This study examines the use of conjunctions in the political campaign speech of Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Chatham House, London. The objectives of the study are to find out the types and functions of conjunctions used in the campaign speech of Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Chatham House, London. The work adopts the Theoretical framework of Halliday’s theory of cohesion where he identified four types of conjunction; additive, adversative, causal, and temporal conjunction. The descriptive method of data analysis is adopted in the study. The study found that the total conjunctions used by Bola Ahmed Tinubu is 135. Bola Ahmed used 104 additive conjunctions making 77.04% of the total conjunctions used. It was concluded that the cohesion theory of conjunction helps us to explore the hidden information in the campaign speeches of Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Chatham House. It shows how the speakers convey their views to the audience through their choice of language, which provides a new approach to the interpretation of political discourse. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that other politicians speaking in public places should always make adequate use of conjunction to be able to join their ideas well as discovered in what Bola Ahmed did.

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Alawiye, T.E. & Bibian, U. (2023). An Analysis of Conjunction Found in the Campaign Speech of Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Chatham House London. International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 9(1), 12-19. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.20469/ijhss.9.20002-1