….also published in Daily Trust
As the imminence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s return is being
speculated, it highlights the need for him to conduct a comprehensive review of
his administration’s performance now that more two years of its four-year
tenure have already passed.
This is particularly imperative amid mild but potentially
divisive controversy over the extent of the Acting President Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo’s commitment to maintain the momentum built by President Buhari
particularly in anti-corruption polices and measures. Admittedly, though, even
before the President’s departure, there has already been a sense of disappointment
among a growing number of Nigerians over the turn of events under his
presidency, which fuels controversy over the extent of his personal portion of
responsibility for the disappointing situation.
President Buhari
Anyway, though President Buhari has been away for quite a while
on health grounds, he is nonetheless hopefully in a more relaxed mood now
to monitor the performance of his administration back home from Abuja House in
London where he has been staying and receiving medical treatment. Also, though
he is currently under no legal obligation to monitor government operations back
home, yet, as an ardent follower of the media, he now apparently has more time to
spare for following events through the media, hence he is now presumably in a
position to assess the performance of his administration not on the bases of
officially prepared reports and figures, but in the light of the daily
experiences of the ordinary Nigerians, which the media cover all the time.
