Since Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) party won the elections on March 31 with 54.5% of the vote, it has been at pains to dilute high popular expectations of its lofty campaign promises. Nonetheless, at its policy dialogue forum in Abuja last week, it reiterated its job creation agenda, and pledges to tackle oil-sector corruption and reform the security sector. At the same time, it emphasised that it is inheriting a state crippled by revenue shortages following expensive elections, lower oil revenue and a transfer of office holders.
The election-winning coalition, made up of powerful personalities, may take a long time to divide important portfolios.
Cabinet choices must include at least one individual from the country's 36 states, portending an unwieldy line-up of uneven quality.
Finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is highly unlikely to be retained, but the APC has good choices for a technocratic replacement.
