{"id":173391,"date":"2025-08-11T12:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:54:44","slug":"tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has compared the Tinubu\u2019s leadership attributes to those of former United States President Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his X handle on Monday, Bwala listed eight qualities, which he said set Tinubu apart from other leaders.<\/p>\n<p>These, according to him, include courage, discipline, strong will, open-mindedness, forgiveness, faith in people, selflessness, and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Bwala said Tinubu\u2019s courage enables him to take necessary decisions to reform systems, while his discipline drives a demand for excellence which he leads by example.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the President\u2019s strong will ensures he remains resolute in doing the right thing despite opposition.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that Tinubu is open to new ideas, willing to forgive, gives confidence to those assigned tasks, uplifts others to succeed, and believes in collaboration across divides, similar to Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>Bwala maintained that these qualities are unmatched by Tinubu\u2019s opponents, adding that the President is unbothered by any conspiracy to unseat him in 2027.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has compared the Tinubu\u2019s leadership attributes to those of former United States President Abraham Lincoln. In a post on his X handle on Monday, Bwala listed eight qualities, which he said set Tinubu apart from other leaders. These, according to him, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[18254,254,945],"class_list":["post-173391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abraham-lincoln","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has compared the Tinubu\u2019s leadership att ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has compared the Tinubu\u2019s leadership att ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T11:47:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T12:54:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-11T11:47:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-11T12:54:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abraham Lincoln\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency\",\"name\":\"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-11T11:47:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-11T12:54:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has compared the Tinubu\u2019s leadership att ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency - Nigeria","description":"Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has compared the Tinubu\u2019s leadership att ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency","og_description":"Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has compared the Tinubu\u2019s leadership att ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-08-11T11:47:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-11T12:54:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency","datePublished":"2025-08-11T11:47:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-11T12:54:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency"},"wordCount":188,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg","keywords":["Abraham Lincoln","Nigeria","Tinubu"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency","name":"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-11T11:47:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-11T12:54:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has compared the Tinubu\u2019s leadership att ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754904404.143964.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-can-be-compared-to-abraham-lincoln-presidency#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tinubu can be Compared to Abraham Lincoln \u2013 Presidency"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}