
Nigeria is facing significant challenges, including rising insecurity, economic hardship, unemployment, weak infrastructure, declining public trust, and institutional weaknesses. These issues are attributed to decades of poor policy choices, weak governance, corruption, and inconsistent policy implementation. According to Nairametrics, these structural warning signs require urgent attention as many of the challenges are self-inflicted.
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