The immediate past United States Secretary of State, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, in separate events in New York City said the Nigerian government under President Goodluck Jonathan, squandered its oil resources, and indirectly helps corruption to fester in the Boko Haram troubled country.
Hillary Clinton, in her words accused President Jonathan for poor performance, corruption, mismanagement and insecurity; “The government of Nigeria has been, in my view, somewhat derelict in its responsibility toward protecting boys and girls, men and women in northern Nigeria over the last years.
“The Nigerian government must accept help –
particularly intelligence, surveillance and recognizance
help – their troops have to be the ones that (are)
necessary, but they could do a better job if they
accept the offers that are being made.
Nigeria has made bad choices, not hard choices,” Clinton said.
“They have squandered their oil wealth; they have
allowed corruption to fester, and now they are losing
control of parts of their (own) territory because they
would not make hard choices.”
Mrs. Clinton spoke with ABC-TV’s Robin Roberts on
American national television, and also at a public function
organized by the International Crisis Group.
Clinton stated the following position in the New York
events she attended, challenging the credibility and quality of the country’s leadership under President Jonathan’s watch.
“The seizure of these young women by this radical,
extremist group, Boko Haram, is abominable, it’s criminal, it’s an act of terrorism, and it really merits the fullest
response possible, first and foremost from the government of Nigeria
