How 2023 Elections Will Reshape Nigeria's Future

One of the most spectacular developments in the 2023 presidential election is that a prominent leader of the democratic struggle is set to get a first bite at the presidential cherry, having emerged President-Elect from the February 25, 2023, Presidential Election, after a long and tortuous twenty-four year wait since the return to democratic rule in 1999.Ironically, four of the past six elections crowned rebranded former military rulers, and two crowned their handpicked successors, while leaders of the democratic struggle were left to manage the parties and the parliament, with little or no control over the president. This is the first time that a party will be in firm control of both the presidency and the parliament.This and other outcomes should create new dynamics that would reshape Nigeria’s future. A retrospective assessment of how well the legitimacy gained from quadrennial elections have translated to effectiveness in delivering economic outcomes becomes our premise for evaluating how the outcomes of 2023 election could reshape Nigeria’s future