Nigeria: Buhari's Media Chat in Retrospect

18 January 2016

I have read a number of reactions to the December 30, 2015 "Presidential media chat." President Buhari's (PMB) haters led by the disreputable PDP, were unimpressed by his performance. Sadly, none of them offered better answers in their rejection of PMB narratives. The words that dripped out of the PDP and its social media feral rats were nothing but nullifications and insults.

Somebody needs to tell PDP that the main role of opposition parties is to provide more plausible counter-narratives to the governing party's policy decisions and actions. For instance, PMB having made a case for his rejection of the devaluation of the Naira, PDP should make more compelling economic reasons why Naira should be devalued, if it feels it is right to do so.

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