•The Story Of The Bond Between Them
Senator Remi Tinubu has become the beautiful bride that everyone especially many women want to curry her favour right now as she has been elevated to a much higher status- she is set to become the next First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because her husband, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has emerged the President Elect. With this you will expect to see legion of friends with her who will in one way or the other wants to follow her to the seat of power. One woman who needs no effort to get Senator Oluremi’s ears and eyes, or utmost attention is Sisi Abba Folawiyo.
If you mistakenly call them sisters, you will not be wrong because their sisterly closeness has spanned many years. Infact Senator Oluremi Tinubu finds confidence in Sisi Abba. If you know these 2 society women well, you will know they are extremely close. Senator Remi Tinubu’s sojourn in the social and political world has brought forth many allies who have become like family members to her, one of such is ageless beauty, Hajia Abba Folawiyo, the pretty wife of Baba Adinni of Nigeria, the Late Wahab Folawiyo.
At most of her private birthdays, many close friends rally round Senator Remi Tinubu, she is not one who has many friends all around, she chooses her friends. One person whom she doesn’t joke with is Hajia Abba Folawiyo. Unknown to many, Hajia Abba Folawiyo’s closeness to senator Remi Tinubu has gone beyond being societal one and has also passed just-attending each other’s events.
Senator Remi Tinubu has taken Sisi Abba as her elder sister and confidant for over 20 years. Senator Remi Tinubu shares a great bond with Sisi Abba and no doubt, she finds in Sisi Abba, a good sister, mentor and mother who shields her like a mother hen. Hajia Abba Folawiyo is one of the people she holds in high esteem and will forever be grateful to her for the motherly role she has played in her life for over 20 years.
With fashion icon, Abba Folawiyo and wife of President Elect, Senator Remi Tinubu, there can’t be any better definition of true closeness. They are like two bodies in one soul; and they, no doubt, understand the spirit and letter of sisterhood. Their closeness, to those who have been following their stories, has stood the test of time. And you won’t be exaggerating, if you describe it as sisters made in heaven.
In some sense, they have a unique way of appreciating each other. As proof of their abiding love, trust and understanding, Senator Remi Tinubu celebrated big with Sisi Abba when she turned 80 few months back..
When Hajia Abba Folawiyo turned 80, she had a very private but classy party in her palatial Folawiyo mansion and Senator Remi Tinubu was one of the special dignatries who was early at the event and gave her total support for Sisi Abba. In turn during Senator Remi or her husband, the president elect, Tinubu’s private birthdays, Sisi Abba is always a recurring decimal Infact in situations where there is no party, Sisi Abba will still felicitate the Tinubus and vice versa.
We can’t also take this closeness away from the fact that when Sisi Abba’s husband, Alhaji Iyanda Folawiyo was alive, he also shares a close affinity with the president elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, more reason this 2 are close. Folawiyo, famously called Sisi Abba, is a showstopper any time, any day. If you are not drawn to her commanding dress sense, you will be stopped in your track owing to her graceful steps. She will be 81 in few months.
On Remi’s part, when, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in precisely on May 29, 1999 as Governor, and his wife, Chief (Mrs) Oluremi Tinubu, in tow, became the First Lady of Lagos State, the Centre of Excellence. While the diamond shines in the sun, Senator (Mrs) Oluremi Tinubu typifies Diamond Plus 1, as she is aging gracefully at 61.
An achiever of no mean repute, Oluremi typifies the legendary wife-woman who stands in the gap for her husband,As a woman with the milk of human kindness, she promptly complemented her husband by establishing New Era Foundation.
Her far-reaching contributions to humanity in Lagos indubitably resonated in the quest of political leaders from her Lagos Central Senatorial District, who reportedly pleaded that she should go to the Senate and be their advocate in Abuja.Thus, she was elected into the eight National Assembly as Senator in 2015, on the platform of Action Congress (AC). Satisfied by her performance, Senator Tinubu was re-elected by her district in 2019 on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC).
At the Senate, where she has served for close to seven years now, Mrs Tinubu regaled political observers with robust contributions such as the call for the creation of state police as a way of curtailing rising insecurity in the country. Also, she championed the cause for the demand of ‘special status’ for Lagos State. Her voice in this regard has inspired other groups and individuals joining the call on the federal government to accord Lagos its deserving ‘special status.’
In recognition of her political and cheer-giving sagacity, Oluremi Tinubu, has bagged several honours as confirmation of society’s appreciation of her good works. Some of the garlands bedecking her neck are: national award of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON); Member, Board of Trustees of Kings’ University, Ode-Omu; Ghana Noble International Award for Leadership (2004), and Gambian Diamond Award for Immense Contribution to the Emancipation of People from Poverty (2005).
Besides, she is a Grand Matron of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO). As a devout Christian, Oluremi is married to Bola Tinubu who is also a devout Muslim and the couple thus sends a signal to Nigerians on the inviolability of religious tolerance in a multi-religious Nigerian society.Impressed by this senator’s commitment to the service of God, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) elevated her to the position of a Cleric.She was way back in 2018 ordained Pastor of the RCCG at a well attended ceremony at the Church’s Redemption Camp on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Born in 1960, Oluremi Tinubu was the youngest in the family of 12 children, and she grew up in present-day Ogun State. She attended Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State where she obtained her school-leaving certificate.
She also proceeded to obtain a Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of Ife in Osun State and then later topped it up with a National Certificate of Education in Botany and Zoology at the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, in Ondo State.
At the level of the ecclesiastic too, Senator (Pastor) Oluremi Tinubu bagged a Post-graduate Diploma in Theology from RCCG’s Bible College, in 2010. The closeness between these 2 is not stopping now as we should be seeing more of Sisi Abba close to the seat of power when Senator Remi Tinubu becomes the next first lady in few weeks.
-TAYO OYEDIJI
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