The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari paid a
courtesy visit to the world power (US) to discuss with President Barack Obama,
issues affecting the country with the growing insurgency in the North-East
expected to be a priority.
Here, according to a Professor of
Economics at Allegheny College, Stephen Onyeiwu, are three striking
similarities between the dawning of the government of both Presidents below:
– Like Buhari, Obama not only met
an empty treasury but was also saddled with a whopping debt burden of about
US$10 trillion – or 72% of GDP.
– Both presidents also inherited
expensive and drawn-out wars which they pledged to end. Ending the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq was a major mantra in Obama’s election campaigns in 2008.
In Buhari’s campaign a major platform was the promise to end the scourge of
Boko Haram.
– Just as Nigerians clamoured for
change during the last elections, Americans desperately wanted change in 2008.
Here are also photos from the
highly publicized meeting below:
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