Who will laugh last; President Buhari or these five national problems? (Continued)

3. Sectional agitations/regional uprisings

The Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast is just being stemmed down gradually. However, other militant and secessionist groups have sprung up since Buhari was sworn in last year. Suffice to mention Niger Delta Avengers, High Sea Commandoes, Biafra Independent Movement, among the rest.

All these groups are agitating for one thing or the other, with violence and killings occurring every day in the regions these groups exist.

There were speculations when President Buhari sent his vice Yemi Osinbajo to represent him at Rivers state. The were rumours that Niger Delta militants had a plan of attacking the president. The Avengers were reported to have said they could not guarantee Buhari’s safety if he comes to Rivers state. Whether the militants’ threat was true or not, Buhari did not visit River state.

4. Religious intolerance

The level of religious bigotry in Nigeria is at its zenith. Nigerians are majorly Muslims and Christians. The Mosques and Churches fill to capacity every Friday and Sunday respectively. Nigerians call on a Supreme Being to intervene in all their affairs. Imams and Pastors admonish their congregation on peace, love and compassion. However, there is so much mistrust between Muslims and Christians in the country.

It is so sad to hear followers of a particular religion killing followers of another religion. A good number of Nigerians are just religious. They are not Godly at all. The number of religious-related crises and massacre that have happened since independence is too numerous to enumerate.

President Buhari himself is not trusted by some Christians who see him as anti-Christianity. They believe he is a Muslim who cares only about his fellow Muslims.

5. Tribal sentiment

Nigeria will never develop if tribalism rules over everything. There is hardly any Nigerian who does not see members of other ethnic groups as inferior. It is more disheartening to see a particular person pledge his unalloyed allegiance to someone from his tribe even if that person a criminal.

For instance, if an Idoma man is corrupt and has a bad antecedent in terms of leadership qualities, his fellow Idoma man will still prefer to queue behind him even if he knows a Tivi man will provide better leadership.