Oby Ezekwesili describes Buhari as the leading contestant in the competition of the incompetents

FORMER education minister Dr Oby Ezekwesili has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a leading contestant in the competition of the incompetents as the nation approaches next year's general elections.

In February 2019, Nigerians will go to the polls to elect a new president, governors and members of the federal and state legislatures. Although, he has not formally launched his re-election campaign, President Buhari is expected to be the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Of late, President Buhari has come under increased criticism over his loss of control and the deteriorating security situation in the country at the moment. Earlier this month, about 110 school pupils were abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi in Yobe State.

Dr Ezekwesili accused President Buhari of unduly comparing his incompetence in office with that of his predecessor. She made this known while reacting to the president’s comment that his administration acted faster after the abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls unlike President Goodluck Jonathan whose government was insensitive after the Chibok girls were kidnapped in April 2014.

Writing  on her Twitter handle, Dr Ezekwesili said: “Is this not a big shame? our president Buhari is a leading contestant in the competition of the incompetents. We the citizens are not interested in this game of comparing one level of failure with another level of failure."