Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has pledged that the Tinubu/Shetima presidency will revolutionalise the health, education, busines and agricultural sectors if voted into power on February 25.
Oluremi stated this while responding to demands made by women drivers in education, health, agriculture, business and entrepreneurship, during a Town Hall meeting held at Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano, for women leaders across the 44 Local Government Areas of Kano State.
Senator Oluremi Tinubu said that the administration would give women grants for economic empowerment if given the mandate by Nigerians.
“The administration will not only ensure grants and empowerment for the women, but will also come up with policies that will encourage adult education for the women,”
Compulsory basic education
She said that the Tinubu/Shetima administration would replicate the free, compulsory basic education policy of the Governor Ganduje led administration in Kano state, for all Nigerian children.
“I and the wife of the Vice presidential candidate will come up with incentives alongside the administration, that will persuade the girl-child to remain in school under the policy,” she said.
According to her, there was also the need to revamp the health sector, taking into cognisance, the issue of braindrain due to the mass exodus of Nigerian Medical Doctors and Pharmacists abroad in search of greener pastures.
“The Tinubu/Shetima administration will come up with policies that will enable Doctors and other health workers stay back in Nigeria and make the health sector viable so as to discourage medical tourism abroad.
“Nigerians have the best brains in the health sector, and we will ensure that Nigerian Doctors and other health workers do the best for us.
“My husband,Tinubu while serving as the Governor of Lagos State brought back Lagos a globally sought after Nigerian doctor from the US. It help so many people with perculiar health challenges. He will do same again across Nigeria, when voted to power,” she said.
Best weather and soil
On agriculture, she reminded the gathering that Nigeria has the best weather and soil, stressing that issues related to fertilizer and mechanised farming will also be given priority, recalling that Lagos in partnership with Kebbi state is setting the pace in rice production.
She said that the Tinubu/Shetima administration would be very passionate in revamping the economy through creation of enabling business environment, skills aquisition for self reliance, poverty alleviation and job creation
Senator Oluremi Tinubu described Kano as the second home of the Tinubus, recalling that about 40 years ago, she stayed one full year in Sabon Gari, Kano, during her National Youth Service programme.
“I came to Kano To thank you for the support you have given to my husband. We are grateful to the North. God bless Kano. God bless the North. God bless Nigeria.”
She, however, gifted the women N2 million Naira as transportation to their various destinations, while donating 50, 000 pieces of wrappers and unspecified number of bags of rice to women across Kano State.
In her remarks, the First Lady of Kano State, Professor Hafsat Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, described the event as very important and historic, not only to Kano women, but to the entire people of Kano state.
She appealed to Kano women to come out en masse and vote for Tinubu/Shetima presidency on February 25.
According to her, “in Kano, there is alot of development. The thinking of Baba Ganduje is similar, if not the same with the thinking of our leader, Tinubu, because they always think of how to improve the lives of the people, particularly, women and children.”
Improve lives
She told the Kano women that Senator Oluremi Tinubu and Hajiya Nana Kashim Shetima were once First Ladies like her and did exactly what she is doing to improve the lives of women in the state, urging them to vote for Tinubu/Shetima presidency so that the two women would continue with their good works and spread it across Nigeria.
Senator Oluremi, earlier paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero,at his place, where he called for inclusion of women in politics to move the nation forward.
According to him, women have a vital role to play in Nigeria’s democracy through credible and peaceful election which would only be possible if given the opportunity.
The Emir explained that, the visit would go a long way in paving way for the wife of the APC flag bearer to discuss with women to know their needs and aspirations.
Senator Oluremi Tinubu at the palce said she was in Kano to engage women and inform them of what Asiwaju and Kashim would prioritize if elected.
She identified, education, health, agriculture, security, commerce and entrepreneurship training for women as cardinal objectives of the APC.
Lateefah Ibrahim
