By Henry Umoru
ABUJA—BORNO State Government said, yesterday, that the state was not a failed one and it should not be used as the whipping child for the failure of the nation's leaders to address the insecurity situation.
The state government also said that it deserves an apology from former minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma(rtd) for tagging Borno State a failed one.
It will be recalled that while speaking at a function in Abuja, Danjuma had described some northern states as either failed or failing states with regards to the security situation in the North.
Reacting to his statement, yesterday, Borno State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Inuwa Bwala, who described Danjuma's remarks as harsh, contemptuous and not a reflection of the situation on ground, said: "Whatever were his yardsticks, it is a known fact that Borno is fast recovering from the problems with all structures of government fully functioning, businesses picking up and normal life returning."
It is rather naïve and mischievous for anyone to insinuate that Borno is the worst case in the present circumstance.
Vanguard Nigeria