Nigeria: A Stumbling Start and the Big Picture

opinion

The first-year evaluation of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, in general and President Muhamadu Buhari, has been quite entertaining. Nigerians are very patronising of their leaders, very resilient and incurably optimistic in the face of daunting challenges. They are the type of people that a visionary leader will move mountains with.

The APC gave us hope for radical change, from the old order to the new order, while campaigning for the 2015 general elections and cannot now benchmark the activities of the government it is leading to those of previous governments. In fact, it was presented as a welfarist party which had the executive capacity and everything else it takes to hit the ground running to deliver us from the yoke of the Peoples' Democratic Party(PDP) and make life more abundant, in no time. Now, one can only say that "by the time an old woman trips twice, all the contents of her basket will be common knowledge." The Federal Government which has tripped many times over promises made by its political party to voters, must be mindful of the adage. The need is very urgent to foster the rule of law and sense of justice and belonging among all sections of the country at this time.

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