Nigerians deserve better and in spite of the effusions of those calling for a second term for Buhari, one term is more than enough

The obvious failure of intelligence or indeed criminal complicity that has allowed the bloody orgy across the country these last few years and now, from Omoku in Rivers State, to Ilorin, Kaduna and Benue in just a few days of 2018, are matters the president and his security chiefs have to answer for

Last Christmas was indeed not a merry one for most Nigerians. Things actually started looking more gloomy days before the Yuletide when the very one thing that easily paralyses social and economic activities in the country began to rear its ugly face, again. Scarcity of premium motor spirit, otherwise known as petrol, was looming.

The past year was like an unwanted weight that many would rather shed off; hunger stood sentry at many homes and disease was arrogant in its display

This annual ritual of pain preceded Buhari’s arrival as a tenant in Aso Villa. It was in fact part of what he was elected to correct. That he has not been able to do anything about it should be a matter of shame to his administration

Indeed the reason proffered by the senators shows not just the emptiness in the thought processes of our so-called leaders but also why this country has failed to move beyond a certain level of development

This failure or inability to stop blaming past leaders and others in past administration for the country’s present ailment has created a stiffening in the neck of this administration

Reading through your article in Vanguard of Saturday November 25, 2017 titled: “Death in the Mediterranean Sea” by Rose Moses? shows that the writer was obviously ignorant or deliberately mischievous in the submission.

There is a sense in which it has become clear that everyone within close distance of government now simply fishes for opportunity to defraud Nigerians; surely, Buhari has some explaining to do

IF we could call their brand of rulership governance, elected officials in Nigeria have just over four more weeks to do that. Thereafter they will give up the pretence that they are still interested in fulfilling their electoral promises and bringing the ‘dividends of democracy’ to the people.