One year: Nigerians should thumb up for Buhari

It is no gainsaying that before the election of President Muhammadu Buhari as the President of Nigeria, one of the country’s major challenges had been that of leadership. Nigeria’s leadership question had been boosted by the general lack of will power by our past leaders to do the right thing. Now, in the last one […]

It is no gainsaying that before the election of President Muhammadu Buhari as the President of Nigeria, one of the country’s major challenges had been that of leadership. Nigeria’s leadership question had been boosted by the general lack of will power by our past leaders to do the right thing. Now, in the last one year, the determined, focused and deliberate leadership style of President Buhari has changed that reality.
Buhari’s most important accomplishment is the defeat of the insurgents in the North-East. The situation Mr President met on the ground as regards the fight with the terrorists was, to say the least, very pitiable. The Nigerian Army so underfunded and ill equipped to engage in a serious battle as demanded by the sophistication of the terrorists. Like it is popularly said that a bad workman quarrels with his tools, there was already a heightened disaffection and disillusionment among and within the fighting soldiers. There were accusations and counter-accusations of betrayal of trust and mutiny among the officers and men of the forces.
So, it was a task for the President to, first, put the army in a proper shape before launching a full scale war against the terrorists.
Nigerians are, therefore, enjoined to accord this man of history and great plans for the nation the needed support to encourage him to do more for the country.
Engr Olabode Longe, Managing Director SIFED NIG. Ltd writes from Lagos.