American News Agency, Bloomberg Slams President Buhari, Describes Him As ‘Baba Go Slow’

American News Agency Mocks Buhari

American news agency, Bloomberg, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s record as Nigeria’s leader over the last four years.

In the assessment of the New York-based international news agency, it described the President’s achievement since been elected into office as discouraging and further expressed pessimism about the ability of the President to perform well in his second term.

Naija News recalls Nigerians on March 9 during the nation’s 2019 presidential election, voted massively to re-elect President Buhari into office for another four-year term as the country’s leader.

In its editorial published on April 7, 2019, Bloomberg noted that one of humanity’s most hopeful developments in recent decades has been the dramatic drop in extreme poverty, lamenting that Nigeria appears to be missing in the success story.

It noted, “Today, the number is about 600 million. This remarkable change is mainly due to growth in China and India. Much of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, has failed to share in the success.

“A decade ago, Nigeria had far fewer people in extreme poverty than either China or India; today, according to data compiled by the World Data Lab, it has more than both combined. The count stands at more than 90 million, and has risen both in absolute terms and as a share of the total.

“Nigeria’s young and fast-growing population is projected by the United Nations to double in size by 2050, making it the world’s third-biggest. Even assuming that the proportion of Nigerians living in extreme poverty stops rising as quickly as it has in recent years, it’s on course to remain extraordinarily high for the foreseeable future.

“Nigeria’s success or failure in confronting extreme poverty will be pivotal for the rest of Africa, too — partly because of its huge population but also because of its outsize influence over its neighbors.

“The government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, recently re-elected to a second and final four-year term, bears a grave responsibility. One wonders whether a politician known as “Baba Go Slow” is up to the task.

“His record over the last four years is discouraging. Economic growth has barely recovered following the 2014 crash in the price of oil, which remains Nigeria’s biggest export and source of government revenue.

“Per capita gross domestic product is less than it was when he took office. Joblessness has more than tripled. Efforts to spur agriculture and other non-oil parts of the economy have failed. Foreign direct investment has fallen by more than half since 2010.”