National Library project not politically motivated – Oluremi Tinubu

…As the task has raised N20.7bn truthful far.

First Lady of Nigeria Senator Oluremi Tinubu has announced that her 65th day fundraiser towards the completion of the National Library raised N20.7billion.

She stated this portion having luncheon with the property astatine the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu explained that the day account, Oluremi@65 Education Fund, volition stay unfastened till December 2025 to person much donations from consenting Nigerians towards the completion of the project.

“In his 1925 Essay, “The New Frontier” Gebran Kalil Gebran, a Lebanese Writer, Poet, Philosopher and Artist wrote, I punctuation “Are you a politician, asking what your state tin bash for you oregon a zealous one, asking what you tin bash for your country? If you are the first, past you are a parasite; if the second, past you are an oasis successful a desert”.

“ That is wherefore if we instrumentality our babe steps welldoing, earlier long, things volition statesman to signifier up for our country”.

“We each person to emergence up, play our parts successful the gathering process.A atom of soil and a driblet of h2o makes a mighty ocean”.

First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu besides debunked claims that her 65th day day fundraiser is politically motivated.

She pointed retired that arsenic a teacher, arsenic good arsenic the interaction the room had connected her beingness portion increasing up, she was motivated to telephone for donations towards the gathering of the National Library.

“What is incorrect successful doing good oregon trying to physique our state – if I could assistance the post-war gathering process successful Liberia by donating the Oluremi Tinubu Elementary and Junior Secondary School successful Monte Serrado County successful Liberia, what is incorrect successful drafting attraction to immoderate of the areas of request successful our beloved Nation?”.

“This is not the archetypal clip I person raised funds for causes adjacent to my heart. For my 45th birthday, I raised ₦50 cardinal to implicit the National Sickle Cell Foundation Center, which has since go afloat operational. For my 50th birthday, I raised ₦200 cardinal for the New Era Foundation and different charities”.

“I person played my portion successful this project, and judge Nigerians tin rise the funds needed to implicit the library. This is not conscionable a task but a nationalist treasure that volition service generations to come.”

The First Lady disclosed that arsenic of 2pm connected Tuesday, 23rd September 2025, the money had realised N20.4 cardinal and was inactive counting, noting that the relationship volition stay unfastened till December 2025 earlier it is unopen down.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu said the signatories to the relationship are the Minister of Education and the Chief Librarian of the Federation, insisting hers was to assistance thrust the funds.

The National Assembly Library project, initiated successful 1981 and approved with backing successful consequent years, had faced decades of backing delays, with the fund escalating from ₦8.2 cardinal successful 1981 to ₦23 cardinal arsenic of 2023. However, with President Bola Tinubu’s medication is acceptable to “take the bull by the horn,” arsenic the First Lady enactment it, to guarantee that operation is completed wrong 2 years.

First Lady of Nigeria acknowledged assorted contributors, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and his wife, erstwhile President General Buhari, respective erstwhile archetypal ladies, Senate President and his wife, Speaker of the House of Representatives and his wife, and members of the National Assembly, governors’ forum and governors’ spouses, information chiefs and their wives, concern moguls including Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Arthur Eze, Tony Elumelu, Jim Ovia, among countless well-wishers.

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