Wikipedia has updated it's list of failed states and Nigeria has been enlisted as one of the countries on the list.
According to description, of the free web-based encyclopedia project, as reported by LindaIkeji, a failed state is a political body which has disintegrated to a point where major conditions and power of a ruling government no longer functions.
Below are countries that have been listed as failed states :
- South Sudan
- Afghanistan
- Lebanon
- Sudan
- Yugoslavia
- Liberia
- Rwanda
- Central African Republic
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Turkey
- Yemen
- Myanmar
- Somalia
- Syria
- Iraq
- Nigeria
Picture credit : LindaIkeji
Further explaining, it said, a state can also fail if the government loses it's legitimacy even if it is performing it's functions properly. For a stable, it is necessary for the government to enjoy both effectiveness and legitimacy. Likewise when a nation weakens and it's standard of living declines it introduces the possibility of total governmental collapse.
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