Nigerians express their discontentment with Buhari administration

Last updated: 2017/09/06 at 7:02 AM

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Leading opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari laughs during an interview on February 6, 2015. Nigeria's main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told AFP he was expecting to win next week's presidential election by a wide margin, despite talk of a close race. The February 14 poll, in which he is challenging incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, has been seen as too close to call, leading to a possible run-off if neither man secures a first-round majority. AFP PHOTO /STRINGER

Not long after the minister for information and culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed revealed to the public that President Muhammed Buhari has called off the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) scheduled to hold today, Nigerians took to social media to lambast the President.

Monitoring comments on social media, The Herald learned a growing percentage of Nigerians are disatisfied with the way President Muhammed Buhari is steering the affairs of the country.

Some Nigerians regretted ever voting a candidate that lacks the stamina to preside over a complex and problematic construct like Nigeria, while others applied humour to wash away their thinking.

Here are some of the comments seen on social media: