My family has been blessed by God, we do not need Nigeria’s wealth to survive

The wife of the president-elect, Remi Tinubu, on Sunday, May 28, said that her family has been blessed by God.

Tinubu noted that her family does not need the wealth of Nigeria to survive.

The outgoing senator representing Lagos Central in the 9th national assembly made this known while speaking at the 2023 presidential inauguration interdenominational church service at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, on Sunday.

Tinubu said that the wealth of Nigeria belongs to all, adding that the nation’s resources will be used for the right thing.

She asked Nigerians for prayers as they would need the grace of God to live up to the expectations of Nigerians.

The wife of the president-elect said that, “God has been merciful to us. I can tell you that we never believed this could happen.

“But we thank God for giving us hope, for giving us the resilience to continue in the race of life.

“Asiwaju Tinubu is 71 years old and I will be 63 soon. I bet I will be one of the oldest first ladies Nigeria would have.

“We need the grace of God and we need everyone to do what Nigerians are expecting.

“Today, God has really proved himself as He did on the night of the party’s primary and put He has put His seal on it.

“Because, when I saw the votes count to be 1,271 that night, I knew that God was with us.

“I was humbled to my rock bottom, and to believe that this is the seventh consecutive democratic transition Nigeria will be experiencing shows that this is a time of perfection for Nigeria.

“Perfection in the sense that, in the word of God, I remember for over two years we have been praying in our churches, according to Isaiah 43:18-19, that we should not remember the former things, that God is going to do a new thing.

“A new thing came and we still kept arguing with God. Who can argue with his maker? No one.

“Today we have heard in Psalm 133:1-3. Except there is unity, lessons cannot flow down.

“This is the time for Nigerians to come together, for us to be renewed in our hope again.

“To hope in Nigeria as our young children have sung here today. They are expecting the best for Nigeria.

“Nigeria’s wealth is the commonwealth of all. It belongs to everyone.

“God has blessed my family already. We don’t need the wealth of Nigeria to survive.

“And I promise you on this altar, that with your help, with the help of God, who will set this nation on the right path,” she added.

The church service was also attended by the outgoing vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, former head of state, Yakubu Gowon, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, and senator-elect, Godswill Akpabio, among other dignitaries.