How would one assess President Goodluck Jonathan's performance as commander in chief of the armed forces? Under his leadership the army appears to lack both leadership and strategic direction. There have been numerous misadventures by Nigerian troops on peacekeeping missions. Engagements with Boko haram have been spectacularly unsuccessful. There was a calamitous failure to take advantage of the resources and goodwill readily available following the kidnapping of the girls of Chibok. It wasn't until a week before the elections were due to go ahead that the heads of national security and the armed forces realised they had a responsibility to secure key locations where voting was expected to take place. Cameroun and Chad have made more progress against Boko Haram in two months than Nigeria has made in ten years. Instead the armed forces are populated with pot bellied pigs masquerading as officers.
That is not to say that Muhammad Buhari has that much more to offer despite his having been a general in the army. When he was head of state he showed himself to be lacking in ideas and leadership skills. It's hard to know if he is more capable now but his performance as a presidential candidate has not given much cause for enthusiasm. He has been embroiled in a crisis over a secondary school certificate, and refused to take part in an election debate but ends up in London campaigning for votes amongst the ineligible.
Things are really looking up for national security in Nigeria.
Erhmmmm...**screaming** Mofaya!!?!!?!?!?....Cyclone is talking to you here....hehe...Papi...I don't know much bout these 2 buh with everything my husband told me (then again let's remember he is not in the country and his facts might be wrong or obsolete)....I think the current President is just fine....I mean, the way I see it, if he does 1 term and he makes lots of mistakes and all that...the next president that comes in would spend his time in office fixing those mistakes instead of governing the people and then if he doesn't get voted in for the second term, another president would come in to undo what he did and effect a new kinda change....I mean....it just feels like the next president to mount the seat spends his time undoing and repairing than actually improving and governing...that's what I think tho'...I think presidents should actually do 3 terms...there will be a level of stability if that happens...
ReplyDeleteI don't know about just fine. He's not even barely okay. Good governance should preclude the need for one person to feel the need to stay in power longer than one or two terms.
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