A respectful but critical response to Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and the legacy of the Buhari administration, by Ahmad Shuaibu Isa As someone who values academic excellence and holds deep respect for elder statesmen such as Professor Ibrahim Gambari, I commend his candour in speaking publicly about the internal dynamics of the Buhari administration. His reflections provide important insights into the dysfunctions that characterised a government many had hoped would deliver reform, but which ultimately reinforced long-standing patterns of institutional failure. Professor Gambari’s admission that senior officials routinely bypassed him, despite the...