Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has highlighted achievements of President Bola Tinubu’s administration across various sectors, saying continuity was necessary to sustain the gains.

Mrs Tinubu spoke on Saturday in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital, at the North-Central Mega Rally organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to mobilise support for the re-election of Mr Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima.

She said Nigeria was at its best in 12 years, claiming that no previous administration had built roads and infrastructure on the scale of her husband’s government.

“I have been in the Senate for 12 years. This is the best time I will see government fixing roads and building a lot of infrastructure,” she said.

Mrs Tinubu described the president as one who believes in Nigeria’s unity and prosperity, recalling his Independence Day message titled ‘From Reforms to Prosperity’.

“Therefore, Mr President is saying that they are going to reform the sector, but now is the time for prosperity, and we can see our economy is stabilising.

“Foreign exchange is going down, and investors are coming back to Nigeria, our farmers too. You can see all our governors here; they are doing infrastructural development like no other time before,” she said. 

Mrs Tinubu also cited the administration’s food support programme, saying it was designed to provide nutritious food for children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers.

“As you see now, we have just finished the food bank programme, where we are helping every child and mothers who are pregnant and also breastfeeding.

“This is to ensure that they can have more nutritious food, and also the children that are malnourished can get treatment and also get food to grow healthy,” she said.

She added that students were also benefiting from the administration’s education funding initiatives.

The First Lady urged party members to communicate the administration’s policies and programmes to Nigerians in their respective states.

She described Mr Tinubu as a leader willing to take difficult decisions, expressing confidence that his policies would strengthen the economy and improve security.

Mrs Tinubu said the administration would continue to pursue a stronger economy, safer communities and a greater Nigeria if returned to office.

The First Lady also said the APC women’s wing had united its campaign efforts to promote a common message and goal ahead of the 2027 general elections.

She said the party’s campaign would focus on its programmes and policies, without resorting to hate speech or actions that could undermine national unity.

“Therefore, vote for continuity, vote for capacity, vote for prosperity, vote for the re-election of Mr President and all the candidates of APC from top to bottom,” she said.

Governor Abdullahi Sule hosted the rally, with governors and other political leaders from the North-Central region in attendance. 

(NAN)