{"id":3044,"date":"2020-09-30T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2023-10-16T15:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:29:19","slug":"nigeria-at-60-tenure-and-age-at-assumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/nigeria-at-60-tenure-and-age-at-assumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria at 60 &#8211; Chronicling the Tenure and Age of Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 54px; width: 98.3113%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 87px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #02030f; height: 54px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Nova Light;\">Why We L\ud83d\udc40ked Into This \u00bb<\/span>\ud83c\udfa8<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This post was inspired by a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nigeriainfofm\/status\/1273290082389196800?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> &#8211; &#8216;By Independence Day, Nigeria would have had 30 years, 10 months of democratic rule, 28 years,11 months of military rule, 3 months of civilian interim rule.&#8217; We researched this statement and produced visuals to summarize the findings from the data.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Days Spent in Office by Heads of Government in Nigeria<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3049\" src=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Days-Spent-in-office-by-HOG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Days-Spent-in-office-by-HOG.png 720w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Days-Spent-in-office-by-HOG-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 502px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" defer src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Eusjk\/embed.js?v=3\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Eusjk\/full.png\" alt=\"This table lists the leaders of Nigeria since Independence\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>By the time President Muhammadu Buhari completes his tenure, he will be the second leader after former President Olusegun Obasanjo to have spent most days as a President\/Head of State. This will be 2,923 days (96 months, 1 day).<\/li>\n<li>Chief Nnamdi Azikwe is the only President to have spent the least amount of time followed by Umar Musa Yar&#8217;Adua.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ages of Leaders at Assumption of Office<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3175 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Age-of-HOG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Age-of-HOG.png 720w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Age-of-HOG-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Between 1966 to 1979, there were three military rulers who occupied office at 31, 36 and 38 years old.<\/li>\n<li>The youngest democratic leader remains Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa at the age of 47.<\/li>\n<li>There was confusion over Former President Umaru Musa Yar&#8217;Adua&#8217;s birthday in 2008 after congratulatory messages appeared on newspapers citing July 9, 1951.<\/li>\n<li>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo once said he did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueprint.ng\/i-dont-know-my-age-obj-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">know<\/a> his true age but he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2017\/03\/travelled-india-search-exact-age-obasanjo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remembered<\/a> his mother gave birth to him on a market day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Youngest and Oldest Leaders <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">at Assumption of Office<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3045\" src=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Average-Age-of-Leaders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Average-Age-of-Leaders.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Average-Age-of-Leaders-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Average-Age-of-Leaders-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The average age of the leaders is 50 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Comprehensive List of Nigeria&#8217;s Leaders from 1960 to 2023<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3047\" src=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/List-of-HOG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/List-of-HOG.jpg 576w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/List-of-HOG-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On July 30, 1966, there appeared to be a vacuum in power following the cop that took place the previous day. However, General Yakubu Gowon made his official announcement on August 1, 1966.<\/li>\n<li>When a Nigerian leader dies in office (natural death), someone else takes over the next day. This occurred during the deaths of Abacha and Yar&#8217;Adua.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why We L\ud83d\udc40ked Into This \u00bb\ud83c\udfa8 This post was inspired by a tweet &#8211; &#8216;By Independence Day, Nigeria would have had 30 years, 10 months of democratic rule, 28 years,11&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[333],"tags":[119,117,74,75,115,116,118],"class_list":["post-3044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-how-many-presidents-has-nigeria-had-since-1960","tag-names-of-nigerian-president-from-1960-till-date","tag-nigeria","tag-nigeria-at-60","tag-nigerian-independence","tag-pictures-of-nigerian-presidents-from-1960-to-date","tag-the-longest-serving-head-of-state-in-nigeria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3044"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30737,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3044\/revisions\/30737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}