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Economist Podcasts

Baba Go Slow: Nigeria’s President gets another term

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Muhammadu Buhari earned the nickname “Baba Go Slow” for a lackadaisical approach to reform as Nigeria’s president. He mismanaged the economy, failed to tackle corruption and has been unable to restrain the terrorist group Boko Haram. Will he be more effective in his second term? Also, why so many climbers are perishing on the slopes of Everest. And for the first time in football history, clubs from just one nation compete in Europe’s top tournaments. How England’s Premier League teams have outperformed expectations.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

0:08.0

I'm Anne McElvoy in for Jason Palmer.

0:11.3

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world.

0:17.8

A spate of deaths on Mount Everest has raised concern about overcrowding on the world's most punishing slopes.

0:24.6

Less experienced climbers trying to reach the peak face a cue for selfies at the spot first conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

0:33.6

One of our data journalists has been looking at whether the recent tragedies are an exception or a worrying trend.

0:41.3

Two English clubs, Liverpool and Tottenham, will battle it out in the final of the Champions League. That's Europe's most prestigious tournament.

0:50.3

Both rank as comeback kids of the sport, and England's Premier League has also seen a number of clubs emerge from the doldrums to delight their fans and slay some giants.

1:07.2

But first, today Nigerian President Mohamed Muhammadu Bahari begins his second term.

1:15.6

The former military ruler was first elected head of state in 2015.

1:20.6

You voted for change, and now change has come.

1:26.6

But change was slow to arrive and at times later. And now change has come.

1:32.3

But change was slow to arrive and at times for the worse.

1:36.7

His economic policies turned a drop in oil prices into a recession.

1:40.8

Nigerians are poorer today than they were four years ago.

1:48.1

In spite of his tanking popularity, Mr. Bihari beat businessman at Siku Abu Bakr in this year's presidential race.

1:49.2

I assure you that no Nigerian will regret voting us into office and will continue to improve

1:59.3

the situation. Security, economy and fight and corruption.

2:04.2

Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Turnout was low and the election was marred by violence

2:10.8

and by vote buying. As Mr. Bihari embarks on a new term in office, will he manage to improve

2:16.6

on the first and lose the nickname it earned him?

2:20.6

After Mohamedu Bihari was sworn in in 2015, Nigerians started calling him Baba Go Slow.

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