On May, 29 Nigeria celebrated Democracy Day. present government has performed so far.
Khalid Imam, 42, Teacher, Kano y honest opinion is that have gone high and the average the government is clearly worker is bearing the brunt. But I doing well. They are learnt government are reviewing working on security, which is one salaries, so until they do that. of their priorities. At the same time In terms of education, I expect they said they will fight corruption the minister to do more, especially and we can see them doing that, in addressing issues of exam even though to some extent it is malpractice, which is reducing one-sided because the opposition the educational system to a mere are the once paying the price, even banana republic. This is most though they were in government troubling at the secondary school and committed more of the acts. level. That is why right now, an However, prices of commodities average university graduate cannot
MIbrahim Bababa, 35, Broadcast Journalist, Bauchi
Assessing the APC administration in the last two years may not be as easy as one would expect. There are many ways that one can look at its achievementsý and failures. For example, for a person like me who lives in the North-East, I can score the Buhari-led APC administration ninetyfive percent because of the peace and security I am enjoying and also in the area of the fight against corruption. Howeverý, when I come down to the state level, I will score the APC low. I am from Bauchi State and although I know the present administration had inherited many problems, it has failed to convince people that it means business and wants to address their problems. For this reason, people are very disappointed.
On the other hand, if we are to be fair to the APC, it has taken some giant steps toý show that what Nigeria lacks is the right leadership and the political will to turn things around. Our prayer is for the president to recover his health and take a firm stance on issues that have been dragging us back over the years. perform as well as a primary school leaver of twenty years ago. They are unable to write a simple sentence in English, even those who have studied English Language. I urge the government to look into this area, because in my opinion as a teacher, they have done virtually nothing to address that. In terms of teacher employment, they need to subject teachers to rigorous aptitude tests to be followed by an induction course. Najib Sani, 30, Journalist, Bauchi am always an optimist. I am very confident that despite the challenges, the APC administration led by President Buhari has done well in the area of security and fight against corruption. The social intervention programmes introduced by the administration is also a positive move to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians because of the economic downturn.
We had two years of clearing the mess created by the doings and undoings of many people who failed in their responsibilities in the past. Looking at the wanton corruption and profligacy that ýhas taken place in the last few years, we can say that the APC administration has done well in addressing some critical issues. Solomon Satiakaar, 28, businessman, Abuja hat the APC government promised us they would do before they came into power, they are yet to fulfil. But perhaps they are still working on achieving those goals so one cannot complain too much. Complaining cannot solve the issues on ground. We must keep on going. It is the work of the media to ensure the executive and legislature arms of government know how we feel. I think the arms of government should come together and make sure things work, because to be honest, things are not the way they used to be. They told us they would work on the shortcomings of the previous government, we are still waiting.
WHowever, this government is a bit focused compared to the PDP. This government clearly spelt out key areas they want to work on and they are doing that. For corruption I will give them fifty per cent. I will like to see corrupt people in the APC also being subjected to what the opposition is going through. Mukhtar Jarmajo, 30, Public Commentator, Bauchi s a young man in the last sixteen years, them to the fullest, which who witnessed Nigeria would have been was the genesis of what the last eighteen better off. we have found ourselves years of democracy, I will Nigeria had enough to in at present. Buhari score the Buhari-led APC cater for its citizens when administration honestly administration high. If former presidents Obasanjo pursued our stolen money one looks at the financial and Jonathan were in and exposed what some situation which the country power, but despite all the wicked people have done found itself in when the monies accrued to the two in the past. This has APCý took over, I will say administrations and the exposed the recklessness of that if it was Buhari and the enormous opportunities, Jonathan’s administration APC who had been in power they all failed to utilise which condoned corruption.
AIAbdulmalik Musa, 36, Civil Servant, Abuja
For the past two years things have been very difficult. There’s so much hunger. However, I will still give this government some pass mark in the area of corruption and fight against Boko Haram. But they said they have recovered stolen monies from our past leaders in key positions during the time of Goodluck Jonathan. They should have brought this money out and pumped it back into the economy so that it will boom. By keeping the money, they are not helping us. If they listen to the cry of the people they would do better. Just the other day, I watched the acting president, Yemi Osibanjo in Garki market asking the prices of food stuff like garri and rice. Things are getting more costly in the market and they say they want to increase minimum wage. By the time they increase minimum wage, it will cause inflation and those who don’t have a job would suffer. For example, the private sector is already suffering, particularly construction companies. Private sector assists the economy a lot. But we still have hope. Sunday John, 24, Hotelier, Abuja heir performance is poor. There is too much hunger and jobs are lacking. But they are trying in the aspect of security. They have to improve in terms of creating job opportunities. Again, we want to see people they accuse of corruption go to jail instead of driving in luxury cars. They should do more.
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