Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) won the 2015 presidential poll in Nigeria because the party promised to bring about positive change in governance.
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, novelist and writer, in this piece for BBC News lists five examples of what has changed in Nigeria since May 29, 2015, when Buhari was inaugurated.
Thousands of women and girls kidnapped by the group have also been rescued, including one of the 219 schoolgirls from Chibok abducted in April 2014.
But while there is progress in the north-east, trouble in the Niger Delta, the country’s oil-producing region, is resurfacing.
Recent attacks on oil facilities have caused a drop in production and helped push up the global price of crude oil.
The president ran his political campaigns on the restoration of national security. At the time he took over power, Boko Haram, the deadly terrorist cell that had killed thousands of Nigerians and destroyed inestimable valuables, was occupying 14 local government areas in the north-east. Today, the 14 local government areas have not only been reclaimed by the military, there is also free movement in the areas. Perhaps, one piece of cheery news that excited the government was the rescue of one of the 219 Chibok schools girls, Amina Ali, abducted by Boko Haram two years ago.
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