Enough of Buhari-styled change
DESPITE its magnificence, democracy has its limits. One of its major drawbacks is that it does not guarantee the election of good leaders; it only makes possible the removal of bad leaders. One cannot say President Mohammadu Buhari is a good president. His administration is wobbling under its own weight of ineptitude, corruption, ethnic chauvinism and religious zealotry. His presidency has brought untold social and economic disruption to the country. It left Nigerians reeling from hitherto unknown levels of poverty, economic hardship, insecurity and ethnic violence. Refreshingly, the problems the Buhari presidency is visiting on Nigeria will hopefully not continue beyond 2019, because Nigerians are constitutionally empowered to put an end to his presidency.
The challenge of change
On Tuesday, May 29, President Mohammadu Buhari would have spent three years in office.
Given the challenges that swayed Nigerians against President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election, can any patriotic Nigerian, without sentiments, say that Buhari has done so well to deserve another term and not face the same music that sent his predecessor packing?
Nigeria’ll crash without massive investment in education – Business Survey Analyst tells Buhari
Nigeria is stuck in extreme poverty owing largely to a lack of sufficient investment in education over the years. This poverty trap, in which the nation is caught, according to Raymond Oseghale, a business survey analyst, is partly the reason growth in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the past few years is yet to make impact in the lives of the people.
Buhari/Obasanjo face-off
President Buhari’s disposition towards those that don’t support him has been fully betrayed by this recent outburst.
2nd term: Prove your competence, Catholic priests tell Buhari
CATHOLIC Priests of West Africa, CPWA, have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to prove that he is competent for a second term in office, by stopping the ongoing killings in Nigeria by killer herdsmen and other violent groups attacking churches, kidnapping travelers in various parts of Nigeria or drop the second term bid.
Buhari nominates ex-IGP, Musliu Smith, as PSC chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to confirm former Inspector-General of Police, Musliu Smith, as the chairman of Police Service Commission, PSC.
