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OLUREMI, the wife of President Bola Tinubu, has been making huge donations to different causes in Nigeria. Understandably, this has raised the curiosity and suspicion of many Nigerians.

A national daily reported in 2024 that Mrs Tinubu’s donations reached N2.5 billion in 17 months. Her latest gesture was an additional N1 billion she pledged to the efforts to end tuberculosis in the country. She made the donation through her pet project, the Renewed Hope Initiative, at the 2025 World TB Day Community Outreach in Abuja.

She gave N500 million to flood victims in Maiduguri, Borno State, in 2024. She bestowed another N500 million on victims of vicious attacks in some communities in Plateau State.

In October 2024, Mrs Tinubu pledged a N1 billion donation to the horticultural landscaping of her alma mater, Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife.

Under the RHI Economic Empowerment Programme, she intends to disburse some grants to 37,000 female petty traders in the country. The grants are part of a larger N1.8 billion initiative under the RHI.

On March 25, Mrs Tinubu handed out 10,000 professional kits (including crocs and scrubs) to midwives in the South-South. She earlier made similar donations in the North-Central and North-West.

The President’s wife has donated $100,000 towards building a hospital in Sierra Leone.

Her RHI is described as an NGO, funded largely by private donors and corporate partners like BUA Group and some others. Well-meaning Nigerians are said to be on its governing board. State coordinators happen to be the wives of state governors.

Curiously, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security had earmarked N2.51 billion to mainstream four of the RHI’s agriculture-related programmes.

In November 2024, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Abdullahi, said the ministry had allocated about N68 million to each state to four key agriculture-focused initiatives under the RHI.

The President’s wife is exploiting her position to attract patronage from government and corporate bodies to her NGO.

In Nigeria, there are offices of the First Ladies in Abuja and the states. Most of these offices spend public funds under the guise of running pet projects. This is unconstitutional.

This might not be tolerated in decent countries.

In 2019, a Jerusalem magistrate’s court sentenced Sara Netanyahu, wife of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to pay a fine of over $15,000 after she agreed to a plea bargain. Her major offence was that she spent $50,000 on lavish meals at luxury restaurants even when there was a full-time chef employed at the official residence.

Here, anything goes. In 2024, the President’s son, Seyi Tinubu, donated relief materials worth N500 million to victims of the flood disaster in Maiduguri, Borno State. In February, he donated another palliative worth N100 million to six tertiary institutions affected by the incident.

During Ramadan, he shared cooked food packed in plastics, adorned with his picture and that of his father in some northern states.

Similarly, of the House of Representatives recently donated N705 million to Tinubu, ostensibly for the use of vulnerable Nigerians suffering economic hardship. The lawmakers had resolved in July 2024 to slash 50 per cent of their monthly salaries for six months to meet the hunger needs of ordinary Nigerians.

It is time Nigerians began to interrogate this culture of tokenism disguised as humanitarian gestures by politicians and their allies.

The anti-graft agencies should investigate the source of funding of some of these donations and the tax remittances of the donors.

Taking care of the needy is good, but it should be transparent.

Governments at all levels should not abdicate their responsibilities to the unconstitutional office of the wives of the President and the governors.

Punch Editorial Board

https://punchng.com/the-presidents-wifes-donations/

Peter Obi is doing his philanthropic donation and you have not done your analysis on him especially despite call for him to give of Labour Party donations after last elections.

You dey jealous the beneficiaries despite the hardship in the land. Enemies of progress may God forgive you.

At least she’s giving back the monies to the needy. How about previous First Ladies that only spent monies on tummy tucks, plastic surgery and building hotels upandan.

Kudos to the first lady

gabbytabby:
Peter Obi is doing his philanthropic donation and you have not done your analysis on him especially despite call for him to give of Labour Party donations after last elections.

You dey jealous the beneficiaries despite the hardship in the land. Enemies of progress may God forgive you.

labor party gave of spending few weeks after 2023 elections. Obi doesn’t need to steal from the poor to donate like tinubu and his family because he was already a billionaire when naira to dollar was about 22 naira and used his money to contest Anambra governorship in 2002 so he is way ahead of mandate thief alpha beta useless crook in of decency and ability

Agbonmagbe, wasting resources on palliatives that has no economy values.

gabbytabby:
Peter Obi is doing his philanthropic donation and you have not done your analysis on him especially despite call for him to give of Labour Party donations after last elections.

You dey jealous the beneficiaries despite the hardship in the land. Enemies of progress may God forgive you.

Slaves love slave masters.

Hypocrites love gbajue

iwaeda:

Slaves love slave masters.

gabbytabby:
Hypocrites love gbajue

Let laugh loud, Nlfpmod.

gabbytabby:
Peter Obi is doing his philanthropic donation and you have not done your analysis on him especially despite call for him to give of Labour Party donations after last elections.

You dey jealous the beneficiaries despite the hardship in the land. Enemies of progress may God forgive you.

Is Peter Obi the president? Is he spending public funds? I bet you didn't know this.

Country hard Una no get to give but still jealousing those receiving some blessing and favour. What kind of humans are you.

Because of politics you would rather dey die of hunger or without receiving help. You people have to be human enough to think through what you are complaining about or you start to come across as pure evil. Tufiakwa.

Gandollar:
Is Peter Obi the president? Is he spending public funds? I bet you didn't know this.

Infantile needs daddy help kwo. I never touch you and you are crying to .

iwaeda:

Let laugh loud, Nlfpmod.

gabbytabby:
Country hard Una no get to give but still jealousing those receiving some blessing and favour. What kind of humans are you.

Because of politics you would rather dey die of hunger or without receiving help. You people have to be human enough to think through what you are complaining about or you start to come across as pure evil. Tufiakwa.

So Peter Obi wrote the punch editorial?
Are you high again on cow urine?

She's building up 2027 campaign points

If she's donating from her personal purse then no problem but if she's using the public treasury to fund her pet project then that's unconstitutional.

If it is the later, she should return every kobo spent and go set up an NGO and use her goodwill and connections to get donors to contribute towards her projects and not use the public treasury.

gabbytabby:
Peter Obi is doing his philanthropic donation and you have not done your analysis on him especially despite call for him to give of Labour Party donations after last elections.

You dey jealous the beneficiaries despite the hardship in the land. Enemies of progress may God forgive you.

Typical useless Nigerian , is Peter Obi in govt , this same woman claimed 48 months ago she had to borrow money from Shetty wife and today she is donating billions , where did she make money from overnight?

It is you Gandollar and Iwaeda where is your soul, do you have any empathy for the plight of people or have sold even your soul for some evil people’s pittance.

Gandollar:
So Peter Obi wrote the punch editorial?
Are you high again on cow urine?

Nn

2027 campaign in disguise.

Fake people... Thieves in government.

Now they've gotten the power but nothing meaningful to impact.

Is it by donation? It has never been about the masses but about themselves.

gabbytabby:
It is you Gandollar and Iwaeda where is your soul, do you have any empathy for the plight of people or have sold even your soul for some evil people’s pittance.

Come oboy, go find something chop Abeg before you eat in your dreams. You are very hungry.

iwaeda:


https://punchng.com/the-presidents-wifes-donations/

A caring first lady is being condemned for her philanthropic work. Tinubu cares. His wife cares. His son cares.

Thought provoking editorial by the Punch newspaper. It remains for the emilokan adherents to go after the editor for daring to speak truth to power.

iwaeda:


https://punchng.com/the-presidents-wifes-donations/

If you say Tinubu's wife is a Trillionaire, then you are clueless. Donating billions on a spending spree like this shows this woman is a quadrillionaire, if not pentillionaire. You can't make a legit money and be spending like this. This shows that these people are plunderers, ruiners that won't mind looting heaven and hell. Ẹni kure including you and your ers cheering you on.

Damage control! We don't care!!

AdesegunSanni89:
At least she’s giving back the monies to the needy. How about previous First Ladies that only spent monies on tummy tucks, plastic surgery and building hotels upandan.

At least their husband didn't plunge Nigerians into stark, abject poverty like this one's husband. They left the only two things that the citizens can ever benefit from the government jejely, because they didn't want to plunge the masses into suicidal tendencies.

Owò Abu lan fin şe Abu la lejo

iwaeda:
Agbonmagbe, wasting resources on palliatives that has no economy values.

You are one of those who used Styles on this Nairaland to Abuse, Downgrade, belittle President Tinubu and believes that Nothing good can come from Nigeria,but it's all bitterness and hatred.
It is good you change and assess things on its own Merit!
Election time is Over,but you People are hell bent in Mucky Waters 🌊 of Politics.
I wish Una well!

Whether in Government or not what is at the core is what they are doing for the Citizenry is it good or bad. Why complain about good deeds if there is nothing wrong with you.

SalamRushdie:


Typical useless Nigerian , is Peter Obi in govt , this same woman claimed 48 months ago she had to borrow money from Shetty wife and today she is donating billions , where did she make money from overnight?

At least she dey drop money... Na stingy politicians I get problem with...

Watch how they will blame Peter Obi for telling the Nurses to sing "Na your mama be that oh, eh!!"