The death of Second Republic president Shehu Shagari on Friday, has kicked off quite a bit of historic revisionism from some quarters. Shagari was president from 1979 until his government was overthrown in a military coup on 31 December 1983 that installed Muhammadu Buhari as head of the ruling junta.

Some have argued that Nigeria could have made significant strides if not for this misguided military intervention. Well, no one knows how things would have panned out if the military did not step in. But this doesn’t mean that we don’t know how the Shagari regime performed, or failed to perform. One of Shagari’s most strident critics in those days, Abubakar Rimi, said that the then president thought politics was just about wearing long caps. It was Rimi’s way of highlighting that Shagari was a case study in cluelessness.

The book “Nigeria: A new history of a turbulent century” by Richard Bourne should help those with short memories remember what Shagari’s rule meant for Nigeria.

More: https://www.naijiant.com/articles/a-brief-look-at-shehu-shagaris-presidency/

Majority of Nigerians are convinced that he did his own best as the President, therefore you Buharist should stop fainting him black

Have we ever had a disaster free President in this country before

He is better than Buhari.

That's a proven fact.

Shehu Shagari's worst was better than General Buhari's "bestest" from December 1983 to August, 1985

Shagari worst is 10 million times better than Buharis best