I know this is sort of "tl;dr" for TLR, but I wrote this in the Higher Learning forum....
The election had it's usual mudslinging allegations of rigging and few malcontents at polling stations with voter suppression, but by and large Nigeria held a commendable election. The democratic process worked and the will of the people was heard, now the real task begins. The first and ongoing condition that needs to be dealt with is Islamic insurgency in the form of Boko Haram. Now that the North has their muslim leader in the Nigerian Presidential seat, perhaps the threat of Boko Haram will be more easily quashed. 2nd thing to tackle on his agenda should be systemic corruption. I would have preferred a benevolent dictator for Nigeria (a la Paul Kagame), but I guess we just have to respect the democratic process. Hopefully he isn't stifled by the opposition and is allowed to rule freely. There will be a lot of friction between both parties as I'm sure Buhari will want to summon a lot of politicians from Jonathan's cabinet to an International Criminal Court.
3rd thing he will need to tackle is Nigeria's dire infrastructural problems namely in proper roads, clean water system and power generation. Nigeria needs improve the capacity of its power grids and get off of the dependency of diesel to fuel generators. They also need to develop their own oil refineries. Nigeria still has the biggest economy in Africa, but the naira fell hard against the dollar with the fall in oil prices. It has stabilized now, but Nigeria will have to develop the secondary sector of its economy. There is a growing middle class, but it's still the people at the very top that are yielding the fruits of economic prosperity. The manufacturing industry needs a complete overhaul and will need to be developed again from bottom to top if Nigeria intends to turn its lower middle class population into a middle class or even upper middle class population. This is where China can come in. Nigeria needs to start thinking of its foreign debt in terms of y u a n rather than the d o l l a r. The task ahead is difficult, but not impossible to achieve. Nigeria is a sleeping giant, and perhaps voting Buhari might a step in the right direction.
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, and yall think this is a positive thing for the largest economy/population in Africa in 2015?? 
