By Alexis Akwagyiram and Julia Payne

LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has made sweeping changes in the oil sector and armed forces during his first 100 days in office but done little to convince experts that he has a clear strategy for Africa's biggest economy.

Buhari, a former military ruler, made Nigerian history in March by becoming the first candidate to defeat an incumbent president at the polls, after promising to crack down on corruption and crush a bloody insurgency by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

Revellers in the capital Abuja celebrated his inauguration in May by chanting "Sai Baba", which means "All hail, father" in the Hausa language of northern Nigeria.

As Buhari prepares to mark 100 days in office on Saturday, his critics are now using the less flattering sobriquet "Baba Go Slow".

[size=18pt]Chief amongst their complaints is the 72-year-old's decision not to appoint a cabinet until later this month, putting the economic policy of the country of 170 million people in limbo,[/size] and leaving the likes of the central bank to fill the vacuum.

Buhari's supporters say he has needed time to analyse the inner workings of ministries that have been run exclusively by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) since the return to civilian rule in 1999.

They point to his restructuring of the state oil company NNPC, whose board Buhari sacked in June, when he appointed an ExxonMobil executive as managing director. Crude oil sales account for around 70 percent of Nigeria's state revenues, and NNPC has been accused of failing to account for tens of billions of dollars in the last few years.

benardtotti:
take time and read the very article you posted OP,reuters is not directly saying baba has failed.

Chief amongst their complaints (wailers) is
the 72-year-old's decision not to
appoint a cabinet until later this
month, putting the economic policy
of the country of 170 million people
in limbo

There is, however, praise for Buhari's high-profile campaign against corruption, a recurring problem in Nigerian public life which he estimates has led to $150 billion being stolen from state coffers in the past decade.

Razia Khan, head of Africa research for Standard Chartered bank, said a directive for ministries to start paying revenue earned directly into a single Treasury account was "a huge step forward" for transparency and one of the successes of Buhari's first 100 days.

The president has taken a hands-on approach to security challenges by replacing defence chiefs and the national security adviser.

And he has repaired relations with neighbouring countries to set up an 8,700-strong regional task force to fight Boko Haram, which has killed thousands of people in the northeast since 2009 and driven 1.5 million others from their homes.

http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0R41NY20150904?pageNumber=4&virtualBrandChannel=0

bloodkiIler:


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