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Four years ago when President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated , 2019 seemed like a very long time . But here , we are in 2019 , the year of another election which will determine whether Buhari will continue in office or not .

Soon people will stop saying that Buhari has spent three years in office and start saying that he has spent four years in office. The arrival of 2019 reminds one of how the administration of Gen Ibrahim Babangida spoke about year 2000 in the 1980s and 1990 s as if it was light years away .

There were catch phrases like, “ Health for all by the year 2000 ;” “ Education for all by the year 2000 ;” “ Food for all by the year 2000 . ” The year 2000 seemed like a magic year when so much would have been achieved . By the dawn of 2000 , none of those lofty dreams was achieved.

Then , Vision 20 : 2020 was launched in after the return of democracy. It was meant to make Nigeria one of the first 20 economies of the world by 2020 . 2020 is just one year away . The administration of Buhari came in with many promises and high hopes .

It promised to crush Boko Haram and solve the insecurity problem in Nigeria . On the contrary , while government spokespersons are claiming to have “ technically defeated ” Boko Haram , the insurgents have been attacking military bases , killing soldiers en masse and sacking villages . In addition , the herdsmen have become emboldened and dangerous , sacking communities and killing people in the dozens .

Also , Buhari promised to fight corruption to a standstill . However, corruption has continued unabated , with Nigeria dropping on the Corruption Perceptions Index from 136th in 2016 to 148th position in 2017 among 180 countries .

There have been allegations that the fight against corruption is targeted at the opposition . Senator Shehu Sani captured it metaphorically when he said : “When it comes to fighting corruption in the National Assembly and the Judiciary and in the larger Nigerian sectors , the President uses insecticide , but when it comes to fighting corruption within the Presidency, they use deodorants . ”

Recent examples were in the cases of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State , who was shown on various video clips allegedly receiving bribes from contractors.

But while the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission feigned ignorance of that , the same agency was celebrating how it would arrest Mr Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State , a member of the opposition party , upon his exit from office. Similarly , since June 2018 when the West African Examination Council had confirmed that the secondary school certificate of Mr Okoi Obono - Obla...

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