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Tinubu received certification of his election to the presidency on March 1 (Photo: Twitter/@officialABAT)

Bola Tinubu: Who is

Nigeria’s next president?

New leader will inherit significant economic challenges, including fuel supply issues

BOLA Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate for Nige- Who is Tinubu?
ria’s ruling All Progressives Congress party, has Throughout Nigeria, Tinubu is regarded as an
WHAT: won the country’s 2023 presidential election adept political strategist and administrator, with
Bola Ahmed Tinubu is with 36.61% of the vote. an exceptional ability to identify and develop
Nigeria’s next president. Tinubu won just a third of the country’s 36 skilled individuals throughout Nigeria. He has
states, beating out the Peoples Democratic Par- earned a reputation as a political power broker,
WHY: ty’s Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party’s Peter known for his instrumental role in the ascension
The APC candidate will Obi, both of whom won more than 25% of the of the current president, Muhammadu Buhari.
inherit a deeply divided vote and also carried around a third each of the Tinubu’s political rise began at the time of
and troubled country. country’s regions. Nigeria’s Third Republic (1985-1992), when he
Tinubu, who will become president on May contested the annulment of Moshood Abiola’s
WHAT NEXT: 29, is due to inherit a deeply divided country victory in the 1993 presidential election. Threats
Nigeria faces economic with economic challenges and national security on his life from the military forced him to escape
and security challenges.
threats. abroad.

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