Who can forget
Buhari‘s epic quote during the 2015 presidential inauguration – “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.”
Well
BBC Africa concurs about how powerful that statement was. The news portal has named it Africa’s best quote of 2015.
Another of Buhari’s quotes also landed at number 2, in the list which consists of 16 quotes:
• “We must change our lawless habits, our attitude to public office
and public trust. We must change our unruly behaviour in schools,
hospitals, market places, motor parks, on the roads, in homes and
offices. To bring about change, we must change ourselves by being
law-abiding citizens.” – President Buhari said four months later on
Nigeria’s independence day
Other quotes on the list include:
• “I’ve just concluded – since President Obama endorses the same-s€x
marriage, advocates H0mos€xual people and enjoys an attractive
countenance – thus if it becomes necessary, I shall travel to Washington
DC, get down on my knee and ask his hand” –
Zimbabwe’s leader Robert Mugabe, mocking a US Supreme Court decision in June to legalise g@y marriage.
• “Dear white people in the fashion world!… Why do I have to bring my
own make-up to a professional show when all the other white girls don’t
have to do anything but show up. Don’t try to make me feel bad because I
am blue-black – it’s 2015” – South Sudanese model Nykhor Paul, who got
more than 20,000 likes on Instagram after she posted the comment in July
• “I love my work. But under our constitution, I cannot run again… I
actually think I’m a pretty good president – I think if I ran I could
win. But I can’t.When a leader tries to change the rules in the middle
of the game just to stay in office, it risks instability and strife – as
we’ve seen in Burundi. Nobody should be president for life” – Barack
Obama
Nigerian Reggae-Dancehall star Burna Boy has announced that he is now the official brand ambassador of Martell Cognac, one of the oldest cognac houses in France. 
