Ten things Buhari can do to avoid being a complete failure

It is very refreshing to note that President Muhammadu Buhari is aware that he is flirting with failure. Posturing as a sanctimonious man living an aloof life and locked up in a small cocoon surrounded by sycophants, there was this fear that Buhari was incapable of introspective. But after yet another meeting with his service chiefs last week, Buhari’s own National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno acknowledged that the president did not want to end up a failure.

Some would say, too late.

But 645 days left before he leaves Abuja for retirement in his hometown of Daura is enough time still to stir the ship of Nigeria in a different direction. After all, that was all that was required of Buhari by Nigerians who voted for him in 2015. They wanted Buhari to place Nigeria on an irreversible path to progress, if not greatness. They voted for Buhari to stop the expanding erosion site, not ignore it, and construct roads and railways the erosion will eventually wipe away.

Even though Buhari promised to return Naira to an exchange rate of one Naira to one dollar, the people who voted for him knew deep down that Naira had nowhere else to go but down, against currencies of countries that produce things. However, they did not envisage that Buhari would print so much Naira and borrow so many dollars…