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.
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