Former Nigerian Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar and others have urged Nigerians to imbibe a reading and writing culture as no nation can thrive without a knowledge-based economy.
Abubakar spoke at the public presentation of four books authored by Ilyasu Ibrahim Maijega titled Preventing Crimes, Insurgencies and Desperate Migration From Developing Nations; Preventing Crimes, Insurgencies and Desperate Migration From Africa; Preventing Crimes, Insurgencies and Desperate Migration From Asia and Latin America, and Preventing Crimes, Insurgencies and Desperate Migration in Nations of the World.
In the books, the author’s probe into the Boko Haram insurgency following the adoption of the Chibok Girls in 2014, brought him full circle to the qualities of national frailties that Nigeria shares with 50 other countries of the world.
In his research, Fragile States Index (FSI) reveals Africa holds 35 nations with frail ties, that is about 70 per cent of the world’s most fragile nations; Asia has 13, and Latin America holds two of such nations. Qualities of national frailties, as observed by author include: prevalent poverty and joblessness, low quality of political leaders which is a major national threat, ethnic and religious sectionalism, low quality education, desire to remain in power indefinitely, and external events as pandemics, wars among others.
