During the joint National Assembly session for the presentation of the N27.5 trillion budget by President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio made a bold statement, asserting that Nigeria accomplished in 24 years what took the United States 185 years.
Akpabio highlighted the fact that, in Nigeria's 24th year of democracy, former senators like Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima had ascended to top political positions.
He drew a parallel with the US, where it took 185 years for senators John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson to become President and Vice President. Akpabio's claims have sparked discussions on Nigeria's political evolution and comparisons with established democracies like the US.
