Things Remi Tinubu Has Done Since She Became First Lady Of Nigeria

With President Bola Tinubu’s swearing-in on May 29, 2023, his wife Remi Tinubu automatically became the First Lady of Nigeria.

SocietyNow.Ng digs into the things the immediate past Senator representing Lagos Central has done since she took over from Aisha, the wife of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Information at hand revealed that President’s wife started off by unveiling a ” magnificent official portrait.” on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

This was followed by the official outing as First Lady of Nigeria on Saturday June 10, 2023.

The event was the valedictory session of the 9th National Assembly.

The event that officially ended the First Lady’s tenure in the National Assembly as a three term Senator – 6 June 2011 to 11 June 2023- saw her in attendance as a special guest along with Vice President Kashim Shettima.

The next thing she did was more pivotal.

On Thursday, June 22, 2023, she launched her pet programme.

At the State House in Abuja, along with the governing members, the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) was birthed.

RHI seeks to impact on Women, Youths and children, through the key areas identified as Agriculture, Education, Economic Empowerment, Health and Socio-Investment according to information available to SocietyNow.Ng.

Her next engagement was a joint outing with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

It was the dinner held in honour of the President by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Governor’s forum at the Lagos House, Marina.

The event grabbed headlines as the public outing that announced the reconciliation between President Tinubu and former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode – who had been frozen out of mainstream politics for four years.

The dinner held on Thursday, June 29, 2023.

The First Lady’s first major task in July 2023 was a meeting with all the First Ladies of the nation’s 36 states to fashion the smooth take off of Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) across the federation including the federal capital, Abuja.

The meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, July 7.

Wednesday, July 12, saw the First Lady coming out to pull the carpet on claims she ordered the closure of the Aso Rock Chapel.

Declaring the claim as ‘a fabrication and totally false representation of the true situation”,she asserted that “there are weekly fellowships going on at the chapel”.

The First Lady, however, pointed out that ” President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is yet to appoint a Chaplain for the chapel after the exit of the last Chaplain”.

Thursday, July 13, was another day, for another clarification.

This time, it was about warning the public about the antics of the definitions of questionable characters regarding her social media identity.

“My attention has been drawn to a fake Facebook account, supposedly belonging to me.

Hence, we are working tiredlessly to make sure this Facebook Page (Sen. Oluremi Tinubu) get verification badge any moment from now as this is only the official page of the First Lady Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria, H.E, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu OON, CON.

In this era of fake news, we must all avoid misrepresentation as well as malicious intent.

Thank you so much” was the post on her social media handle.

Later in the day, she was at the State House banquet hall Abuja, along with Vice President Kashim Shettima, for the first edition of the Great Green Wall Day Commemoration.

June 14, 2023, was a continuation of firming up arrangement concerning the Renewed Hope Initiative.

At the State House Presidential Villa, Remi Tinubu met with all the wives of the 36 state governors to “to formally introduce them to the primary objectives and the mission” of RHI SocietyNow.Ng gathered.

Tuesday, July 18, 2023, Women Development Center was officially renamed to Maryam Babangida National Center for Women Development In Abuja.

The First Lady executed the task alongside the wife of the Vice President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Hajia Nana Shettima, APC National Women Leader, Dr. Betta Edu, And Wives of State Governors.

According to Remi Tinubu, the Women Development Center was renamed to recognize the “sterling contribution of the Late Mrs. Maryam Babangida to the life and growth of Nigerian Women, especially the grassroot, through her pet program, Better Life For The Rural.”

The next day, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, she rubbed minds with Female Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who paid a courtesy visit.

And today, Thursday, July 27, 2023 she received the Executive Secretary of National Agricultural Development Fund, Dr. Garzali Mohammad at her office.

The meeting reportedly focused on ” focused on boosting our initiative program quest for a better deal for women in the Agricultural sector”