Nigeria: 'Successes and Setbacks' in Buhari's First Year in Office

President Buhari can boast about his successes against corruption and Boko Haram militants but the Nigerian economy is still struggling as oil prices have fallen and Import costs have soared says DW's Thomas Moesch.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn into office on May 29, 2015 carrying a huge weight on his shoulders. Expectations were high when voters in the West African country hoisted him to the post in a show of strength against the incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. A member of the opposition has never won in Nigeria before. Jonathan's government performed so poorly that the Nigerian people just wanted change - best right away and across the country. The expectations were actually so high for Buhari that he was destined to disappoint but he promised in his inauguration speech that he was going to take on the big issues: terrorism, corruption and power cuts were soon to be a thing of the past.

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