Tomisin Awosika, Author at The Republic

The Anxious Dawn of Tinubu’s Turn #OnSite⚡️ $The Anxious Dawn of Tinubu’s Turn #OnSite⚡️ Sixteen years after he left office as governor of Lagos State, today Bola Ahmed Tinubu has become the president of Nigeria. He inherits a country mired in social fractures, economic crises and unrelenting insecurity. Tinubu’s political journey began in 1991 when he joined the Social Democratic Party. In 1992, he was elected to the Senate, representing the Lagos West constituency in the short-lived Third Republic (1992-1993). Tinubu was a founding member of the pro-democracy National Democratic Coalition in the period after the annulment of the 12 June presidential election. Following the death of General Sani Abacha in 1998, he joined the Alliance for Democracy and became the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos. The rest became history. Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were swift to reject the outcome of the election and head to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. So far, none of the numerous petitions have led to a significant change in the trajectory of Tinubu’s inauguration. Tinubu’s presidency extends Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, the political era that began in 1999 when, following years of military rule, Nigeria returned to democratic government. Since then, Nigeria has had four presidents: Olusegun Obasanjo who served two terms; Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who died in office; Goodluck Jonathan who lost his second term bid; and Buhari who became the second person after Obasanjo to serve as both military and civilian head of state. Read our full report by senior associate editor, Yusuf Omotayo, at the link in our bio. For a deep dive into the meaning of the Tinubu presidency and the Tinubu administration’s key priorities over the coming years, purchase our inauguration issue, A Nation Divided—also available at the link in our bio. ____________ 📝: Yusuf Omotayo 🔍: Wale Lawal$

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