Monday, May 29, 2023

Nigeria Swears In Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a New President

Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) has been sworn in as Nigeria's president, at a ceremony took place on Monday, 29 May 2023, at the Eagle Square, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, is the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been sworn in as Nigeria's 16th president. Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima took the Oath of Office administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday, May 29, 2023.


The 71-year-old comes to power following a disputed election and under pressure to quickly improve the economy and security in Africa's most populous country.

Tinubu emerged victorious in the February 2023 presidential election, securing 8,794,726 votes and defeating his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The former governor of Lagos State was declared the winner of the February 2023 presidential election by Nigeria's electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Tinubu scored 8,794,726 votes on the platform of Alliance Progressive Party (APC) to defeat his closest rival of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who polled a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election while Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LB) came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes.


The former governor of Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub, Tinubu, 71, was sworn in as Nigeria’s president in Abuja, the capital city, in the presence of thousands of Nigerians and several heads of governments. He succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari to lead a country that by 2050 is forecast to become the third most populous nation in the world, tied with the United States after India and China.

Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu has been sworn in as president of Africa’s most populous country at a period of unprecedented challenges, leaving some citizens hopeful for a better life and others skeptical that his government would perform better than the one he succeeded.

Tinubu took his oath of office on Monday, inheriting a country with profound challenges. Unemployment has soared, and insecurity has spread across Africa's largest economy under outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari.

Tinubu, a wealthy, powerful and divisive figure in Nigerian politics, has promised to turn things around. He's vowed to boost diminished oil revenues and attract investment. Seventy percent of Nigeria's 200 million people are under 30, and for many, their prospects have dimmed in the last decade.

He will also be hoping to reverse the flow of generations of Nigerians who are leaving the country in record numbers, in search of a better life abroad.

He has promised to build on Buhari's efforts to deliver democratic dividends to citizens in a country where deadly security crises, widespread poverty, and hunger have left many frustrated and angry. And with his election still being contested in court by opposition parties, Tinubu has also pledged to reunite the country.


His manifesto of “renewed hope” prioritizes the creation of sufficient jobs and ramping up of local production of goods, investing in agriculture and public infrastructure, providing economic opportunities for the poorest and most vulnerable as well as creating better national security architecture to tackle all forms of insecurity.



GOD bless Nigeria.


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