President Buhari Ranked 14th Most Influential World Leaders On Social Network 2016

President, Muhammadu Buhari has been ranked the 14th most influential leaders on social networks in 2016.

President Muhammadu Buhari's twitter account (@MBuhari) with 562,000 followers, 184,000 Facebook likes and 49,000 followers on Instagram was ranked ahead of 36 other world leaders by the Burson-Marsteller’s 2016 Twiplomacy study.



The ranking refers to the use of Twitter and other social media sites by government agencies and officials to engage with the public, disperse information and even leverage global influence.

It looks at how Head of states and Government, Foreign Ministers and International organisations use social media channels.

Aside ranking 14th in the world, the @NgrPresident account which is the official account of Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s president was also ranked 38 in the world.