But Buhari, a 72-year-old retired general, enjoyed advantages on these fronts from the start.
"At 30 there is no chance that she will have any of the certainties that we enjoyed but maybe my grandchildren will.
The single mums who enjoyed the weekly toddler group, or the OAPs enjoying learning IT.
A majority of 12 in the Commons is very different to the 50-plus he has enjoyed until now.
Having enjoyed your singing in Beyond the Sea, I wondered if you have any plans for a role in a musical in the future, either on stage or screen?
To get to know someone so different from myself as an octopus, and to know that the individual recognised me and even enjoyed my company, was an enormous privilege.
Aside from the itchy polyester outfit, I have to admit I rather enjoyed the experience.
We enjoyed delicious West Indian breakfasts of okra "chop-up", saltfish, spicy sausage and johnny cakes.
The schools becoming academies were far from random ("outstanding" institutions enjoyed special freedoms to convert; failing schools were sometimes forced), so the department proposed, and identified funds for, a systematic evaluation.
The book I most enjoyed reading this year was The New York Stories by John O'Hara (Penguin Classics), a selection of the many superb short stories by this neglected American master.
Managed by McLean since 1971, the club had enjoyed a decade and a half of success, consisting of two League Cup wins, a first Premier League title in 1982-83 and five further Cup final defeats, confirming their progression from the smaller club in Dundee to their part in the "New Firm" in Scotland.
