{"id":3568,"date":"2026-07-13T15:43:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3568"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:43:34","slug":"oluremi-tinubu-urges-burna-boy-davido-others-to-help-poor-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3568","title":{"rendered":"Oluremi Tinubu urges Burna Boy, Davido others to help poor Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria\u2019s First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has called on Afrobeats superstars Burna Boy, Davido and Asake to lend a helping hand to the people in Nigeria through foundations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said that Nigeria has an abundance of wealthy people and called on them to offer assistance to those in need, as \u201cthe burden on the government is huge\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Burna Boy - Higher [Official Music Video]\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eKzmRnetw-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNigeria is a great country. We have a lot of wealthy people. But our priorities are different. And I think it\u2019s high time we started helping those who need help in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to appeal to our young ones in the entertainment industry. I\u2019ve mentioned it before, and I will use Akon, a music icon who does a lot of great charity work,\u201d Mrs. Tinubu said in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Saturday, where she launched the national community food bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Burna Boys of this world, Asake, all of them, Davido. We want to see you with one foundation or the other, helping the poor with your money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGood cars are good; a Maybach is good. Rolls-Royce is good, but still you can still help. The burden on the government is huge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can still help. There are pepper sellers. There are vegetable sellers. There are okra sellers, melon sellers, akara kulikuli. Ankara is delicious. I can tell you that,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first lady also urged Nigerians not to look down on legitimate means of eking out a living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd there was once I read an article about a young graduate who said he didn\u2019t get a job. And he said he sells Zakara because he couldn\u2019t get a job and he\u2019s in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe approached him, but I didn\u2019t put my name to it. We equipped him more. He now has 12 workers working under him, and he\u2019s doing very, very well. So our people should never despise jobs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on empowerment programmes in Kogi, Tinubu announced the donation of \u20a6100,000 to empower another 2,000 petty traders in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also commended the beneficiaries for their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday in that same spirit, the Renewed Hope Initiative has donated \u20a6100 million to the First Lady of Kogi State and RHI coordinator to empower another 2,000 petty traders in Kogi State with the sum of \u20a650,000 each to recapitalise their existing businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd I\u2019m glad that the women who are beneficiaries, they got the idea because I saw them bringing their tray of different food items, very small items, to welcome me today, and I think the message is quite received no matter how people want to turn it around,\u201d Mrs. Tinubu added. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2026\/07\/11\/oluremi-tinubu-urges-burna-boy-davido-others-to-help-poor-nigerians\/\">(Channels)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has called on Afrobeats superstars Burna Boy, Davido and Asake to lend a helping hand to the people in Nigeria through foundations. 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