"THE 5 IMPORTANT INDICATORS THAT SHOW THAT NIGERIA IS A FAILING COUNTRY"

A failing state is synonymous with the following political, social and economic symptoms:
(i) The central or the Federal Government of Nigeria is too weak today and she has also failed in its primary and constitutional duties to guarantee the national security of the life and properties of Nigerian citizens and residents. Lawlessness, human rights abuses and the rule of brutalities reign supreme in the Nigeria today, such as, the menace of Boko Haram, daily hired killings, many political assassinations, numerous unsolved murder and arson cases, regular religious riots, constant sectarian violents, ritual killings and daily kidnappings for ransoms.

(ii) The Federal Government of Nigeria that is currently headed by President Jonathan Goodluck has also lost its partial sovereignty over certain territories of Nigeria to the Islamic terrorists (Boko Haram), the militant groups and to the ethnic warlords (the Niger-Delta region is controlled by the oil militant groups and the Northern Nigeria by the brutal Boko Haram).

(iii) The national economy of Nigeria is failing, the nation's foreign debt profile is rising, the country's foreign reserves are gradually depleting, hyper-inflation of goods and services control the national economy thereby reducing the purchasing power of the Nigerian citizens. The value of the nation's currency is gradually depreciating against the various international currencies, foreign investments are not visible in Nigeria, the unemployment rate has risen above 47% amongst the youths, poverty rate has hit over 80%, the nation's manpower needs are affected by brain drain to the west and the majority of the over five million Nigerians in diaspora are mainly economic refugees.

(iv) The government of Nigeria has also failed to provide the citizens of Nigerians with their basic human needs, such as constant electricity supply, drinkable water systems, good road networks, modern national infrastructures, world's standard educational systems and the 21st century health care facilities and personnels.

(v) The life expectancy of a Nigerian today is about 45 years today, infant and child mortality rates remain one of the highest in the world. The nation faces negative human development indices in almost every important area that determines the quality of life as well as the standards of living for Nigerians. Will Nigeria as a nation survive for another decade or two in this terrible state? Only time will tell.