By Aishat Bakare
Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s first lady, today said the Oluremi Tinubu foundation funds for the construction of the National Library has received a total of N20.4b as at date.
The First Lady disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing State House Journalists, at the banquet hall of the presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking on why she embarked on the project, Tinubu disclosed that she sat on the committee of Education for 12 years and the Library was not on the table under the envelope budget system adopted by Nigeria.
The library which was started during former President Shehu Shagari, was abandoned along the way.
The First Lady, who went on a memory lane, noted how she previously raised N50m on 44th birthday and N200m on her 50th birthday, to support various projects impacting on the poor, including Sickle Cell disease.
She drew attention to the previous efforts made to help a schools in far away Liberia as part of her philanthropic activities.
Quoting from the book of Isaiah 58 and verse 6, declared that her dream of the Nigeria is to see a nation that attracts people from all other parts of the globe.
