Oluremi Tinubu, the first lady of Nigeria, has discussed how her husband Bola Tinubu opposed her desire to become a senator.
According to Bendelnews, Oluremi revealed the information on Saturday at the 9th Senate of the National Assembly's Valedictory session.
The First Lady claims that Tinubu initially disapproved of her wish to join the Red Chamber in 2011 since doing so would require sacrifice for the country.
The senator who had served in the Senate for 12 years added that her spouse finally bowed to pressure and agreed to support her.
She praised President Tinubu for granting her the freedom to make the required contributions to bettering Nigerians' lives and expressed gratitude to him.
"My husband deserves all the credit for even supporting me," she remarked. When I ask for guidance, he provides it.
"He gave me the freedom to be who I am and the capacity to make the contributions required to better our people's lives, particularly the lives of our women, youths, and children.
"From the 7th Assembly to the 9th Assembly, God supported me for three periods. Given many sacrifices required to serve the country, I'm still unsure how I've managed to keep going. Your homes, your children, even your better half were sacrificed at first.
Oluremi Tinubu praised the cordial environment that existed among lawmakers in spite of their diversity in tribes, ethnicities, and religious beliefs.
"We have made friends, brothers, and sisters over the years across our various tribes, ethnicities, and religious divides," she continued.
We are able to go forward and unite when it's time to make decisions that are in the best interests of the country because all Nigerians are represented. In our capacity as wise women and men, we did it.
I fulfilled my obligations as a legislator in full. motions, legislation, including those that had received legislative approval.