P UBLIC AFFAIRS ANALYST, EMMANUEL CHIME, HAS IDENTIFIED LEADERSHIP DEFICIT, INSECURITY, AND WEAK CIVIC PARTICIPATION AS SOME OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES CONFRONTING NIGERIA, WHILE REFLECTING ON KEY POLITICAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS THAT SHAPED THE COUNTRY AND AFRICA IN 2025. SPEAKING AS A GUEST ON SUNRISE FM’S LIVE INTERACTIVE PROGRAMME, MATTERS OF THE MOMENT, ON THE TOPIC “2025 REFLECTIONS IN NIGERIA & AFRICA: A DEEP DIVE INTO SEISMIC POLITICAL EVENTS IN THE YEAR,” CHIME RAISED CONCERNS OVER WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS TACIT SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST GROUPS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA BY SOME PROMINENT CLERICS AND LEADERS IN THE REGION. HE STRESSED THAT SUCH LEADERS SHOULD OPENLY DENOUNCE TERRORISM AND DECLARES IT UN-ISLAMIC, WARNING THAT THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTH BY TERRORISTS WOULD POSE A GRAVE DANGER TO THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
CHIME ALSO REVIEWED MAJOR EVENTS THAT DEFINED THE YEAR 2025, CITING ISSUES OF SOCIAL INJUSTICE, INCLUDING THE TREATMENT OF SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN, AS WELL AS POLITICAL TURBULENCE WITNESSED IN RIVERS STATE.
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