Learn contentment, don’t be beggarly, Remi Tinubu urges youths
July 31, 2026 4:07 pm
File: Fist Lady, Oluremi Tinubu
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged young people to remain focused on achieving greater success, warning against becoming complacent with little accomplishments.
She gave the advice on Friday while receiving the leadership of the All Progressives Congress National Youth Wing at the State House in Abuja, where she also donated nine buses to the party’s youth leaders to support their activities.
According to a statement released by her Senior Special Assistant on Media, Busola Kukoyi, the First Lady encouraged the youths to embrace diligence, patience, integrity and hard work as essential virtues for success.
“God always know our needs and that is what the young people do not know, they are always in a hurry,” she said.
She added, “And I am teaching you how to learn contentment and not be beggarly.”
Drawing a lesson from the eagle, the First Lady urged the youths to develop resilience and chart their own paths in life.
“You have to have the Eagles mentality. When the Eagle see the storm, he laughs at it and sees how he can fly above it. That is what you should all do. You should always look for your own path and not because that person has it, I want it,” she said.
Senator Tinubu also commended the APC youth leadership for working in unity to strengthen the party’s activities, particularly at the grassroots, and urged them to continue projecting the achievements of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
She said, “As one of the arms of the ruling party, with a mandate to carry the banner of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, its members and leaders must show resilience and deep commitment to a tomorrow built on hope.”
To support the youth wing’s operations, the First Lady presented nine buses to the APC National Youth Leader, Deputy National Youth Leader, zonal leaders and the Federal Capital Territory leadership for use during party activities and community service.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, APC National Youth Leader, Dayo Israel, thanked the First Lady for the donation, saying it would strengthen the youth wing’s outreach ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“We are committed to the Renewed Hope Agender, what you have done today is to enhance our capacity to be able to reach out not just for electoral mobilisation but to be able to improve the lives of Nigerians,” Israel said.
He added, “From this moment, we are now mummy’s men for Asiwaju and we are going to set structure to run campaign in the 36-states of the federation.”
Expressing gratitude for the gesture, he said, “You have raised boys to men, we came here, many of us without vehicles but we are leaving with brand new buses. We are very grateful ma.”
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