Nigeria: Presidency Dismisses Financial Times's Claim of Nigeria Being Near Failed State

23 December 2020

The presidency yesterday dismissed an editorial in Financial Times, an international daily newspaper based in Britain, which described Nigeria as a country that is gradually inching closer to becoming a failed state.

Reacting to the editorial following a THISDAY inquiry, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, said: "Who makes Financial Times a ruler and judge over us?"

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