Nigeria proves a missing president isn’t necessarily a bad thing - Foreign Policy writer

- The medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari is still a trending topic worldwide
- What was supposed to be a 10-day medical leave has stretched into a 45-day drama
- Acting President Yemi Osinbajo thankfully represents a breath of fresh air
A report by foreignpolicy.com has revealed that close aides of President Muhammadu Buhari are uncomfortable with the rising popularity of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.


Buhari's aides are uncomfortable with Osinbajo's rising popularity - Report
The report said the president’s aides countenance has been ‘’leaked to the press,’’ but was silent on whether it was the local or international press.

If there is one ray of hope to be gleaned from the bizarre saga of Buhari’s disappearance it’s that his deputy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has filled in admirably in his boss’s absence.

He has to launched a 60-day plan to boost the flagging economy, met with state-level officials to address the issue of skyrocketing food prices, andtravelled to the restive Niger Delta region as part of ongoing negotiations aimed at stopping frustrated youths there from destroying oil installations.
Osinbajo also made a surprise visit to the country’s busiest airport in Lagos,walking through the chaotic terminal to personally inspect infrastructure — broken toilets, non-functioning escalators, faulty baggage carousels, and dusty air conditioners — and call for much-needed repairs.

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Many Nigerians have been taken in by his energy and enthusiasm, which contrasts sharply with the trademark lethargy that earned Buhari the nickname “Baba Go-Slow.” (Buhari has yet to visit Lagos or the Niger Delta during his presidency.)


“Osinbajo is not a career politician, so he never even planned on being a vice president, yet he is already so much more than Buhari, who has campaigned 12 years to become the president of this country,” said Salaudeen Hashim, a political analyst and officer at the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center in Abuja.

He added: “Buhari ran in 2003, 2007, and 2011 before he finally won in 2015. And now that he is president, Nigerians are wondering what he has done at all.”
But reports that Buhari’s closest aides are uncomfortable with Osinbajo’s rising popularity have already leaked to the press.

It’s times like these that political loyalties are tested, and when working closely with Osinbajo could be seen as abandoning Buhari.
“What we have in Nigeria is personality-driven politics where one person monopolizes power and Buhari’s cabal sees Osinbajo as a threat to Buhari,” said Hashim.

“Osinbajo needs to be allowed to do the work and fix the economy, but in the context of Nigeria, we can expect that some politicians will undermine him,” he added.

The twisted saga of Nigeria’s missing president has come to symbolize a nation’s broken political system. For more than a month now, the country’s elected officials have offered contradictory explanations for their leader’s absence.

When a reporter from Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper showed up at Abuja House in London, where the president is staying, to request an audience with Buhari, security guards called the Metropolitan Police and tried to have him arrested.

“Nigeria, right now, could be compared to a snake with no head,” columnist Ndubuisi Ukah observed recently in Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper.

He added: “We are probably the only country on earth, whose number one public figure could just leave the citizens guessing and wondering.”
Meanwhile, British weekly magazine, The Economist has stated that Nigeria’s best chance of reform in the short run is for President Buhari to stay longer in London.

President Buhari has been in London since January 19. The presidency had first announced that he was there for a 10-day leave. But he has since extended the leave on medical grounds.
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D last pix, is that part of wht Nigeria is facing

Of course we know, but they can't do shiit about it. Only God appoint rulers.

It is expected

Fake news. Buhari should be happy for chosen a competent VP who can effectively stand in his shoe unlike previous ones.

Even Britain acknowledges the fact that Bubu is a disaster.
Osinbajo has done what bubu couldn't do in 2 years in just 45 days..
Nigeria is a lawless country that graduated to a Zoo... a country where a President travels abroad 4 months without addressing his Nation...
Bubu is d numba 1 quarupt citizen in 9ja... dats d fact... he can't address d public...in oda words he is not a transparent leader...
Bubu is not a leader but a follower...even his wife confirmed it..
Speedy recovery bubu but stil stay in london or saudi arabia until 9ja recovers 70 - 80% at least..

muykem:
Fake news. Buhari should be happy for chosen a competent VP who can effectively stand in his shoe unlike previous ones.

Yea... But the grass cutter won't be happy...

muykem:
Fake news. Buhari should be happy for chosen a competent VP who can effectively stand in his shoe unlike previous ones.

He didnt chose him sir... Tinubu chose him..

muykem:
Fake news. Buhari should be happy for chosen a competent VP who can effectively stand in his shoe unlike previous ones.

He didnt chose him sir... Tinubu chose him..
Bubu had no choice bcs he needed d votes of afonjas...n d christians.. knowing fully wel dat Osinbanjo is a pastor in d biggest church in 9ja..
So, one stone to kill 2 birds..

Haters should drink sniper

You now hear comments like
" Let me go buy cement for my building before buhari returns"
" Let me go buy forex for my business before buhari returns"

What does that tell you about the quality of leadership of buhari?

plusfield:
You now hear comments like
" Let me go buy cement for my building before buhari returns"
" Let me go buy forex for my business before buhari returns"

What does that tell you about the quality of leadership of buhari?

The answer is visible to the blind and audible to the deaf.

agabaI23:
It is expected

They should go & die

God pass the cabal.

muykem:
Fake news. Buhari should be happy for chosen a competent VP who can effectively stand in his shoe unlike previous ones.

i know sey you dey under Lai Mohammed pay roll.. Of coz you are only doing your job. Keep up the pschophancy job.. It suit u well.

lollmaolol:


They should go & die

Naa, are you Oshomole?

Jozavic:
Of course we know, but they can't do shiit about it. Only God appoint rulers.

Appoints or Permit

they're very different

Because I'd like to meet the GOD that appointed all the Current Nigerian leaders especially the CBN leaders

Is this suppose to be news?

odysey:


Appoints or Permit

they're very different

Because I'd like to meet the GOD that appointed all the Current Nigerian leaders especially the CBN leaders

Appoint.

If Vacation president hear this, na to piss for bed nau

As a military it was Idiagbon that was working and now it was Osinajo. History always repeat itself. Why are they not happy? Maybe they don't care about us.

Jozavic:


Appoint.

Anoint is also very different far away from appoint
I believe they're neither Anointed nor Appointed by HIM

I've said soooo many times it may sound like a broken record.
What exactly did Buhari say that made people vote for him?
What did he pledge people that they decided he was good?
Was it the N5,000 monthly stipend?
It wasn't that Buhari won the election but that Goodluck Jonathan lost it.

The last pix, are they Buhari aids too?

ojun50:
D last pix, is that part of wht Nigeria is facing

*_*

For Sure, Osinbajo have outshined his master and there is no two ways about it.