USA Africa Dialogue Series - Thought For Today

President Buhari's administration is a disaster from day one, a disaster foretold by some of us. I want the President to leave, but by democratic means.

Having said that, I know that the proposed "Buhari must go protest" slated to commence on June 12th, 2021 will fail. You don't have to agree with me, just remember that I said this.

The major reason for the failure would be that some of the demands are not legitimate and realistic. If for example, President Buhari leaves because of the protest, who would take over, since vacuum is not an option? Vice-president Osinbanjo? Would that not be a continuation of the Buhari Presidency? If Buhari and Osinbanjo leave because of the protest, that leaves the coast for the Senate President, who is also part of the present APC maladministration.

The second major reason is that the protest by planning is concentrated on a few major cities, whereas majority of the masses who are normally the fulcra of successful social actions live in the rural areas.

The scary part is that the youths being lured into this protest by their older grant chasing compatriots would be made the targets of ill trained trigger happy Nigeria military and security personnel.

The best approach in my opinion is to continue to pile pressures on this administration for restructuring through dialogues(conferences, etc). These pressures should also be mounted through diplomatic channels and international non governmental agencies.

-Chidi Anthony Opara (CAO)

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