President Buhari, stay at your duty post


WHAT kind of President is Muhammadu Buhari ? In moments of national crisis , he abandons his duty post in preference for foreign trips of dubious value. Showing scant interest in domestic affairs , the President has embarked on another international trip , this time , to Sochi, Russia , for a three-day summit on gas and trade . His current trip coincides with the persistent ghastly reports of killings , robbery , banditry , kidnapping , disasters and economic depression at home , including debilitating petrol fire incidents in Onitsha , Anambra State , last week . It provocatively gives the impression of an uncaring President . Without opening up the economy and ensuring sound rule of law at home , foreign travels to attract investment is a complete waste of public fund .

Short of administering the country from the outer space , Buhari has made international travel a pet project . In the first three years of his first tenure , he was outside the country for a combined 404 days . That is one year and 39 days in 33 countries , according to a Saturday PUNCH computation last April. Even with his medical trips to the United Kingdom factored in , that is rather high for a country facing dire challenges of leadership . Apart from the UK , the President visited the United States for a total of 41 days . He was also at the United Nations General Assembly ’ s 70th, 71st , 72nd and 73rd sessions in New York .

His appetite for adventure took him to China, India , Jordan , Iran, Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Chad, France , Turkey , Poland , Malta , the United Arab Emirates , Morocco and Ghana . Others are Cameroon, the Gambia , Niger Republic, Mali, Qatar , Sudan , Ivory Coast , Togo , Republic of Benin , Germany , Senegal , Ethiopia , Egypt and Kenya in his first 36 months in office . When does he have the time to deliver on good governance?

Unfortunately , Buhari does not seem to realise the monumental task before him . Apparently, this is why in his second term , his penchant for jetting off to distant global locations has not waned. Between May 29, when he took the oath of office for the second term , and now, the President has taken to the air on several occasions .

Although he was in Saudi Arabia between May 16 and 21 for the lesser Hajj , Buhari drew consternation when he embarked on yet another trip to the same country just hours after he was sworn in for his second term on May 29. The President has also travelled to Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso ) , New York for the 74th UNGA , Japan ( for the seventh International Conference on African Development) and South Africa ( on xenophobia ) from May to October . What does his foreign minister do ?
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