My Heart Has Always Been Home With You — Tinubu’s Powerful Message to Oluremi at 66

My Heart Has Always Been Home With You — Tinubu’s Powerful Message to Oluremi at 66

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has celebrated his wife, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on her 66th birthday, describing her as his “truest friend and confidante” and saying he would choose the same path that led him to her if he had the opportunity to begin life again.

Oluremi Tinubu, who turns 66 on Monday, September 21, 2026, received the tribute in a deeply personal birthday message issued by the President.

Tinubu recalled their years together, describing his wife as a source of patience, courage, honesty, faith and counsel, particularly during difficult periods of their lives.

He said Oluremi had often understood his concerns even before he expressed them and had remained willing to tell him difficult truths when necessary.

“More often than not, you sense when I need counsel before I ask,” the President said, adding that there had been occasions when her presence alone was enough to provide him with the counsel he needed.

Tinubu said he particularly valued her willingness to speak plainly, even when her words were not what he wanted to hear.

“I call you my truest friend and confidante because you speak the truth plainly, even on the days I would rather not hear it,” he said.

The President also praised Oluremi for her role in their family, saying their children and grandchildren had grown under the influence of her prayers, faith and values.

He described her as compassionate and generous and said her humanitarian activities had touched the lives of young people, widows, elderly citizens, women farmers and people living with diseases.

Tinubu traced her public service and humanitarian work from the New Era Foundation to her current activities through the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI).

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Oluremi Tinubu founded the New Era Foundation in 2000, with its activities focused on areas including youth development, girl-child education and women empowerment.

She later entered elective politics and represented Lagos Central Senatorial District in the Senate for three consecutive terms after being elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2015 and 2019.

As First Lady of Nigeria, she has continued her social intervention activities through the RHI, which focuses on areas including education, healthcare, agriculture, economic empowerment and social investment.

Her recent engagements have included programmes targeting women, young people, vulnerable households and communities across the country.

In August, the RHI announced a ₦819 million empowerment programme for 1,638 widows of fallen military and police personnel, with each beneficiary receiving ₦500,000 to start or expand a business.

The First Lady has also recently intensified her activities around women’s economic empowerment and food security.

The RHI announced the distribution of empowerment items to 2,500 women in the South-East geopolitical zone, while Oluremi Tinubu also backed the Agri360 Mechanisation Training Initiative, which targets 5,000 women and young people with training in agricultural mechanisation, digital agriculture, equipment operation and maintenance, entrepreneurship and agribusiness management.

The First Lady said empowering women and young people with skills, tools and opportunities was important to the future of Nigerian agriculture and food security.

She also launched the National Community Food Bank Programme for the South-East in Anambra State.

The programme is designed to provide food assistance and nutrition support to vulnerable groups, including widows, elderly people, persons with disabilities, nursing and lactating mothers and young children.

During the Anambra visit, Oluremi Tinubu also inaugurated an ICT Experience Centre at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, while a separate state empowerment programme provided business grants, vocational tools and equipment to thousands of beneficiaries across the state’s 21 local government areas.

The President, in his birthday message, said his wife’s compassion had extended beyond ethnic, regional and religious boundaries.

“I know the prayers you offer for people whose names you may never know. I also know many whom you have helped without ever meeting them. For you, compassion has never recognised the boundaries of tribe, region or religion,” he said.

Tinubu also reflected on the sacrifices and difficult decisions they had faced together, saying their relationship had endured through periods of uncertainty, with prayer and laughter helping them through challenging moments.

He then delivered the most personal part of the birthday tribute, saying he would make the same choice again if given another opportunity.

“If life returned me to the beginning, I would choose the same road that led me to you. Through every mile, my heart has always remained at home with you,” the President said.

He thanked his wife for the life they had built together and prayed for her continued health, happiness and longevity.

“Happy 66th birthday, my darling Oluremi,” Tinubu said.

“May the years ahead bring you the same comfort and happiness you have so freely given to me and many others.”

The birthday message comes against the backdrop of Oluremi Tinubu’s continuing public engagements through the Renewed Hope Initiative, with recent programmes spanning food support, women’s empowerment, agricultural training, education and assistance for vulnerable Nigerians.

My Heart Has Always Been Home With You — Tinubu’s Powerful Message to Oluremi at 66