A week before the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.), exit from office, the BBC, in an analysis, says the President is leaving behind legacies of kidnapping and mounting debts
When he steps down next week President Muhammadu Buhari will be leaving Nigerians less secure, poorer and more in debt than when he came to office in 2015.
The former military ruler became president after winning a momentous election which saw the defeat of underperforming incumbent Goodluck Jonathan.
Riding a wave of optimism that change was possible, he was supported by a powerful coalition and had the reputation of being a hard-man soldier, who would get things done.
After Mr Buhari’s brief stint in charge in the 1980s, his second coming was on the back of promises to curtail the rampaging Islamist insurgency in the North-East and tackle widespread corruption.
He is the last of a generation of British-trained military men who went on to govern the country.
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