Insecurity and corruption score card of Buhari’s presidency

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) presidency will expire today and the jury is already out on his performance. In accordance with the human aphorism, there is time for everything, a time to start and a time to end and thereafter, the assessment of performance. This discourse provides a brief review of the performance of the Buhari regime in insecurity and corruption over its eight-year tenure.

Muhammadu Buhari assumed office with clear promises on ending insecurity, fighting corruption to a standstill and improving the economy. All the foregoing would not be achieved if the country is not united in purpose for the people to move in the direction of progress on these three and other fronts. Insecurity to a great extent, at the time of his assumption of office, was restricted to the Boko Haram crisis in the North-East. At some time before 2015, the terrorists had held some territories and hoisted their flags. There were several…