SINCE Nigeria became a sovereign country, 10 presidential contests have taken place, producing seven winners; Presidents Shehu Shagari (1979-1983) Moshood Abiola, (the only one not officially sworn-in), Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2007), Umaru Yar’Adua (2007-2010), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-2015), Muhammadu Buhari (2015-2023) and the incumbent, Bola Tinubu (May 29, 2023-date. During the interspersing interregna, there were various military regimes, starting with the first coup of January 15, 1966, eventually racking up a total of 29 years out of Nigeria’s 63, as an independent country, demonstrating how and what political instability of the past, has cost the nation. Thankfully, the ruling political class, despite its disparate entrenched interests, seems to have come into some kind of understanding that the running 4th Republic must survive and so far, despite a lot of acrimony in the polity and in our politics, the Republic is still standing and even running, chalking up 24 unbroken years of participatory democracy and civil rule. Whatever anyone may say about the gains and pains of this Republic, it has already broken a record in stability and endurance, and millions…
Emman Ola
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