Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the First Lady of Nigeria has responded to questions about who funds her projects running into billions of Naira.
The former Lagos State First Lady said that some donors and partner organizations across the country are responsible for the financial needs of the many projects.
Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu disclosed that besides BUA Group, most of the donors and partner organizations preferred to be anonymous.
She made the revelation Thursday while addressing journalists after a meeting with wives of state governors and other state representatives and regional coordinators of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) programme at the Presidential Villa in Abuja,
“I know people are always saying, where do I get billions from? I’m going to address that. We are an NGO, people give us money,” she said.
Senator Tinubu explained that the food bank the initiative has started was sponsored by BUA and another partner that preferred anonymity.
She stated that the RHI has been given a truckload of food, which is being handled by the wife of Vice President Kashim Shettima, Hajia Nana Shettima.
She added the initiative has covered seven states of the country and hoped to cover all 36 states with the programme.
“Like the food bank we are doing, we have two companies, BUA is one of them, the other one wants to stay anonymous, maybe they do not want people to trouble you. That was the people we started with.
“They give us a truckload of food, and Mrs Shettima is handling that. We go from state to state. We also have covered about maybe seven states, and BUA is joining so that to cover the 36 states. If it is one truck per state, within under two years, we should be able to finish. So, I’m really excited that BUA too keyed into that,” the First Lady stated.