The National Association of Women Entrepreneurs (NAWE), has congratulated Senator Remi Tinubu over the emergence of her husband, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
NAWE said it does not only celebrate Sen. Oluremi Tinubu as the First Lady of the Nation but also for the fact that its Patron has also added another feather to its colour for emerging the Mother of all women in the country.
President of NAWE, Barr. Vera Ndanusa stated this in a statement on Wednesday were she also recognised the role played by the First Lady before and especially during the rigorous campaign that led to the victory of Nigeria’s President.
“She and her team traversed the length and breadth of the country during the tasking campaign. And before the campaign , she created an enabling environment at the home front for peace and tranquility, which gave Asiwaju peace of mind at home, a virtue that gave the President the wherewithal to be able to go into the campaign, battle ready.
“Also her antecedents as first lady in Lagos State, with her laudable projects like Spelling Bee and New Era Foundation, that never discriminated against anyone on the basis of gender, ethnicity or religion, is also to be mentioned.
“It is noted that the majority of those who won the Spelling Bee and became A Day Governor in Lagos State were mostly Students of other climes and even females. It’s on record that the majority of these One Day Governors were from the Southeast. Such a detribalised First Lady will take Nigeria to a height of glory.
“All these One Day Governors have continued to impact their lives and others positively.
Ndanusa further highlighted that the First Lady has over the years championed the growth and development of young people in the country irrespective of their religious or ethnic affiliations.
“The three-term senator has contributed immensely to humanity, governance and the ruling party’s success, growth and development with her laudable programmes and achievements both as Senator and former First Lady of Lagos State”,She said.
Ndanusa prayed for more grace for Nigeria’s number one lady and called on her to use her new office in pushing the programmes of NAWE forward, adding that the hope of the Nigerian women are currently hanging on her, as God has positioned her to elevate and liberate the Nigerian women from timidity, home abused, educational backwardness, sexual harassment and set them to take their place in building the home front with the requisite economic prowess God has blessed them with.