However, the diabolical state of contemporary African leadership across Africa's political spectrum continues to make the aforementioned vision a mirage. Yes, postcolonial Africa has seen a few revolutionary leaders like Kwame Nkrumah, Thomas Sankara and co whose leadership styles have had far-reaching effects on the foundations of their respective nations. Okay, that is just a piece of Pan-African history worth sharing. Yet the leadership of Muhammadu Buhari, incumbent president of Nigeria, is no less than revolutionary.
Can we find another African leader of his calibre today? Folks, I seek not to butter him up, so that I look like a sycophantic blogger. In fact, Muhammadu Buhari, the 73 year old erstwhile military ruler of Nigeria in the mid-1980's, is simply an incorruptible-cum-disciplinary leader whose creed is not greed but social justice. Indeed, economic prosperity for all and sundry in his native Nigeria is his endless passion as Nigeria's current president. "Africa's inability to identify its developmental problems and design an appropriate development programme is the reason for the poverty that has engulfed the continent" (Asare-Bediako and Asare-Bediako, 2007). But Mr. Buhari has defied the odds by clearly committing his presidency to ruthlessly solving the complex Nigerian crises. And the populous Nigerian nation of about 170 million people where 110 people are believed to be wallowing in poverty, still hold on to their reposed trust in the man of action.
Surprisingly, sources indicate that under the previous PDP administration, an estimated $150 billion went missing - this accounts for about 26% of Nigeria's GDP in 2014. Again, "Oil provides 70 percent of Nigeria's government revenue, but it is an industry plagued with malfeasance. Two years ago, the Central Bank reported $20 billion in missing oil-related funds," according to m.csmonitor.com. Also, the present government claimed that 55 people stole more than $6 billion between 2006 and 2013.
