Presidency dismisses FT's claim of Nigeria being near Failed State

Following an editorial in Financial Times, an international daily newspaper based in Britain, which described Nigeria as a country that is gradually inching closer to becoming a failed state, the presidency yesterday, while reacting to the editorial dismissed it.

Following an inquiry by Thisday on the editorial, Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, said: “Who makes Financial Times a ruler and judge over us?" In the editorial, The Financial Times said Nigeria is going backwards economically and plagued with terrorism, illiteracy, poverty, banditry, and kidnapping and advised that if things don’t take a drastic turn, the country risks becoming a failed state soon.

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