Citing the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes and House of Representatives reports, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said that “an estimated $400 billion has been stolen from Nigeria by public officials.” This huge revelation above from SERAP that many be shocking, new andunknown to tens of millions of ordinary Nigerians is the many reason today why Nigeria's roads are in the worst shape and a leading death trap. This is the main reason why Nigerians have not enjoyed regular electricity in their homes, offices and businesses for decade.
This is the main reason why our universities and other post-secondary institutions are all under funded. This is the main reason why our entire educational system as a nation in 2014 is outdated, failing and collapsing. This is the main reason why Nigerians in 2014 do not enjoy their basic social services, such as pipe-borne water supply and trash-removal services. This is the main reason why our nation's health care system is not working for most Nigerians today. This is the main reason why our national infrastructures are all old, overwhelmed and outdated. This is the main reason why millions of the hardworking Nigerian workers are earning poverty wages that will never allow them to enjoy their basic necessities of life now or the decent retirement in the future.
This is the main reason why millions of our youths are jobless and are facing a double-digit unemployment rate of about 30%. This is the main reason why Nigeria is a debtor and a borrower nation in the midst of her enormous oil wealth. This is the main reason why the security of life and properties of all Nigerians cannot be guaranteed by the Nigerian police force and other state security agencies. This is the main reason why the Nigerian highly trained professionals, our nation's best brains and minds are holed up in the western nations and in the Middle East countries seeking for professional opportunities and better employment benefits. This is the main reason why our elections are always rigged in Nigeria by our politicians and most of our elected or appointed public officials are men and women of shady characters in all reality.
This is the main reason why thousands of the Nigerians youths are in prisons around the world for various criminal activities. This is the main reason why thousands of the Nigerian young ladies are practicing prostitutes around the world. This is the main reason behind the so called Yahoo Yahoo boys who practice 419 or the Internet scams as a way of life. This is the main reason why Nigeria has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. This is the main reason why 80% of Nigerians or 120 million ordinary Nigerians live in abject poverty of $1 a day living budget in 2014. This is the main reason why pregnant-mother mortality rate in Nigeria is one of the highest in the whole world. This is the main reason why Nigeria as a nation is not yet an emerging global economy like Brazil, India, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Mexico.This is the main reason why tens of millions of helpless, hopeless, frustrated, vulnerable and ignorant Nigerians with bleak future become criminals, terrorists, hired killers, ritualistic, religious bigots and fanatics. This is the main reason why Nigeria is constantly listed by the Transparency International as one of the most corrupt nations in the world as well as a leading transit zone for money laundering and drug trafficking.
Lastly, these unabated decades of massive official corruption as well as the mammoth resource mismanagement by the Nigeria's public officials from one government into another government are jointly responsible for the present state of things in Nigeria today as a typical failing nation in all ramifications. In conclusion, Nigeria as a nation will continue to remain backward, stagnant, underdeveloped and failing until her most important issues of the official corruption, resource mismanagement, lawlessness, rule of brutality and injustice are made the main priorities of governance and by addressing them adequately.
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