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State of the Nation under Buhari after Two Unproductive Years!

It took the abduction of Chibok girls for me to lose my patience with President Goodluck Jonathan, the immediate past president of Nigeria. President Buhari has done enough for me to declare him "persona non grata". I have lost all hopes that Buhari’s government can make any difference for an average Nigerian. He was supposed to be an alternative to a president who rationalized corruption on national television, calling it "mere stealing". He ought to be the president of all Nigerians and not the Fulanis or Northerners alone, but all indication is that this man is exactly who we thought he was – a tribalist not a nationalist. Can a pig ever become a dog, bath it, cloth it, it will return to its mud? Nigeria should have learned its lesson and take a cue from Buhari's antecedents - he was never a productive leader at any time he led an institution. The only thing that made him alternative to GEJ was his reputation for stamping out corruption as a military h