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Briefs about Tinubu early life and political Career

Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu was born 29 March 1952) is He is a renowned
Nigerian accountant and politician who served as the Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to
2007 and Senator for Lagos West during the brief Third Republic. Tinubu holds both
the chieftaincies of the Asiwaju of Lagos and the Jagaban of Borgu kingdom in Niger State,
Nigeria
Tinubu spent his early life in southwestern Nigeria and later moved to United States where he
studied Accounting at Chicago State University. He returned to Nigeria in the early 1980s and
was employed by Mobil Nigeria as an accountant, before entering politics as a Lagos West
senatorial candidate in 1992 under the banner of the Social Democratic Party.
In the first post-transition Lagos State gubernatorial election, Tinubu won by a wide margin as a
member of the Alliance for Democracy over the Peoples Democratic Party's Dapo Sarumi and
the All-People’s Party's Nosirudeen Kekere-Ekun.
Four years later, he won re-election to a second term over the PDP's Funsho Williams by a
reduced margin. Tinubu's two terms were marked by attempts at modernizing the city
of Lagos and his feuds with the PDP-controlled federal government.
During his time as a Governor, he made significant and palpable investments in education in the
state and reduced the number of schools in the state by returning many schools to the already
settled former owners. He also initiated new road construction, required to meet the needs of the
fast-growing population of the state.
He was involved in a struggle with the then president, Olusegun Obasanjo-controlled federal
government over whether Lagos State had the right to create new Local Council Development
Areas (LCDAs) to meet the needs of its large population. The controversy led to the federal
government seizing funds meant for local councils in the state.
After leaving office in 2007, he since played a key role in the formation of the All-Progressives
Congress in 2013.
In June 2022, he was chosen as the All-Progressives Congress nominee in the 2023 Nigerian
presidential election.
Track record
What makes Tinubu differs
The consistency in Tinubu’s focus preceded by focused political leadership in the southwest
region of Nigeria compares with that of his advertised heroes of Mahatma Ghandhi of India and
Obafemi Awolowo of Nigeria. It is important to note that Nigerian politicians who still constitute
reference points especially in intellectual discourses are those of the pre-colonial era as well as
those of the First and Second Republics. Although the hiatus created by the military rule might
have impacted on the oratorical or rhetorical capacity of the contemporary politicians, a few of
them including Tinubu, still know their onion.
With deep consciousness for his background and his proclaimed political mentor, Chief Obafemi
Awolowo, Tinubu delightfully, on January 17, 2005, spoke at The Pinnacle Publications
“Symposium on 50 Years of Education for All: Advancing the Legacy of Educational Excellence
in Yorubaland.” The occasion was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of
the Free Universal Primary Education in the Western Region of Nigeria. Tinubu states pointedly
that he has been inspired by Awo, as Awolowo is fondly called, to conclude that “the desire to do
good and benefit people matters; courage matters, structure matters. At that event, Tinubu hints
on true federalism, that has since become a most enduring issue for which he has to advocate in
his political career. In what appears like bracing up to sustain the legacy of Awo, he pledges:
“We will continue the march of progress in all areas of life. We will shame the forces of evil.
We will uphold the right of Lagosians to education, health, meaningful work and decent living.
We will be able to say as Awo did after 8 years of his leadership of the Western Region, that we
have advanced the good of humankind; we have kept the faith of Awo and we have been true to
our convictions and to our God. For now, we say as Awo did in 1966, that “only a truly federal
constitution can unite Nigeria and generate harmony among its diverse race and diverse
linguistic groups”. (Tinubu, 2012:10)
Governor Tinubu’s commitment to the health sector was not any less. Health care delivery
across primary, secondary and tertiary health establishments concerned him almost equitably
even as the challenge of HIV/AIDS bothered him. Lagos State, under him, was the first to set up
the inter-ministerial committee on HIV/AIDS. According to him, government’s good disposition
to public health is an asset for all. At the 2004 convocation ceremony of the National
Postgraduate Medical College, he recalls a particularly pathetic death of the Health
Commissioner of a State. The Commissioner had just closed from work when he suddenly
began to experience health complications. He was rushed to government hospital which
unfortunately was under-resourced. He breathed his last in that same facility which, ironically, he
had the opportunity to make functional but hardly received any serious attention
I will go by the word of Senator Adesoji Adekani who posited, and I affirm that that “Tinubu, is
a goldfish in a gold bowl. He is an epitome of a malleable man, more like a metal like gold that
is always willing to be little. It may come as the news of the year that much as he is willing to
dip his hands unto his pocket to personally bankroll his campaigns, good, spirited people to
whom he is beholden will sprightly rise to pick the call. Here, he is a lone candle that has light up
numerous others. And he is not resting on his oars. He typifies a real man that smiles when he is
beset with troubles, where other laments, he looks out for solution. Another reason why Lagos
state is best among others. He gathers strength by distress and brave by reflection.
One essential quality that astounds many people is his forgiving spirit. He will rather be hard on
himself and soft on others. When you do anything to unsettle him and think forgiveness is far
away, he merely lòok away and move on and his loyalists soar in number in line with Josiah
Royce’s concept of what makes a man sticks to another like a glue in his popular book the
“philosophy of loyalty”.
Muslim-Muslim Ticket race

Many have raised eyebrow concerning His decision on the Muslim-Muslim ticket in the
forthcoming election, many would have asked why this is raising much concern. Taking a look
back at the MKO Abiola/Babagana Kingibe Muslim/Muslim ticket for the June 12, 1993
presidential election which defeated a balanced opposition ticket.
Tinubu said he put “competence” above all considerations in picking a fellow Muslim as running
mate So, he believes that Nigerians do not care about religion in electing their leaders.
The outrage from the Christian community, particularly as expressed by a top APC chief,
Babachir Lawal, a prominent Muhammadu Buhari acolyte, seems to indicate the contrary.
It needs to be pointed out, however, that General Yakubu Gowon administered civil-wartime
Nigeria with Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a fellow Christian, as a quasi-deputy without problems.
Also, the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe picked a Northern Christian, Professor Ishaya Audu; while
Chief Awolowo adopted a fellow Southerner, Chief Philip Umeadi, as running mates during the
Second Republic elections. The heavens did not fall.

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