Buhari was in a hurry as military ruler, but now slow and steady leader – Tinubu

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The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has compared President Muhammadu Buhari’s time as a young military head of state and now that he is the president of the country.
He said Buhari was in a hurry as a military ruler back  in the 80’s, while the president has become “slow but steady” in his approach to governance “now that he is older and given his experience”.

The party national leader made this statement on Monday at the launch of a book — ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’, written by John Paden, a professor of international studies — at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

“However, now that he is older and given his experience, he is ‘slow but steady’ in his approach to governance.”

He went on to state that, “During the campaign, he (Buhari) surprised many by his agility and the broad canvas on which he operated.

“In tracing the evolution of Buhari, the national leader, the author’s assertion that military rule is based on the power its holders can wield, while civilian rule is based on the legitimacy derived from elections, is a point with which I dare not debate.

“Buhari’s career embodies this, hence his transition from being a military ruler to being a civilian leader, who subjected himself to the rigors and uncertainty of elections four times. Thrice he patiently went to court, seeking redress from electoral manipulation.

“The author, quite accurately, remarked on the Buhari victory equation, as flowing from Northern grassroots support and coalition-building with the South West as well as with other tendencies.”

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