President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that he has performed better than his predecessors, particularly in the areas of security, economy, and anti-corruption.

The President in response to Bloomberg’s questions published on June 21, 2022, said that his administration will be leaving Nigeria “in a far better place than he found it.

According to him, “We leave Nigeria in a far better place than we found it. Corruption is less hidden for Nigerians feel empowered to report it without fear, while money is returned; terrorists no longer hold any territory in Nigeria, and their leaders are deceased, and vast infrastructure development sets the country on course for sustainable and equitable growth.”

“As you are all aware, this administration came to office determined to make an impact in three main areas: Security, building a sustainable economy and fight against corruption. We can say that recent positive developments in these areas have shown that despite the challenges on ground, we can see general improvement in all three areas.”

He further said, “In the area of corruption, as you are all aware, I am determined to ensure that we do not have a repeat of what has gone on in previous administrations and we have taken a strong stand against pervasive corruption.”

This is not the first time President Buhari will claim that he performed better than his predecessors in office either in the immediate past or even the previous predecessors.

Buhari took over from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which had been in power since 1999.

Buhari, on June 17, 2022, in Kano, said three priorities of the administration, security, economy and corruption, have received significant attention, with measurable results, following his vision of making Nigeria more peaceful, prosperous and reliable, among nations.

The President made the claim during the Passing Out Parade of the Regular Course 4/2016 Cadets of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil. Noting further that his administration’s new approaches have yielded positive results, he said it is glaring that Nigeria’s ranking has improved on the world Counter-Terrorism global index from 4th to 6th position on the list of the most terrorised nations.

On March 13, 2013, he made a similar statement while addressing reporters after observing the Eid-il-Fitri prayers at the State House in Abuja.

Also, the President during his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians to mark the nation’s 61st independence in 2021 boasted that no government or administration since 1999, has done what he has done for the country in six years.

“No government since 1999 has done what we have done in six years to put Nigeria back on track”, he stated.

But how true are President Muhammadu Buhari’s claims?

Nigeria has had three democratically-elected presidents since 1999 before Buhari assumed office on May 29, 2015, after defeating incumbent Jonathan in an election held on March 28, 2015. They are Olusegun Obasanjo – 29th May 1999 to 29th May 2007; Umaru Musa Yar’Adua – 29th May 2007 to 5th May 2010; Goodluck Ebele Jonathan – May 6, 2010, to May 29, 2015, and Muhammadu Buhari – May 29, 2015, to date.

To find out if there has been a significant impact since Buhari assumed office in 2015 in Nigeria, The ICIR used Data from the World Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, Transparency International, Nigeria Social Violence Project, Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project to fact-check Buhari’s claim that Nigeria is better off today than in 2015 in terms of security, corruption and economy.

On insecurity…
Data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) shows that Nigeria has recorded more than 80,000 insecurity-related deaths from 1999 to 2022.

The numbers from ACLED show that during former President Obasanjo’s government, 11,141 Nigerians were killed in incidents related to insecurity, while the combined tenures of both the late President Yar’Adua and former President Jonathan recorded 32,694 death. Buhari’s government registered 41,903 insecurity-led deaths since he assumed office in 2015 till date.

Meanwhile in terms of incidents related to insecurity from 1999 till June 2022 Nigeria has recorded 17,591 security-related attacks. A breakdown of this still shows that Buhari’s administration recorded the highest at 12,120 attacks while Obasanjo’s is 1,276 and
Yar’adua and Jonathan’s administration recorded 4,195 attacks.

Data from Social Violence in Nigeria a Project under the auspices of the John Hopkins University Africa programme shows that Nigeria’s most deaths from violence-related before 2009 were from communal/sectarian clashes. But, while we still see a yearly increase in communal/sectarian violence-related deaths, the emergence of Boko Haram (For more on the group, read this factsheet.) and other terrorists, banditry and armed groups have led to a sharp rise in violence across the country.

A disaggregation of the numbers from ACLED shows that from 2015 to 2022, the wave of deaths and kidnapping has spread from one region to other parts of the country.

Figures released by SBM Intelligence in September 2021 show that at least 1,409 students were recorded to have been kidnapped from their schools, and 16 of the victims have died since the latest wave of the school abduction epidemic.

Also, Jihad Analytics, a consultancy company which processes data on global and cyber jihad in a Tweet disclosed that between January and April of this year, Nigeria has had the highest number of attacks by the Islamic State (IS).

READ MORE HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/fact-check-is-nigeria-better-today-than-before-2015-as-claimed-by-buhari/

Getting worst even, with no hope at sight.

Imagine buying the smallest size if Oral-B ToothPaste today for 300.00. Same product that was sold for less than 140 Naira less than a year ago

Nigeria is worse than Afghanistan at the moment couple with all the killings and kidnapping of preist here and there

Prom tof to bottom

Only a mad man will agree with him on this.
No country in world is worse than Nigeria right now even the war thorn Ukraine is far better than Nigeria.

Someone that should be lock up after his tenure. Nothing improve positively under his watch except taking us backward. He claimed to fight corruption and insecurity but he had officially legitimise what he intended to fight due to his incompetence.

Most of Buhari's recent comments make me believe the man has lost touch with reality & is living in a fool's paradise. He is probably suffering from Paranoia.

Only if you live in a part of Nigeria called Mars. The bad thing about bad leadership is that all of us will suffer it. There is no specific market for tribes or sections of the country.

It’s rubbing salt into injury to shamelessly claim Nigeria is better off today than it was in 2015! These people are devoid of any shred of contrition for all they’ve put Nigerians through! So long as they’ve enriched themselves, their families and lackeys, and greedily diverted a disproportionate amount of Nigerian resources to their useless regions, states and villages….so long as this is the case, the rest of us can go fck ourselves for all they care!

They didn’t mention it in the report, but who’d wanna wager that the suicide rate has equally increased….if not doubled, since 2015!?

Buhari is Gods’ judgement on Nigeria for its misdeeds as a country! And if we’re not careful and retrace our steps, Buhari Pro-Max is waiting in the wings to tip us out of the frying pan straight into the fire!

The only person saying that Nigeria is better is smoking weed mixed with alcohol burukutu.. You can only say that when you are high.

In 2015 the price of a bag of rice was #10k.
A bag of cement was #2000.
A litre of fuel was #97.


Today the prices have triple beyond the reach of majority of the people.

No need for any fact check. Buhari failure is as bright as broad day light.

He won't because he lives in different world.

Buhari's failure can not be measured

Buhari is one of the most worst leaders in the world and the worst leader in the history of Nigeria.
Abacha remains a saint if you compare him with Buhari