Nigeria\u2019 President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been named in Time Magazine\u2019s list of 100 most influential people for 2023.<\/p>\n
The Time Magazine\u2019s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world accords recognition to people \u201cfor changing the world, regardless of the consequences of their actions\u201d.<\/p>\n
The list, which was released on Thursday, placed the individuals in five categories: Titans, pioneers, artists, leaders, and icons.<\/p>\n
Tinubu, the winner of Nigeria\u2019s presidential election, is named alongside Joe Biden, president of the US; Anthony Albanese, prime minister of Australia, and a few others in the \u201cleader\u201d category.<\/p>\n
The report described him as a \u201clongtime political power broker\u201d who seems \u201caware of his inheritance\u201d in form of a \u201clitany of crises in a fractured nation, including deep-rooted corruption, religious insurgencies, and shortages of cash, fuel, and power in a crumbling economy\u201d.<\/p>\n
The president-elect is expected to be sworn in on May 29.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the WTO, was included in the same list alongside Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, US vice-president; Xi Jinping, president of China, and Narendra Modi, prime minister of India, in the 2021 edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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