President-elect Bola Tinubu has been named in Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for 2023.
The highly-anticipated list recognises people for changing the world, regardless of the consequences of their actions.
“Influence is hard to measure, and what we look for is people whose ideas, whose example, whose talent, whose discoveries transform the world we live in. Influence is less about the hard power of force than the soft power of ideas and example,” Richard Stengal, former Editor of Times, was quoted to have said.
The 100 most influential people for 2023 released on Thursday categorised individuals into pioneers, leaders, titans, artists, innovators, and icons.
Tinubu was named on the list alongside United States President, Joe Biden; Brazil President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska; amongst other world leaders.
Tinubu, who will be inaugurated as Nigeria’s president on May 29, was described as “a longtime political power broker”.
The report said he helped restore the country’s democracy in 1999 after fighting military rule and then served two consecutive terms as governor of Lagos.
The report also said the 71-year-old seems “aware of his inheritance” in form of a “litany of crises in a fractured nation, including deep-rooted corruption, religious insurgencies, and shortages of cash, fuel, and power in a crumbling economy”.
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