President Buhari's leadership has been deemed a failure for the period of 'un-building' Nigeria during his eight years in office. Nation-building has not been achieved.
Nation-building is defined variously as ‘constructing or structuring a national identity using the power of the state’ as ‘the unification of the people within [a] state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run’. Andreas Wimmer of the University of Columbia is quoted to say that one of the factors that determine the success of nation-building is a state ‘capable of providing goods evenly across a territory.
national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from few states or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that Government or any of its agencies’. Chapter II on Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution is replete with clauses that, if faithfully and transparently implemented by an honest and competent president, can put Nigeria on the path of nationhood.
Under the two-term presidency of Muhammadu Buhari, hardly can any objective observer of the Nigerian state argue that he brought the Nigerian people together; hardly can anyone honestly say that he ruled his country with the much vaunted integrity on which he rode to power; hardly can any analytical student of the past eight years assert that, all things considered, this outgoing president is leaving Nigeria and its people more united, more secure, and in generally better condition than he met...
This diverse country cannot be forged into a nation of common vision, focus, and values where and when the leaders, who do not walk their talk, and the rule of law that is fundamental to an ordered society, is breached with impunity, and corruption of personal and institutional values is rife. Indeed, hydra-headed corruption is antithetical to national unity; it breeds cronyism, nepotism, greed, tribalism, and it erodes trust in the leadership. All these are the marks of the Buhari years.
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