‘I want to leave Aso Rock in 2031 to a Nigeria I can enjoy’ — Remi Tinubu
“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. The post ‘I want to leave Aso Rock in 2031 to a Nigeria I can enjoy’ — Remi…
Aso Rock, the seat of Nigeria's presidency in Abuja, is often used as shorthand for the presidential villa and, by extension, the administration in power. President Bola Tinubu was sworn in in 2023 for a four-year term, with 2027 marking the end of a first term and 2031 the end of a potential second term, a timeline Nigerian politicians and their spouses frequently reference when speaking about their legacy in office.
The First Lady's comments were made at the inauguration of the Abuja headquarters of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, a grassroots initiative associated with the Tinubu administration. Both outlets quote her expressing hope to depart the villa in 2031 having left Nigeria better off, though neither report provides further detail on the movement's structure, funding, or specific policy goals, nor on what concrete improvements she expects to see by then.