30 years out of business is no fluke
In the last 100 days, we have seen decisions rescinded almost immediately after they have been made by the presidency. We have seen contradictions, unclarified statements and sometimes even ambiguous orders from the presidency. For the early part of the 100 days, two presidential spokesmen gave us contradicting information about same events and the president. The president himself has made many gaffes, especially the (in)famous ‘West Germany’ gaffe in public.
Some attributed these problems to Buhari’s failure to timely appoint key government officials like the SGF, CoS and advisers, and the opposition attributed it to his old age and what they termed ‘unpreparedness’ for the job.
Recently, the media commemorated 30 years after the overthrow of dictator Buhari from power by dictator Babangida and even though he had a stint as PTF chairman, that may not be enough to make him adequately equipped for modern governance. Whatever the case, 30 years out of business is a serious gap to contend with and it isn’t unnatural when you show some signs of ‘cluelessness’ in your first 100 days.
