Nigeria: Buhari and the Journey of a Thousand Miles

opinion

The structure that Jonathan left behind is rotten and sickening and it will be unfair to imagine that Buhari will perform magic in dealing with it at a go. A regime that doubted the veracity of the kidnap of more than 200 school girls and politicised national security so much that it had to pay for foreign mercenaries when the international community kept it at arm's length must have left substantial rot that would require an enormous amount of goodwill and tact to deal with.

Those not too keen to take a break from the past are now eager to award a low mark to President Muhammadu Buhari for his first 30 days in office. They want to signpost the President's first month with the internal strife within his party and the little administrative lapses he has had to deal with in taking full charge of the country.

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