Category: Opinion

Job seekers As he departs for his Daura, Katsina State home, President Muhammadu Buhari bequeaths a tortured legacy of economic devastation. Its highlights are record levels of unemployment, poverty, inflation, hunger, and despair. Though the regime has been making claims of achievements across all sectors, the reality of poverty and joblessness intrude stubbornly into its […]

To gauge the impact (or lack of it) of the departing administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on the health and education sectors, consider the exodus of Nigerian doctors and nurses for better prospects abroad, the endless strikes, and the shortage of medical specialists and dons. Resident doctors have just suspended a five-day ‘warning strike;’ the […]

In his last days in office, President Muhammadu Buhari has been inaugurating projects across the country to prove the point that he has done well in infrastructure provision. From the near completion of the rehabilitation of three major national highways to the extension and construction of new rail lines and projects at the seaports and […]

By Dan Agbese Sometime in March, the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, dropped what I regard as an important hint about the nature and the composition of his cabinet. He said the qualification for entry into the sanctum of his administration would not be ethnicity and religion. Since he has not denied the statement credited to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari with security heads Going by the general expectations of what a leader should be and do and in specific respect to the task of nation-building under the 1999 Constitution, the verdict on the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari, cannot be difficult to decide: he has not done well at all. Many would simply […]

In a few days, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is eager to retire peacefully, will leave Nigerians and Nigeria in fragile pieces, as well as an economy that is struggling to survive. Buhari’s administration will be remembered for the rise in human misery, rising national debt, two recessions, record unemployment and inflation levels, and receding foreign […]

By Bayo Akinlade The Buhari Years: What we ordered vs what we got – civil society leaders reflect on the Buhari Administration and its achievements, shortcomings, and regressive actions. This article focuses on the judiciary. Nepotism The practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives, friends, or associates, especially by giving them jobs. […]

By Kiikpoye K. Aaron With the exception of the first and last election cycles, President Buhari’s name was a regular feature on Nigeria’s presidential ballot in her current experiment with electoral democracy. Needless to add, he was a serial failure until 2015 when a convergence of forces, for all the wrong reasons, threw him up […]

Evidence abounds globally that the rule of law is a critical factor in empowering individuals, improving human flourishing, preserving peace, respecting individual human rights, and achieving greater economic prosperity. In fact, one of the four pillars of economic freedom and prosperity in any country is a strong rule of law. The rule of law is […]

ISWAP In this four-part series, beginning with insecurity, The Guardian dissects the eight-year administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, and the ‘legacy’ he is bequeathing the country. And if there is one sector that reflects in bold and gory images the success or failure of the outgoing government of President Muhammadu Buhari, it is that of […]