Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has expressed that Nigeria cannot be called a failed state and that insecurity is only prevalent “in one corner of the country”.
He stated this while speaking during ‘Focus on Africa’, a programme on BBC.
The information minister stated that the present administration has “pinned” Boko Haram to a “very small area”.
Mohammed recalled how the Taliban fighters took over power in Afghanistan in a few weeks while stressing that Nigerians must appreciate the fight against terrorism.
“In the north-east, we are facing the challenge of the Boko Haram, which is purely an ideologically driven terrorist group. What is happening in Afghanistan presently is a good pointer. It shows that a movement driven by ideology is very difficult to overcome.
The US, having spent 20 years, trillions of dollars, thousands of lives lost, it took the Taliban only a few weeks to come,” he said.
