nigeria risks becoming a failed state if the citizens do not resolve their foundational challenges that make it rather difficult for the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n