May 29: How Tinubu Can Unite Nigeria As Soon He Gets To Office

May 29: How Tinubu Can Unite Nigeria As Soon He Gets To Office

  • The APC's Muslim-Muslim ticket has made it down on Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, to re-unite the country on getting to the office
  • In uniting the country, the president-elect has been challenged to intelligent people into his cabinet and kick the ground running
  • Okalawon Gaffar, a political commentator who spoke on the development, said the president-elect need to get right people into his cabinet and unite the country

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Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, is getting set to be sworn in as Nigeria's next president on May 29.

Due to the Muslim-Muslim ticket, the emergence of Tinubu has generated controversies, particularly from the Nigerian Christians and this made it down on him to unite the country as spoon as he gets to the office as President.

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Tinubu was declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election on March 1 by Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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Since his declaration, some opposition parties and their candidates, including Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, have refused to rejected their outcome of the election and are challenging his victory in court.

However, the presidency has said that the outcry of the opposition would stop the inauguration of the president-elect on May 21 except a court of law gives an otherwise verdict.

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But reacting to the issues on ground, Okalawon Gaffar, a political commentator, posited that Tinubu should come up with intellectual people that are not affiliated with any political parties.

Gaffar said:

"Tinubu needs to set ground running by including, gathering fine brains to be at the helms of the affairs. Now, the country is at a sensitive point. Therefore, it is germane he comes up with people that are capable without political affiliations but intellectual capacities."

He then urged the president-elect to prioritized electricity and unemployment to tackle crime.

The analyst said:

"He should address the issue of electricity. If that is sorted, Nigeria will be a better place. More so, he should work on unemployment rate in the country. If people are employed, the crime rate will be reduced. Above all, the number of children out of schools should be taken proper care of."

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Tinubu Settles For Akpabio, Barau As Senate President, Dep

Legit.ng earlier reported that Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has settled for Akwa Ibom senator-elect, Godswill Akpabio, to emerge as the president of the 10th senate.

Sources revealed that the president-elect asked Senator Jibrin Barau to drop his ambition and take the position of the deputy senate president to enable his administration to start on a good foot.

Barau then agreed to allow a Christian senate president to emerge in the interest of peace, fairness and equity in the country.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop, Journalism AI Discovery. He previously worked as Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng