Some people who are not members of the ruling APC, may not be convinced that President Mohammed Buhari can unite Nigeria, because they perceive the government as being more pro-military.
When you see an executive arm of government trying to control everything, legislature, judiciary, and the media, that is military, and it calls for concern.
Today people expected that the government should have engaged in a unification process. That is why the day June 12 was first addressed by Buhari, everybody hailed him, even those who were at that time, grumbling. People expected Buhari to start from that moment, and continue bringing people together. People expected the government to invite opposition leaders, because a lot of them would have honored that invitation.
If you recall, immediately after June 12 crisis, people were already clamouring for government of national unity. That was why when interim government came in, people were disappointed that it didn't live up to expectation.
So we are hoping that APC leaders, who are pro-democracy, will be able to address the situation that will ensure that the president instills some element of unification in this incoming leadership, because they stand to gain a lot.
In a nutshell, the unification of Nigeria is more important than the economic growth which critics are using as their basis for judging this government negatively.
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