Buhari Has No Time to Celebrate Victory as Nigerian Woes Mount
- President will have little time to celebrate election victory
- Listless economy, Islamist insurgency top Nigeria’s problems
All Progressives Congress (APC) party supporters rally as they celebrate the re-election of Buhari.
Photographer: Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images
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Muhammadu Buhari will have little time to celebrate his resounding victory in Nigeria’s presidential election before facing the multitude of problems dogging Africa’s biggest oil producer.
The legal challenge to last weekend’s vote promised by his main rival, Atiku Abubakar, is the least of his worries. Add to that a listless economy, Islamic State wreaking havoc in the northeast and an explosive cocktail of worsening poverty and rapid population growth.