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Muhammadu Buhari’s Nigeria to-do list

In our series of letters from African journalists, Sola Odunfa looks at the challenges ahead for Nigeria’s incoming President Muhammadu Buhari.

This is the one Nigerian president who will assume office on Friday with unprecedented goodwill across the country – even from people who did not vote for him in the presidential election held two months ago.

His pre-election albatross of being a stern disciplinarian during his first time as as military head of state in 1983 has suddenly transformed to a quality which Nigerians are yearning for in the face of the excruciating pains of mass poverty and social insecurity pervading the land.

With his inauguration, he will have achieved his long-cherished dream of becoming a democratically elected leader – having made history as the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election in Nigeria.

But he will need prayers to have the courage and wisdom to confront the huge tasks he will inherit immediately after he is sworn in.

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