By Celine-Damilola Oyewole
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has inaugurated the Tinubu TorchBearers
(TTB), a movement for championing grassroots mobilisation for President Bola
Tinubu’s re-election bid for 2027.
At the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday at the State House Banquet Hall,
Abuja, Mrs Tinubu announced the donation of eight coaster buses to the group to
facilitate participation and mobility.
Speaking at the event, Mrs Tinubu explained that the TorchBearers is an initiative
that represents commitment, patriotism, service, and the collective aspiration for a
stronger and more prosperous Nigeria.
She noted President Tinubu came into office in 2023 with a clear commitment to
reposition the nation through bold reforms and strategic interventions under the
Renewed Hope Agenda.
“We must remain focused on a Nigeria that works for all and where opportunities
are expanded for every citizen to contribute to our national progress, peace and
prosperity.
“The Renewed Hope Agenda aimed at economic recovery, infrastructural
development, security enhancement, educational advancement, and social
investment.
“Already, significant steps have been taken to strengthen agriculture, support local
industries, improve healthcare delivery, create jobs, attract investment, and expand
opportunities for Nigerians across various sectors,” she said.
The First Lady added that government alone cannot achieve sustainable
development without the support, cooperation, and active participation of the
people.
“This is why platforms like Tinubu Torchbearers are vital. They help communicate
the vision of government, mobilise communities, encourage civic participation,
and promote national unity,’’ she said.
Mrs Tinubu appreciated the women for their efforts at the just concluded APC
primaries across the country which she said was largely adjudged as peaceful.
“Our party has shown the rest of the country that there can be democracy without
bitterness.
“As we look ahead, I urge all members of the Tinubu TorchBearers to be true
ambassadors of Renewed Hope by communicating the achievements and
programmes of this administration clearly and responsibly to the people,’’ she said
The party’s national woman leader said the movement composed of female
political gladiators and grassroots mobilisers from the 774 Local Government
Areas of the nation.
She said the movement was designed to spread the message of President Tinubu’s
successes and reforms to communities, wards, and marketplaces across Nigeria.
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-
Ibrahim, applauded Tinubu for reaching out to women and giving room to women
to thrive.
She said no president has given women political inclusion and prioritisation like
Tinubu did.
She further described the Tinubu TorchBearers (TTB) as an unprecedented
grassroots movement that proves Nigerian women are moving “from participation
to power agenda’’.
The minister said that, under the Renewed Hope Social Intervention, more women
have direct access to many benefits from the government policies.
She urged all women to reciprocate the President’s good desture by encouraging
their families and neighbours to support Tinubu’s re-election.
The TTB movement is spearheaded by Dr Mary Idele, the National Women Leader
of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
