By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
In five years, Nigerians say the quality of their lives have been eroded by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari who rode to power on the promise of delivering change.
Through the harshtag #ThankYouBuhari, they deployed sarcasm in highlighting the negative trends in economic and social life since the president mounted the saddle on May 29, 2015.
From security to economy, Nigerians who tweeted with the hashtag #ThankYouBuhari, say they can only thank the president for making Nigeria worse than he met it in 2015.
One of such tweets came from @isong_mfoniso who said: “Thank you Buhari for keeping to your words. Thank you Buhari for not allowing your word to fall to the ground. Thank you for being the Best President in Africa and in the world. Thank you for making 1$ equivalent to N1. Nigerians don’t deserve you. #ThankYouBuhari.”
@FrancisAdeboye also tweeted: “Thank you for the clear defeat of Boko Haram. Thank you for restoring Naira’s value, N1 = $1. Thank you for the laudable generation, transmission & distribution of electricity on a 24/7 basis.Thank you for giving us Petrol at N25. #ThankYouBuhari.”
@Integrity56 simply said: “Please join me to thank Mr President for building 10 refineries within five years. #ThankYouBuhari.”
@Great_Oyin1 quipped: “I Bought a cup of rice for N100 Today. Fuel is N45 per litre. N1 is Equal to $1 #ThankYouBuhari.”
@seo9ja pointed out: “2014 vs 2020. Fuel was N87 now N147. Dollar was N185 now N479. Unemployment rate was 4.3% now 33%. In corruption ranking, Nigeria was 136 least corrupt nation now 146. #ThankYouBuhari for the change o!”
@Uncle_clique also pointed out: “Under Buhari’s administration -Nigeria became the world headquarter of poverty. -Unemployment jumped from 7.5% to 27.1%. -Boko Haram members got first class treatment. -$1 =₦ 500/. -Fuel=150. One bag of rice jumped from N8,500 to N30,000. -Even garri became expensive. #ThankYouBuhari.”
