A globally-acclaimed independent think-tank, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) which provides resources that help individuals and corporate bodies to better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries has described Nigeria’s population as evenly distributed between Christians and Muslims. It says Nigeria’s large oil deposits and the relatively modern military has accorded it a greater advantage over other African countries.
This was disclosed in the Council’s special report titled: “U.S. policy to counter Nigeria’s Boko Haram” written by the Council’s Senior Fellow for Africa policy studies, John Campbell, and emailed to DAILY POST. The report is titled: ”short- and long-term strategies the United States policymakers can adopt in helping the Nigerian government confront the Boko Haram challenge.”
Referring to the deadly Boko Haram militancy the nation is battling with, Campbell, who is a former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria observed that, “if the country has been the ‘giant of Africa,’ Nigeria’s current challenges politically destabilize West Africa, potentially providing a base for jihadist groups hostile to Western interests, fueling a humanitarian crisis, and by example discrediting democratic aspirations elsewhere in Africa.”