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| Oluremi Tinubu |
Wife of former Governor Bola Tinubu and current senator, Oluremi Tinubu has stated that she had no intention to be governor of Lagos state, but hinted at a desire to be the Vice-President.
Tinubu, spoke on Saturday at a press briefing on her ‘Two years of representation at the Senate’, said governing Lagos State was not for the “tender-hearted”.
She said, “Truly, it is never my ambition
to run for the governor of Lagos State. My husband did it for eight
years and I was not an outsider to it. It is not a job for the tender
hearted. It is a lot of work to govern Lagos. I don’t think I have the
strength to govern the present state of Lagos.
“There is still a lot of work to be done
for Lagos; it’s not a child’s play. I don’t have such ambition. Maybe, I
can be the Vice-President, not the governor.”
She said her primary concern was to ensure that the poverty in society and the rot in the system was reduced.
She said, “My concern is for the young and
the old. What kind of Nigeria do we want to leave for the younger ones? A
good parent will always want to leave an inheritance for the children.
What kind of inheritance or legacy do we want to leave for our
children?”
This, she said, was the motivation behind
the two bills she sponsored, with one of them seeking social security
for the elderly and the other seeking to expunge part of the Labour Act
that prevents women from taking certain jobs.
Tinubu said both bills had passed through
second reading at the Senate, adding that she was working with other
Lagos State senators to achieve a special status for the state.
She added, “On my part, I have sponsored
two bills aimed at providing social security for Nigeria’s elderly
citizens and amending sections of the Labour Act, which restricts
employment opportunities for women all of which have passed the second
reading.
“I am currently working with other senators on a third bill aimed at providing special economic assistance to Lagos.”
