Buhari Is Not A Nigerian!
Editor’s note : Professor Soremekun analyses the recent President Muhammadu Buhari’s public declaration of assets, saying that the president is not a typical Nigerian. Have we really had any novel policy thrusts since Buhari took office? As I contemplate the Nigerian condition or non-condition, I continue to marvel at contemporary happenings. The nirvana is certainly not here yet. Still, it is possible to discern new ozone in public life. Suddenly, public officials are more responsive. The refineries appear to be working. Petrol queues, for now at least, are gone. Electricity supply seems to have improved. And therefore one is tempted to ask: What has happened? Have we really had any novel policy thrusts since Muhammadu Buhari assumed the Presidency of the country? As a student of public affairs, it is possible to answer this question in the negative. Yet, there is new ozone in public life. It does not take much to appreciate that, what has happen...