The Digest:
Fifty-two civil society organisations, including ActionAid Nigeria, SERAP, CDD, Yiaga Africa, and CISLAC, have warned that Nigeria is "on the brink of collapse" due to worsening insecurity, economic hardship, endemic corruption, shrinking civic space, and erosion of multi-party democracy. The CSOs cited attacks in Borno, Plateau, Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, and Benue, rising fuel prices, and a kidnapping epidemic. They demanded economic justice, coordinated security efforts, an end to corruption, and electoral reforms before 2027.
Key Points:
- Over half of Nigeria's population endures multi-dimensional poverty.
- Federal budgets have surpassed N100 trillion without a corresponding impact on citizens.
- Rural banditry has devastated livelihoods and disrupted food supplies.
- The CSOs warned that a democracy that fears its citizens is already in decline.
- They accused politicians of enriching themselves while Nigerians suffer.
