{"id":242142,"date":"2016-08-23T11:48:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T11:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=242142"},"modified":"2016-08-23T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T11:48:57","slug":"mahama-must-emulate-tanzanias-magafuli-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/mahama-must-emulate-tanzanias-magafuli-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama must emulate Tanzania’s Magafuli [Article]"},"content":{"rendered":"
John Magafuli assumed control over Tanzania after a keenly contested elections which he polled 58% of total valid votes cast to emerge winner.<\/p>\n
Magafuli is referred to as\u201cbulldozer.\u201d Right after winning the elections, university students and the intellectual community in Tanzania flooded social media with the hashtag \u201cwhat can or will the bulldozer do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Indeed one of the issues we face on\u00a0our continent is not the availability of good leaders but rather the ability of\u00a0such\u00a0leaders to live up to the expectations.<\/p>\n
The leadership of John Magafuli is however a direct indication that not all is lost with respect to African leadership.<\/p>\n
Pombe, as he is locally called has shown his desire and commitment in salvaging his country from the abject poverty, to a nation of hope and opportunities for the next generation of young Africans in Tanzania.<\/p>\n
His demeanor, words, desire and commitment to changing the status quo in line with making his country better, must be recognized in the nook and cranies of our continent.<\/p>\n
Tanzania’s transformational agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n Tanzania now is a true reflection of Changing lives and a transformation agenda carefully orchestrated to yield the requisite results which remains a mirage in other countries.<\/p>\n The praises and sweet words hurled on Pombe is to let our African leaders know that their actions have an effect in determining the future of the next generation whether bleek or bright.<\/p>\n