Remi Tinubu: I Want To Leave Aso Rock In 2031

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has expressed the desire to leave the Presidential Villa in Abuja by 2031.

She said this at the inauguration of the Abuja headquarters of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement.

The movement is a grassroots mobilisation group campaigning for the president’s return to office in 2027.

“I want to leave Aso Rock, in 2031, by the grace of God, and enter a Nigeria that me as a 70-something-year-old woman will enjoy,” she said.

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Mrs Tinubu cited “improvements” in the country’s airports as evidence of progress.

She said she wanted to be able to travel more conveniently.

“I want to get to the airport. I want to travel, you know, so quickly. And you can see our airports too are changing,” she said.

At the event, the First Lady commissioned the movement’s Abuja headquarters and dedicated the facility to the president’s anticipated victory in the 2027 election.

“So to the glory of God, and for the victory of Mr President come 2027, I hereby formally commission the PBAT door-to-door movement campaign headquarters Abuja,” she said.

Mrs Tinubu also expressed support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, the movement’s convener.

Daily Trust reports that her remarks reflect a pattern of public defence of her husband’s leadership that predates his presidency and has continued amid mounting debate over the impact of his policies.

In October 2022, while Tinubu was seeking the presidency, the then Lagos Central senator expressed confidence that his experience in Lagos would help him address Nigeria’s problems.

“Don’t worry, we (Tinubu’s administration) will fix it, that’s all I can tell you,” she said in an interview with AIT.

She argued that the foundations laid in Lagos could guide his plans for the country.

After he assumed office in May 2023, she urged Nigerians to be patient, saying her husband could not resolve the country’s problems instantly.

At an Independence Day church service in October 2023, she said the administration had inherited longstanding challenges and was committed to addressing them rather than blaming previous governments.

“My husband is not a magician. He is going to work and I believe and hope that we will have peace in this country. The best is yet to come to us,” she said.

As economic difficulties persisted, Mrs Tinubu continued to defend the administration’s approach.

In February 2024, she described the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as temporary and expressed hope that conditions would improve.

Eight months later, she rejected the suggestion that her husband was responsible for the economic hardship.

And said the government was trying to secure the country’s future.

“We are just 18 months into our administration, we are not the cause of the current situation, we are trying to fix it and secure the future,” she said in October 2024 during a visit to the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.

Her latest comments come as political mobilisation gathers pace ahead of the 2027 general election.

In January 2026, she described her husband as “the architect of modern Nigeria” in a social media post that attracted mixed reactions, including criticism from Nigerians who questioned the administration’s record.

In September, she appealed to voters in the South-East to support Tinubu’s re-election, telling a women’s empowerment gathering in Imo State: “Make una vote for Mr President, we go work for una and Nigeria go better.”