Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has said Nigerians who fail to recognise the progress recorded under President Bola Tinubu’s administration may need what she described as “Bola Tinubu eyeglasses”.
She made the remark on Friday during the inauguration of the Abuja headquarters of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, a grassroots mobilisation group working to support President Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
According to the First Lady, progress is being recorded in the country, although some Nigerians may not recognise the changes.
“So things are happening in Nigeria, except, you know, those who don’t see; maybe we’ll give them some, you know, Bola Tinubu eyeglasses. We are doing that, JigiBola,” she said.
Jigi-Bola refers to an eye-care programme introduced by Tinubu in 2001 during his tenure as Lagos State governor. The initiative provided services such as free eye examinations, eyeglasses and surgery. The Lagos State Government relaunched the programme in 2021.
Mrs Tinubu also pointed to improvements at Nigerian airports as evidence of progress under the current administration.
She said she wanted to travel more quickly and believed the country’s airports were changing.
“I want to get to the airport. I want to travel, you know, so quickly. And you can see our airports too are changing,” she said.
The First Lady further expressed her hope of leaving the Presidential Villa in 2031 and enjoying a better Nigeria in her seventies.
“I want to leave Aso Rock, in 2031, by the grace of God, and enter a Nigeria that me as a 70-something-year-old woman will enjoy,” she stated.
After her remarks, Mrs Tinubu formally commissioned the Abuja headquarters of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement and declared her support for her husband’s re-election campaign ahead of the 2027 general election.
“So to the glory of God, and for the victory of Mr President come 2027, I hereby formally commission the PBAT door-to-door movement campaign headquarters Abuja,” she said.
She also expressed support for the All Progressives Congress and the movement’s convener, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo.
