THE NEWLY SWORN IN PRESIDENT & GOVERNORS 2023 ADMINSTRATION
The inauguration of the
new administration at the national level will took place at the Eagle Square in
Abuja.
Tinubu’s government
will be the country’s 17th since the British handed over power to Nigeria after
independence in 1960.
The MAROLLING also reports that Tinubu’s
presidency will be the fifth since Nigeria returned to democracy in May 1999,
coming after former President Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2007), Umar Yar’Adua
(2007-May 2010), Goodluck Jonathan (May 2010-2015), and Muhammadu Buhari (2015-2023).
Tinubu takes over from
Buhari, who completes his two terms in office today.
The former Lagos State
governor assumes the nation’s leadership with Vice President-elect, Kashim
Shettima, a former governor of Zamfara State.
Similarly, 28 governors
have been sworn in across the country’s six geo-political zones, including ten
old governors who were reelected for second terms.
The states where
administrations will be inaugurated today are:
- North-East: Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno,
Gombe, Taraba, Yobe
- North-West: Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano,
Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara states
- South-East: Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu,
- South-West: Lagos, Ogun, Oyo,
- North-Central: Benue, Kwara,
Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau,
- South-South: Akwa Ibom, Cross
River, Delta, Rivers,
The new governors
Nasir Idris (Kebbi ),
Kefas Agbu (Taraba), Bassey Otu (Cross River), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Mohammed
Bago (Niger), Uba Sani (Kaduna), Ahmed Aliyu (Sokoto), and Umar Namadi
(Jigawa).
Others are Dikko Radda
(Katsina), Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Hyacinth Alia (Benue), Francis Nwifuru
(Ebonyi), Siminialayi Fubara (Rivers), Alex Otti (Abia), Caleb Mutfwang
(Plateau), Abba Kabir (Kano), Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta) and Dauda Lawal
(Zamfara).
Ten governors who are returning for a second term
Governors who won a
second term in office are Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Bala
Mohammed (Bauchi), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (Adamawa),
Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), Babagana Zulum (Borno), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Abdullahi
Sule (Nasarawa) and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara).
The Marolling reports that 16 governors were elected
on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) has 10 governors, while Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigeria
Peoples Party (NNPP) have one, each.
No inauguration in eight states
There will be no
inauguration of new administrations in eight states today because their
governors are yet to exhaust their terms.
This followed court
pronouncements that sacked governors from office, and as a result governorship
polls in such states no longer follow general election cycles.
The states include
Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo, where governorship elections will hold in November this
year.
Others are Edo, Ekiti,
Anambra, Osun and Ondo, whose governors will remain in office beyond 2023.
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