TINUBU DENIES 2015 GOV AMBITION

The Senator representing Lagos Central in the
National Assembly, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, has denied nursing an ambition to become
the governor of Lagos State in 2015.

Tinubu, who spoke on Saturday at a press briefing
on her ‘Two years of representation at the Senate’, said governing Lagos State
was not for the “tender-hearted”.

The senator is the wife of former governor of the
state, Bola Tinubu.

She said, “Truly, it is never my ambition to run
for the governor of Lagos State.  My husband did it for eight years and I
was not an outsider to it. It is not a job for the tender hearted. It is a lot
of work to govern Lagos. I don’t think I have the strength to govern the
present state of Lagos.

“There is still a lot of work to be done for
Lagos; it’s not a child’s play. I don’t have such ambition. Maybe, I can be the
Vice-President, not the governor.”

She said her primary concern was to ensure that
the poverty in society and the rot in the system was reduced.

She said, “My concern is for the young and the
old. What kind of Nigeria do we want to leave for the younger ones? A good
parent will always want leave an inheritance for the children. What kind of inheritance
or legacy do we want to leave for our children?”

This, she said, was the motivation behind the two
bills she sponsored, with one of them seeking social security for the elderly
and the other seeking to expunge part of the Labour Act that prevents women
from taking certain jobs.

Tinubu said both bills had passed through second
reading at the Senate, adding that she was working with other Lagos State
senators to achieve a special status for the state.

She added, “On my part, I have sponsored two
bills aimed at providing social security for Nigeria’s elderly citizens and
amending sections of the Labour Act, which restricts employment opportunities
for women all of which have passed the second reading.

“I am currently working with other senators on a
third bill aimed at providing special economic assistance to Lagos.”