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What really was his legacy?



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6187249.stm

According to the BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6187249.stm

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua became the first civilian leader in Nigeria to take over from another after winning controversial polls in 2007.

The former chemistry teacher is also the first Nigerian leader for 40 years to be university educated.

But his academic background appears to have done little to help him on the political stage and mid-way through his first term in office, he was saddled with the nickname "Baba-go-slow".

A reclusive Muslim ex-governor from the northern state of Katsina, he promised a long list of reforms at his inauguration - tackling corruption, reforming the inadequate power sector and the flawed electoral system.

The only point on the to-do list on which he has made some progress is tackling the unrest in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

He met militant leaders and convinced them and thousands of their fighters to give up their weapons during a three-month amnesty in 2009, giving hope of peace at last for the poverty-stricken region

Continued,

[size=13pt]The culmination of the violence over the past several months, the terror watch list addition, vilification by the west, a complete breakdown of the educational system, sectarian killings, and toxic corruption mark the end of the one of the most inept presidencies to have ever been foisted upon Nigerians.

Yar'Adua was not a bad man per say, he is, was, simply incompetent, and there is perhaps good evidence he himself had done very little governing. [/size]

[size=18pt]Disrespecting the constitution he swore defend, even in death[/size]

So you want Yar'Adua's cremated 'Ashes' to be ruling over Nigeria?

Only in Nigeria can ashes sign bills; Only in Nigeria can ashes give interviews to the BBC!

Time to move on

Most ridiculous tenure.
The only tenure that leave the nation with power vacuum

Since when does a President who left office with nothing to boast throughout his istration have a legacy?

Are there no positive's to his tenure?

I have been thinking hard about this question. So far all I have come up with is:

He brought a life machine to Nigeria?

mama-gee:

Since when does a President who left office with nothing to boast throughout his istration have a legacy?

You just mentioned a legacy, everyone do have a legacy, + or -

BBC Quotes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6187249.stm

"As an undergraduate student in Nigeria's Ahmadu Bello University, Mr Yar'Adua was a self-confessed Marxist and criticised his elder brother's "capitalist" leanings"

"During his seven years as Katsina State governor, critics said contracts had gone to companies with links to his family's vast businesses"

"As a governor he was known to have ignored the advice of aides and bodyguards and walked alone to tobacco kiosks to buy a single cigarette"

"The only point on the to-do list on which he has made some progress is tackling the unrest in the oil-rich Niger Delta" - BBC

I dont think so,