Majority of Nigerians Feel Less Safe Than They Did Five Years Ago - Report PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
While President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria repeatedly claims that security has improved under his administration, a new poll shows that the majority of Nigerians feel less safe than they did five years ago.- shows that three in five Nigerians feel less safe than they did five years ago. The report was authored by Lloyd's Register Foundation, an independent global charity working to engineer a safer world.
"We also intend the World Risk Poll to encourage other organisations to partner with us to create programmes and initiatives that help tackle the issues raised."At 61 per cent, this number has increased by a dramatic 26 percentage points since the last World Risk Poll in 2019, when 35 per cent of Nigerians reported feeling less safe.
"The results from Nigeria are very concerning," said Sarah Cumbers, Director of Evidence and Insight at Lloyd's Register Foundation."Amid a global pandemic, the continued fear of those we polled shows that greater action must be taken to improve safety.
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