Yesterday, Monday, May 29, 2023, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu took the oath of office and became the 5th President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of
Unfortunately, that has not always been the case in the recent past as every new administration has ended up dashing the hopes of the people.
Before Muhammadu Buhari became president in 2015 the number of Nigerians that were killed by Boko Haram and other violent non-state actors were put at 35,000 between 2009 and 2015 according to data from Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect. That figure of violent deaths almost doubled under Buhari as over 63,000 Nigerians were killed under his watch.
The list of sectors that got worse under the previous administration is endless, that is why it is necessary that Tinubu be conscious of this and works hard to break the jinx of every administration becoming worse than its predecessor. Not a few Nigerians raised an eyebrow when Tinubu constituted his Transition Committee and no one from the South East was found worthy to be on the list. Tinubu should avoid the lure of dividing the country into 5 percenters and 95 percenters of the Buhari era, that error deepened the division in the country.
The new administration must tackle the insecurity challenge head-on. Insecurity is one of the reasons why our agricultural sector is performing below installed capacity because bandits and other terrorists do not allow farmers free access to their farms. This has impacted adversely on food security thus increasing poverty across the board but particularly in the rural areas.
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