Buhari Has Done Well In His First 100 Days - Nigerian Students

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government at the centre has been commended by the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ogun state chapter.

The student-body stated that just days to the administration’s first one hundred days in office, their performance have been above average.


This was contained in a statement issued today September 2 and signed by the state chairman, Comrade Dotun Opaleye, ak.a. Zamora

The body disclosed that it undertook a periodic review of the performance of the representatives and leaders as part of ways to deepen democracy in order to entrench accountability.

While assessing the Buhari administration in the last 100 days, NANS revealed that, in terms of the economy, the APC led government has restored confidence to the minds of the investors, but disclosed that the inability to name someone as the Finance Minister and appointments to other Ministries is causing a major setback economically.

The students’ body praised the government for the improvement witnessed so far in the area of power generation, corruption and fight against the insurgency.

NANS however appealed to the President to assist in getting the young innocent girls (Chibok Girls) abducted last year by the Boko Haram insurgents, as it promised during the electioneering campaign.

According to the statement,“Many investors are still in a state of limbo as to what to expect from this new administration. Buhari has also managed to stabilize the Naira against further slide to the dollar.

“Power supply has also improved mainly due to the fear of Buhari’s no nonsense personality rather than any pragmatic move by Mr President. We still await large amount of megawatts promised by the APC during the last presidential campaigns.

“Security especially in the Northeast has improved slightly. We believe that the three months ultimatum handed down by Buhari to his service chiefs is a wonderful step in the right direction, as we eagerly anticipate the return of the ‘Chibok girls’ abducted on the 14th of April 2014 by the dreaded terrorists, it is incredibly mind boggling that the #bringbackourgirls group have been loudly silent during President Buhari’s administration raising doubts about the sincerity and non partisanship of the leaders of the group who were very audible and conspicuous during the Jonathan era.

“Politically, Buhari has been fairly consistent with his ideology. His intention of restoring the defunct National carrier Nigerian airways reveals people oriented approach and his socialist leanings,” the statement said. 

The Ogun NANS however advice the president to start with a short term plan to improve the lot of the average Nigerian. Culled