Tuesday, May 29th, 2018 is Democracy day and officially three years since the President Mohammad Buhari assumed office, while the president gives a speech to mark the 19th year of Nigeria’s democracy and the 3rd Anniversary of his administration.

Buhari addressed the nation in a live broadcast which started at 7 am and lasted for almost 26 minutes, to explain what his administration has been able to do in the last three years.

While at it, we, however, gathered about five similarities between the Presidents 2018 democracy day speech and 2016 Democracy day speech.

1. Boko Haram: President Buhari is his 2016 democracy speech, talked about Boko Haram. The president said the insurgents had captured 14 local governments, driven the local authorities out, hoisted their flags.

The president in 2018 also spoke about the insurgents. He said his administration has degraded the capacity of the Boko Haram insurgency leading to the release of 106 Chibok and 104 Dapchi girls and over 16,000 other persons held by the insurgents.

2. Fight against corruption: President Buhari in his 2016 democracy speech, talked about the fight against corruption, the EFCC was given the freedom to pursue corrupt officials and the judiciary was alerted on what Nigerians expect of them in the fight against corruption.


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