Buhari takes his time to select a team after complex political juggling act. Simon Allison analyses the resultChoosing a cabinet in Nigeria is a complicated balancing act. One must juggle the need for skilled leaders with the requirement to repay political allies,while navigating the shifting alliances of internal party politics and eliminating accumulated deadwood. Then there’s the need to carefully maintain an ethnic and devout balance, and to create sure each of the country’s 36 states is somehow represented.
No wonder it took newly elected president Muhammadu Buhari nearly six months to create his decision. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com