Nigeria: Five years of the Buhari Administration

Nigeria moves closer to becoming a failed state-"The clouds are darkening over Nigeria...,the situation in Africa's most populous country is unravelling and its President of five years appears to be making things worse"-Ayo Adedoyin, The Telegraph.

Economy, Security, Corruption, Democracy and Human Rights, Rule of law, Poverty Reduction, Unemployment, Diversity and Collective life, etc. Follow our analysis of the Socio-economic and political developments and the future of politics in Nigeria as we continue to research the answers to the questions that really matter to make a difference in the world. The status-quo is a disservice to Nigeria and no longer relevant in the modern era unfortunately the political actors don't seem to understand this reality despite nearly six decades of  failed experimentation. Its a tragedy that people seek to solve problems by changing the question rather than answering it as we have seen in the failure of Buhari government in addressing structural deficits that is the root cause of the problem. Evidence suggests that the current political system-'expensive, wasteful, dictatorial' , is long overdue for restructuring as virtually all the country's socio-economic and political challenges is centred on the dysfunctional political system-'trust, governance, growth' . No doubt a dubious political system undermines effective government, it requires a genuine leadership to be bold to restructure it and enlightened and organised majority that will rise above identity and narratives of the crooks who created the mess for their own political gains. The government endorses itself but everyone knows that the reality is different as the country has become a ghetto of misery and discontent with kidnapping and killings in various communuities on the increase on a daily basis and the government seems helpless in this regard. The events of coronavirus pandemic has confirmed the fears of many about the curse of oil in Nigeria- 'mono-economy, coercion, capture and corruption' and provides the right opportunity for restructuring to take place. The Buhari administration has three more years to re-write history and save the country from total collapse by restructuring the country for a stakeholder society that will  facilitate competition and guarantee the desire growth because there is no development without trust, peace and harmony. Equity and Justice is the super glue that holds the society together not unity and continuity. Growth requires new thinking not same old style. The saying, adapt or perish is always very true. Note: Borrowing to fund a bogus political structure-'expensive, wasteful, dictatorial', the licence to do as one pleases-'security votes, abnormal salaries, education and medical tourism, religious pilgrimage, the next election'. The toxic mindset of 97%/5% public services  is ''morally irresponsible, the worst form of corruption'', and will sink the dysfunctional system further and expose it to greater ridicule in the future when this government is long gone. Nigeria is ranked the 14th most fragile state in the world and 9th in Africa. The fragile state index formerly known as the failed states index is an annual report published by the US think-tank, the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy Magazine which ranks 178 countries across twelve indicators of the risks and vulnerabilites faced by individual nations. These include: Demographic pressures, Refugees and Internally displaced people, Group grievances, Uneven development, Human rights violations, Insecurity, failing public services, economic decline, etc. Uche Okeke. Read More: