Oluremi Shade Tinubu

Senator Oluremi Shade Tinubu, currently representing Lagos Central in the Senate is 56 years old and was raised in Ogun State. She received a B.Sc. in Education from the University of Ife and a National Certificate of Education in Botany and Zoology from the Adeyemi College of Education. She was introduced to the public scene as First Lady of Lagos State (1999-2007).

As the first lady, she established the New Era Foundation, dedicated to establishing centers for “all round development of young ones and to promote public awareness on environmental health and community service.” As a result of her philanthropic nature, she has made tremendous impact in the lives of girls and women in her constituency. An example of one of her projects is the Alternative High School for Girls. This school helps young girls who dropped out of school due to early pregnancy, to complete their high school education.

As a senator, Oluremi Tinubu has sponsored three bills to: provide social security for elderly citizens; amend the labour act, and provide Special Economic Assistance to Lagos State in view of its status as a former capital city and the commercial capital of Nigeria. To show her commitment to her constituents, she hosts a quarterly town hall meeting to render accounts of her stewardship and obtain feed-back on their developmental needs.

Quotable quote: “I think this Senate has an agenda, and that’s to give the people what they want. Let us go back to our constituencies, and look at the needs of the common man.”