Nigeria@65: Leaders call for reforms on poverty, insecurity, faltering democracy

Sixty-five years after independence, Nigeria’s leaders, opposition figures, clerics, and governance experts have delivered a sobering verdict on the state of the nation, warning that worsening poverty, insecurity, weak institutions, and declining democratic standards demand urgent reforms to rescue the country’s future.

by Leo Sobechi, Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Tina Abeku, Sodiq Omalaoye, John Akubo, Andrew Oota (Abuja) and Kehinde Olatunji (Lagos)