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50 Days of PMB: Thin Line Between Strategy and Cluelessness

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On April 1 st , 2015, Nigeria’s Election management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, under the leadership of Prof. Attahiru Jega  declared former military dictator and the APC flag bearer, Muhammadu Buhari, the winner of the 2015 Presidential elections. For the 15million Nigerians who voted Buhari, their joy knew no bounds. Buhari  who ran his entire election campaign on the change and anti-corruption mantra was enthusiastically welcomed by not a few million Nigerians who were tired of the farcicality in the political space that had become the status quo.  They were tired of the massive corruption existent in virtually all the sectors of the economy. They were tired of the daily slaughter of human lives by Boko Haram. They were tired of the PDP and their 16 years of wasteful rule. For the millions who voted Buhari, they wanted change and change they got.  Fast forward to 50 days of President Buhari at the helm of Nigeria’s affairs and the hashtag has ch