Bola Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria's president on Monday, facing mounting calls to improve economic and security conditions which many complain worsened under his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari.
in an open-air ceremony in the capital's Eagle's Square, Buhari left for the airport on his way to his home village in Katsina state, where he says he will spend his retirement.
Opponents see him as a member of the old guard who said last year it was his turn to lead after backing Buhari for the top job in 2015. Tinubu inherits a struggling economy with record debt, shortages of foreign exchange and fuel, a weak naira currency, near two-decades-high inflation, skeletal power supplies and falling oil production due to crude theft and underinvestment.
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