Nigeria On The Brink: Engineered Poverty, Political Violence, And A Failed State Project

Nigeria On The Brink: Engineered Poverty, Political Violence, And A Failed State Project Nigeria’s political class have perfected the use of...

Nigeria On The Brink: Engineered Poverty, Political Violence, And A Failed State Project

Nigeria’s political class have perfected the use of political violence, not as a tool for nation-building or democratic consolidation, but as a destructive and destabilizing force deployed by the state to achieve objectives outside the democratic process. Rather than fostering stability, this culture of political terrorism has steadily eroded the foundations of the state.

One of the key reasons the Nigerian state continues to teeter on the edge of collapse is its long-standing failure to arrest internal decay and fragmentation. Over the past five decades, Nigeria’s socio-economic structures have deteriorated severely due to the collapse of the educational system, the absence of industrial development, and the lack of employment for the youth population.

Poverty, unemployment, and lack of education have become widespread “push factors,” making young people increasingly vulnerable to recruitment by violent groups. These groups often exploit desperation by offering material inducements or a false sense of purpose.

Ironically, Nigeria is richly endowed with mineral and natural resources that, if properly managed decades ago, could have transformed the nation’s governance system and lifted millions of citizens out of poverty and unemployment. Instead, these resources have fueled corruption, conflict, and elite capture.

Only in Nigeria does one routinely witness young people being recruited as political thugs, assassins, bandits, and terrorists — simply as a means of survival. The deliberate institutionalization of poverty, hunger, and unemployment has evolved into an unspoken political ideology; one that continuously breeds criminality in all its forms.

Kidnapping, intimidation, subjugation, and brutalization of citizens have increasingly become de facto revenue streams within the governance ecosystem. This tragic reality reflects a system that has lost all moral and functional legitimacy.

Nigeria today stands as an unworkable political experiment; an entity created not to unite its diverse peoples, but primarily to facilitate the extraction of Biafran oil, with little regard for the long-term consequences. The forced amalgamation of Southern and Northern regions into a so-called “uniteed Nigeria” has proven toxic, unleashing decades of instability and violence against indigenous populations.

Until Nigeria is peacefully dismembered and new boundaries are established in accordance with international laws and principles of self-determination, the bleeding will continue. The proliferation of terror groups will only intensify, with Indigenous Christian communities bearing the brunt of the violence.

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Family Writer Press International