If governance is about action and inaction then leadership is about discipline and indiscipline
Many things began ‘fixing’ themselves almost immediately after Buhari was sworn into office.
The level of performance of different government institutions and public officers suddenly improved in unimaginable proportions. The riot acts constantly read by heads of security personnel to their subordinates, the sudden and rapid resurgence of the EFCC, the sanitization of the oil and gas industry, the blockage of leakages are all testimonies to this fact. The importance of attitudinal and disciplinary leadership cannot be overemphasized.
On the active side, Buhari has made some progress also, most notable of which is the federal government’s bailout plan to rescue some states with a backlog of salaries and debts.
Common sense demands that we give credit to Jonathan for some recent gigantic projects like the repair of our refineries and the improvement in electricity generation, however these things would never have materialized as early as now to make any impact if not for the new discipline injected into leadership by Buhari. During the campaign, Buhari said on several occasions that the fish rots from the head. The fish now has a new head which is expected to stop the rotting of the body.
