A former Senator who represents Kaduna Central in the 8th senate, Shehu Sani has reacted to the age controversies surrounding the declaration of interest for the 2023 Presidency by Bola Tinubu. Shehu Sani said, “Tinubu is a young and handsome man; the photo you have been seeing were doctored by adversaries. He’s not too old. We are almost age mates.”
Photo shared by Shehu Sani
This is true. Shehu Sani is surely not exaggerating, he even shared a recent picture of himself and Tinubu with Nigerians to prove his point. The truth is that Tinub is not that young but not as old as the age he is being portrayed on social media. He is still agile and can move from one place to another.
98% of world leaders Nigeria are not old men in power, they are youths who grew old in power. It’s not about youth otherwise China, India, America & Britain, etc are among the countries with the highest number of youthful populations, yet, are been led by old men who grew old in power. It’s about leadership knowledge, ability, capabilities, experience, and political maturity.
Bola Tinubu, after a successful private life in which he worked for the American companies Arthur Andersen, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, GTE Services Corporation & Mobil where he retired as a Director before setting up chains of companies of his own, joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1992 & became a Senator representing Lagos West at the age of 41 in 1993 during the short-lived 3rd Republic.
He contested under AD & won the governorship of Lagos in 1999 at the age of 47. He Won re-election in 2003 & served his 2nd term till 2007. Since then, he has formed 2 political parties ACN that later merged with 2 other major parties to form the present ruling APC which he is the leader & under which he is aspiring to contest the presidency of Nigeria.
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