He came with the toga of “integrity” in the midst of ocean of corrupt ridden system and society He failed because he was not prepared for the fight. An excellent General should know the terrain and be able to marshal his troop, well.
Buhari’s selection of commanders was bunkum, his language as a general was lousy, his strategy to win the war was abysmally low, add his ineptitude and old age…the nation is reaping it’s worse harvest.
There is no irredeemable nation on earth. All it requires is radical change from top to bottom.
Within the democratic processes many radical reforms are ignited. We have to build strong institutions, manned by strong and capable hands. We have to create the synergy and allow it to work.
When we were confronted with fuel scarcity in the midst of plenty fuel supply some years back, the Sudan model was proposed to counter that. Since the system in place is cantercarous and the ship is being run by the same Captain and his lieutenants, nothing was done till date.
A proposal of radical change in leadership approach was also made, with hundreds of thousand volunteers to save the country from immense collapse, the first thing that was discussed was; from where are the volunteers coming from, which party, which region, which tribe?
We are in a state of disequilibrium as a nation and the solution lies in radical state of emergency approach. It doesn’t have to be through unconstitutional means. Through the same democratic processes, it can be done, it is just that our leaders don’t have the will!
– Prof Ibrahim Malumfashi
