According to reports, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, will be arriving in Nigeria after a one-month rest in France, exactly 35 days to his inauguration on May 29th.
Tinubu left Nigeria on March 21st to rest and plan the transition programme for his upcoming presidency. His media office stated that Tinubu traveled to France to rest and plan his transition programme after a very exhaustive campaign and election season. Tinubu is expected to hit the ground running upon his return to address issues such as the zoning of National Assembly leadership which has caused division amongst members.
The president-elect is also expected to assemble a competent team that will form his cabinet to ensure a smooth takeoff after his inauguration. Another major challenge Tinubu is expected to face is how to handle the removal of petrol subsidy, which is long overdue, without hurting organized labor. The president-elect will also need to ensure that there is social cohesion by initiating a healing process that will unify Nigerians.
Tinubu will have to clear himself of the allegations made against him at the election petition court by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, among others.
Tinubu had submitted 13 names of eminent Nigerians that would make up the Presidential Inauguration Committee ahead of the May 29 inauguration, but the PDP has criticized him for not appointing anybody from the South-east to his 13-man transition committee.