There’s been quite a celebration since Buhari won the election two weeks ago and many Nigerians are looking forward to his inauguration.
People have faith in him apparently and hope that things will change when he starts to run the country. This is actually a good thing.
But some people think the incoming president is overrated and that not much will change in the next four years. Perhaps they’re right.
Naij.com columnist, Adedayo Ademuwagun, explores four reasons why Buhari might not deliver.
1. His party
The APC is not so different from the PDP and some people already fear that they’ve kicked out a set of bad, corrupt leaders only to enthrone another set of bad, corrupt leaders.
The APC is not so different from the PDP and some people already fear that they’ve kicked out a set of bad, corrupt leaders only to enthrone another set of bad, corrupt leaders.
Buhari might not deliver because of the party he’s in. Buhari himself is a reputable person, but there are lots of people in the party who are known to be corrupt people and who failed their people when they were in government.
For example, Segun Oni fraudulently won the election in Ekiti years ago and was sacked by the court in a widely controversial election. Everyone knows that Tinubu is a powerful politician but also a corrupt one. These are people who helped this man become president. How in the world do we expect him to deliver with these people pulling the strings in the background?
These people are disreputable people who have no business in the power but should be in prison. It’s like putting a man in white in a pool of thick mud and expecting him to come out with something clean. The ironic thing is Buhari wants to fight corruption. If he really wants to do that, he must start from within his own party.
2. His leadership
The president of Nigeria isn’t the president of any party or group. We need a president that can act decisively. We need strong leadership in Aso Rock. That’s one thing that’s clear. We need someone who can lead the way forward and take decisions in the collective interest of the Nigerian people, not in the interest of his party or ethnicity.
The president of Nigeria isn’t the president of any party or group. We need a president that can act decisively. We need strong leadership in Aso Rock. That’s one thing that’s clear. We need someone who can lead the way forward and take decisions in the collective interest of the Nigerian people, not in the interest of his party or ethnicity.
We need a president who will fire someone when it has to be done, who will move to solve problems and show the people some real leadership with an impact so strong the people can feel it even in the grassroots.
Buhari has proven over time that he lacks strong leadership. He was effectively a figurehead when he ruled in the 80s. Everyone knows Idiagbon was the one calling the shots. People already think if he wins, the vice president may be more active than him given his leadership history.
3. His precedent
Buhari’s got a bad precedent. He’s inheriting a dysfunctional system and he knows it. People expect him to fix the whole thing shortly, but that’s not going to happen soon obviously.
Buhari’s got a bad precedent. He’s inheriting a dysfunctional system and he knows it. People expect him to fix the whole thing shortly, but that’s not going to happen soon obviously.
When Jonathan came in, he was in the same boat that Buhari is in right now. He inherited a government that struggled to make an impact, a government stifled by systemic corruption and inefficiency that have built over decades. He didn’t bring corruption or insecurity and all those stuff. Those things had been there or had the foundation before his advent. He simply took the fall for the problems.
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