Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
The Renewed Hope agenda — reform first, results next.
Born
29 March 1952, Lagos
Office
President since 29 May 2023
Party
All Progressives Congress
Previously
Governor of Lagos State, 1999–2007
Senate
Senator, Lagos West (Third Republic)
Education
Chicago State University, Accounting (1979)
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR
Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu is the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, sworn in on 29 May 2023 after winning the February 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
Born in Lagos on 29 March 1952, he studied in the United States, graduating in accounting from Chicago State University in 1979, and built a corporate career that included Arthur Andersen and Mobil Oil Nigeria before entering politics. He was elected Senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic, and served two terms as Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007.
His governorship is remembered for rebuilding Lagos's internally generated revenue base and laying the administrative foundations that turned the state into Nigeria's commercial engine — the record he now asks the country to judge his presidency against.
The first years of his presidency were defined by decisions most administrations avoid: ending the petrol subsidy regime and unifying the foreign exchange market. The Renewed Hope case for a second term is that those reforms have begun to pay — in growth, in revenue, in investment and in wages.
Career timeline
1979
Graduates in Accounting
Chicago State University, after Richard J. Daley College — followed by a corporate career at Arthur Andersen and Mobil Oil Nigeria.
1992–1993
Senator, Lagos West
Elected to the Senate in the Third Republic before the military annulled the transition.
1999–2007
Governor of Lagos State
Two terms rebuilding the state's revenue base, urban planning and public administration.
2013
Architect of the APC merger
A central figure in the merger that produced the All Progressives Congress and Nigeria's first opposition victory in 2015.
2023
President of Nigeria
Wins the February 2023 election and is sworn in on 29 May 2023 on the Renewed Hope agenda.
2027
Seeking a second mandate
Standing for re-election at the 16 January 2027 presidential poll.
Seven claims, seven numbers.
Seven measurable claims the campaign puts before voters. Every figure below is the same one carried inside the YFT app, so a ward organiser in Sokoto quotes exactly what a supporter reads in Aba.
3.89%
Economy turning the corner
Real GDP growth rose from 2.31% in Q1 2023 to 3.89% in Q1 2026, while the fiscal deficit fell from 5.4% to 3.0% of GDP and national revenue nearly doubled from ₦16.8tn to ₦31.9tn.
$10.37bn
Investment returning to Nigeria
Capital importation climbed from $1.13bn in Q1 2023 to $10.37bn in Q1 2026. Foreign direct investment grew from $895m in 2022 to $4.01bn in 2025.
2,700km
Building the country's spine
Over 2,700km of highways are under construction nationwide, anchored by the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway and the Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway.
₦70,000
A living wage for workers
The national minimum wage was raised to ₦70,000 in September 2024 — the largest single increase in Nigeria's history.
300,000+
Investing in the next generation
More than 300,000 students are benefiting from the revived National Student Loan Scheme, opening tertiary education to families who could not otherwise afford it.
900,000+
Empowering small businesses
Over 900,000 MSMEs have accessed the Presidential Loan and Grant Scheme, fuelling enterprise across all 36 states.
4 quarters
Trade surplus, domestic refining
Four consecutive quarters of merchandise trade surpluses, driven by rising crude output and sharply reduced petrol imports as local refining capacity expands.
“The reforms were never going to be comfortable. They were going to be correct — and the numbers are now telling that story.”
The Renewed Hope case for 2027
