His brief grasp of government between 1984 and 1985 was relatively unimpressive. He did not salvage Nigeria as promised. His government's trade policy hinged on counter trade was largely crude. Even the issue of discipline where he is today largely celebrated was punctured with the exposure of the contradictory action of his number two who breached the regime's order barring under-aged from going for hajj.
But General Muhammadu Buhari still remains a political phenomenon, albeit a largely underachieving one.
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