Nigerians look to president-elect Tinubu for economic turnaround

Ruling party president-elect Bola Tinubu is to be inaugurated on May 29, 2023, and Nigerians are looking at the change in government with both hope and scepticism about his ability to turn the economy around [Kola Sulaimon/AFP]

Ilorin, Nigeria – On Monday, as Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinbu is sworn into office, Olusegun Badmus will be one of several million people watching.

But for the 57-year-old bus driver in the central Nigerian city of Ilorin, there is barely any excitement after years of being disappointed with the government, including President Muhammadu Buhari’s outgoing administration.