Nigerias Horror in Pariss Shadow The main difference between France and Nigeria isnt that the public and the media care about one and not the other. It is, rather, that one country has an effective government and the other does not. The French may not be too fond of President Francois Hollande—but he responded to his countrys twin terror attacks with decisiveness. Not so Nigerias Goodluck Jonathan. Since assuming the presidency in 2010, Jonathan has done little to contain Boko Haram. The group emerged in 2002 and has consolidated control over an area larger than West Virginia. And its gaining ground. Perversely, the seemingly routine nature of Nigerias violence may have diminished the perception of its newsworthiness. Jonathans failure to confront Boko Haram, of course, is nothing new. Nigeria has long been cursed with a corrupt, ineffective government, one perennially unable to translate the countrys vast oil wealth into broad-based prosperity. During his campaign for re-election—Nigerians go to the polls on February 14—Jonathan has vowed to tackle his countrys problem with graft. At a campaign rally on Thursday, the president exhorted his followers to support him. You must vote for your liberation, you must vote for your development, you must vote to take Nigeria to the moon, he said. You cannot vote to take Nigeria backward. Boko Haram wasnt mentioned once. #Change is inevitable! (excerpt from yahoo news)
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:29:36 +0000
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