There are political endorsements, and there are endorsements that carry the weight of experience. When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaks about the quality of a governor, Nigerians have a particular reason to listen. Few contemporary Nigerian politicians have traversed the difficult terrain of democratic politics with the breadth, longevity and institutional influence that Tinubu has. From his years as a senator to his transformational tenure as Governor of Lagos State, through his role as one of the most consequential political strategists of the Fourth Republic and now as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Tinubu has spent decades studying, practising and shaping governance at different levels. His political career has been defined by institution-building, economic reform, political organisation, infrastructure development and an insistence that government must create an environment in which people and businesses can prosper.
