14/11/2026
🎯✨ 2027: HARDSHIP ERA OVER, NIGERIA ENTERING ERA OF PROSPERITY UNDER TINUBU, FIRST LADY TELLS EDO WOMEN
...BETTA EDU URGES WOMEN TO ARRIVE POLLING UNITS BY 7AM, MONITOR VOTE COUNT UNTIL TINUBU IS DECLARED WINNER
Nigerian First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has expressed optimism that Nigeria is gradually moving beyond its period of economic hardship and difficult reforms into an era of prosperity under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging Nigerians, particularly women, to remain steadfast in their support for the administration.
The First Lady made this declaration during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council rally in Benin City, Edo State, on Thursday, where she was represented by the Director of Women Mobilisation of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Betta Edu.
Addressing thousands of women and party supporters, Dr Edu delivered a message of hope, resilience and renewed optimism, expressing confidence that the ongoing reforms and policies of the Tinubu administration would translate into greater economic opportunities, improved livelihoods and shared prosperity for Nigerians.
She called on women to take ownership of the 2027 electoral process, describing their participation as critical to securing the country's democratic future and sustaining the administration's development agenda.
Specifically, Edu urged women not to take the January 16, 2027 election for granted, charging them to arrive at their respective polling units as early as 7:00 a.m., exercise their franchise and remain present throughout the voting and counting processes until the results were officially declared.
She stressed the need for vigilance, peaceful conduct and strict adherence to electoral guidelines, noting that women must ensure their votes count through active participation and lawful monitoring of the electoral process.
The APC PCC Women Mobilisation Directorate, she said, remained committed to taking the Renewed Hope message to every community, ward and polling unit across the country, with women positioned as critical drivers of grassroots mobilisation.
As part of the First Lady's engagements in Edo State, the Women Mobilisation Directorate also embarked on a grassroots roadshow and sensitisation campaign to communicate the Renewed Hope Agenda and encourage greater women's participation in governance and the electoral process.
The outreach featured an empowerment programme for 1,000 women, the distribution of wrappers and support packages, as well as visits to hospitals to extend assistance and solidarity to sick, vulnerable and disadvantaged patients.
Market women were equally reached through business recapitalisation support designed to strengthen their petty trading activities, sustain their livelihoods and improve their capacity to contribute to household and community economies.
The initiatives, championed by the First Lady and implemented through the APC PCC Women Mobilisation Directorate under Dr Betta Edu, underscore the administration's emphasis on women's economic inclusion, grassroots engagement and community-based empowerment as Nigeria looks towards the 2027 general election.