It is no longer news that following the outcome of the 2015 presidential election, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has since given way as President to be succeeded by General Muhammadu Buhari.
The new President was sworn in on May 29, Nigeria’s acclaimed Democracy Day. It was the ninth peaceful transfer of power and perhaps the most intriguing in Nigeria’s 55 year history as an independent nation. Voters Voters Like the transitions of 1960,1965,1979,1983,1999,2003,2007 and 2011, the processes leading to 2015 general elections were typically Nigerian in every sense, as all the peculiar oddities inherent in the nation’s electoral process strikingly manifested. However, while the euphoria of change lingers, it must be noted that the exercise which would culminate in the transfer of the reins of government on May 29, 2015, could not be written off to have only reproduced the fault lines in Nigeria’s political culture, as few developments signposted an uncommon readiness to get the country back on track. By Charles Kumolu on Vanguard news.
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