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| President Muhammadu Buhari |
Whichever political party that comes
into power should affect the lives of all and not a particular sector,
political parties will be voted for, rather credible candidates will be voted
into power.
General
Mohammed Buhari won the general presidential election conducted by the
independent national electoral commission INEC on the 28th of March
2015 with the All Progressives congress, after series of rallies, campaigns and
good manifesto towards transforming the nation from its perilous times.
So far, the
new administration and legitimate elected government has had its activities
questioned and tagged “slow and steady”, the slow momentum towards the clamored
“change” has made Nigerians’ conclude on the credibility of president elect as
a circumstance of laxity. Without doubt, Buhari is a modern day enigma due to
his persistence and positivity to govern Nigeria again. There is little or no
doubt that Nigerians are glad to see the come-back of a one-time controversial
predecessor, this means that Buhari assumed office on a tide of national
goodwill but also under pressure from stratospheric expectations and burdened
with series of campaign promises that has to be carried out.
Outlining
his leading success attained in his administration, the rate at which
electricity gets into parts of the country has stepped up slightly, also was
the fusion of ICPC and EFCC which made them more resilient in carrying out
specific duties, following this development was the arrest of the former
Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako for the case of fraud, Nyako who was
impeached on July 16 2014 was declared wanted by the Anti-graft agency on
February 4 2015, for alleged criminal conspiracy, stealing, abuse of office and
money laundering.
Nigeria is a
nation of many ethnic and religious groups; and for this, governing the society
is an enormous job, though the
government needs its citizens’ contributions and leaders, to put together the structure of
his administration, and in the popular imagination, Nigerians have a central
role to play in making things work in Nigeria", citizens opined.
The wind of
change sweeps through the land portending a change of era in the political life
of one nation, Nigeria. Hoping to ignite good consciousness and positivity
across Nigeria.
So pervasive
is the wind that when we hear or come across the word ‘change’, it reverberates
down in our mind with resonance of expectation from the present government.
Legitimately,
people yearn for security. And in an effort to beef it up, the military command
center has been relocated to Maiduguri, one of the hot beds of insurgency which
was done by the buhari administration but still some drawbacks still persists.
Recently, two
female suicide-bombers detonated explosives in Nigeria’s northeastern city of
Maiduguri, leaving at least 20 people dead and others injured in a crowded
market, residents and witnesses attest.
The deaths
tolls bring the number of people killed in various terror attacks by suspected
Boko Haram militants to nearly 200 since the country’s new president Muhammadu
Buhari was sworn in May 29.
“We have
evacuated 20 dead from the scene,” Usman Tanimu, leader of a local vigilante
group, said by phone from the Borno state capital. “Several others sustained
injuries.”
Boko Haram
Islamist militants are waging a six-year-old campaign of gun and bomb attacks
to impose Islamic law, or Shariah, in Africa’s most populous country of 175
million people.
However,
observers have expressed their concern that poses to be what appears to be a
comeback by Boko Haram, which seemed to be on the back foot in the face of a
determined pushback by combined Nigerian, Chadian, and Nigerien regional forces
noticeable change which will metamorphose into a sustainable development.
Change is
ubiquitous in any society. Particularly in which the strive to fulfill human
needs and satisfy them are insatiable. And it takes a committed leader to
accomplish a propitious change in a society.
The word
"change" has declined from people’s lips which cannot be compared to
the change clamored for, before the eve of the presidential election which was
on everyone’s lips.. In fact the presidency has been substituted with the word,
and this places a huge burden of expectation on the governance from President
Mohammadu Buhari.
Speaking
with a veteran in politics Mr. Kosovo Lemi, he expressed his displeasure
towards the present regime. He said “it is a known fact that you can’t continue
to do something overtime and expect different results, it is not a crime for a
nation to demand a change of government, but it’s a crime when that change has
its foundation rooted on propaganda and politics, anything gotten out of
emotions do not have the capacity to last. Nigerians voted on emotions and not
visible facts, my annoyance with Buhari’s government, is the lack of direction
and cluelessness, A government who got victory over three months ago and
still clueless on its ministerial
appointments and positions is completely an unreliable government, preaching
the change Mantra and can’t put it into actions after victory, is lame, the
depth of every foundation determines the height of any building, the foundation
of this government doesn’t reflect any change at all”.
Looking at
the constrains facing Buhari’s regime, according to the National publicity
secretary of APC Alhaji lai Mohammed “never in the history of our country has
any government handed over to another more distressed country: no electricity
stability, no fuel, workers are on strike, billions are owed to state and
federal workers and $60 billion owed in national debt, the economy is virtually
grounded”.
Irrespective,
of Buhari’s acclaimed and proactive campaign towards change, the following
months, would show whether these happenings are snippets of change, that was
braced and hoped for or, the quivering questions laid to his governance will be
vindicated.
Nonetheless,
Buhari’s promise was change, how long will the electorate give him to deliver?
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