Comments on: Wake up Nigeria: lessons from Sierra Leone

By: C. Ellis

C. Ellis — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:31:22 +0000

Family members born into ‘authoritarian’ or influential positions, who exploit their power or position unfairly, contravene natural human laws.

By: Mark Weston

Mark Weston — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:10:49 +0000

It depends on your definition of a failed state Jon. The Nigerian state is failing in many ways – to provide physical security to its citizens (see the soaring crime rates, the riots in the north and in Jos, the rebellion in the Delta); to provide economic security (see the banking crisis, plus longstanding and very widespread poverty); to provide services to its citizens (education, for example, or health care, or decent roads, or, most glaringly, electricity); and in many other ways too, including those mentioned in my post. All these are areas Sierra Leone’s pre-war state failed in too, with terrible consequences.

By: Banky I

Banky I — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:50:55 +0000

@Jon
You fail to see the writers point Jon. He is not talking of consequences, he is talking of cause and effect.

If you cannot read to understand, don’t make stupid comments.

By: SanDallahs

SanDallahs — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:35:55 +0000

Hi There.

Completely agree with you as a Nigerian. we are living on a timed bomb, the day it explode, we would learn our lesson in a biter way since we not ready to learn from history.

SanDallahs.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:14:18 +0000

Sierra Leone is a failed State, and lives on pittance from many Countries, including us.
We have nothing to learn from Sierra Leone