Nigeria Making Progress – First Lady

Nigeria is a work in progress that is poised to make a huge difference under the current administration, especially with critical internal and external support.

First lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, stated this while granting audience to spouses of heads of missions to Nigeria in her office.

In a statement by her media aide, Busola Kukoyi, the first lady pointed out that there had been a gradual but steady improvement in the nation which she believes would be sustained for greater impact.

Senator Tinubu said she was taking enormous steps through her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) towards ensuring that education of the Nigerian child, health, and livelihood of the average Nigerian are improved.

Highlighting the problem of almajiri, she again emphasised that the problem is not insurmountable.

“When you said you would like to educate all of us, that will be great, Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa and that is a huge number”.

“We have like 18.5 million of this group not having any formal education at all, these are children looking for Islamic education, we are still looking at that and the weight alone is something else.

“Like you said, taking one step at a time matters, we cannot say that because the challenges are huge they cannot be surmounted.

Wife of the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Sigalit Freeman, who led two other members of ( the association of spouses of heads of mission), wives of Guinea Bissau and Canadian ambassadors, commended Senator Tinubu for her efforts not just as Nigerian first lady but in times past as a legislator and governors wife.

Mrs Freeman pointed out that the group came calling in acknowledgement of the first lady’s interest in promoting the wellbeing of vulnerable groups in the country and seeking ways of collaboration.