Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinbu will succeed Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria's next president today
Tinubu from the All Progressive Congress, a former governor of Lagos State, won the presidential election on February 25.
Tinubu is anyway a disruptive person in Nigerian legislative issues and is Broadly credited with reshaping Nigeria's business center Lagos.
The following are a few realities about the Lagos "Landowner" set to govern Nigeria:
1. Genuine name
His full name is Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu. He holds the adored titles of Asiwaju of Lagos and Jagaban of Borgu Realm, and has been recognized as the person behind ongoing political moves in the area.
2. Date of Birth
His known date of birth is 29th Walk 1952, which makes him 70 years, a figure many have questioned because of obscure reasons.
3. Despite the fact that he has gained more fame for his influence in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, and his time as its governor, Osun State, in the southwest of the country, is where he was born. He is from the Yoruba ethnic group and is a Muslim.
4. Education
Tinubu, a trained accountant, began his education in Ibadan, Nigeria, before moving on to Chicago State University for his undergraduate studies. In 1979, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. Before moving to Nigeria in 1983, he worked for a number of accounting firms in the United States. Bola Tinubu joined Mobil Oil Nigeria, and before long, he was selected as the organization's chief.
6. Politics
In 1992, he joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP), where he became a senator for Lagos West.
7. After the 1993 "electoral coup," in which the military overturned Moshood Abiola's election, Tinubu joined pro-democracy groups and fled to exile in 1994 out of fear of the Sani Abacha regime 8. After Sani Abacha's death in 1998, he returned to Nigeria. He ran on the AD ticket for the governorship of Lagos State in January 1999. He won the state's election as governor. He went out in 2007 however has since impacted who becomes Lagos governor.
The last three Governors after he left have all conceded openly to bring his wonders Tinubu's impact has additionally reached out across the southwest area and his political coalitions have likewise seen him make extremely faithful companions in the Muslim-overwhelmed north.
9. He became the national leader of the APC, which won elections in 2015 with the outgoing Muhammadu Buhari as its flagbearer.
The APC was founded in 2014. He ran on a Muslim ticket, for example he picked a Muslim as his Vice (Kashim Shettima from Borno State) in opposition to the strict adjusting of tickets by the significant gatherings.
10. He is married to Oluremi Tinubu, a Reverend Priest and has four youngsters - Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, Oluwaseyi Tinubu, Abibat Tinubu, and the late Jide Tinubu.
Tinubu defeated his two opponents, alongside the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP).
The APC received 8,805,655 valid votes, while the PDP received 6,984,520 and the LP received 6,098,588. The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) received 1,496,687 valid votes, while the remaining 666,298 votes belonged to the fourteen other candidates.
Because of the peculiar way that Nigeria s
Elects its president, the winner must receive at least 25% of the votes cast in two-thirds of the 36 states.
