The debate over the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s comments on akara and kulikuli businesses has found its way into a university examination, as a question in a Second Semester 2025/2026 paper at the Prince Abubakar Audu University, Kogi State, tasked students with producing an advocacy advertisement copy around the theme.

The examination question, sighted by our correspondent after it was shared on Facebook by a page identified as Northern Nigeria on Saturday, was set for students of the Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, sitting the Advertising Copy Writing (MCM 214) paper.

Question one of the paper read in part, “The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has asked you to do an advocacy ad copy with the title, Beyond Akara and Kulikuli Empowerment, with the sole aim of encouraging Nigerian women and youths to embrace small-scale businesses.”

Students were then required to identify four factors to consider in writing the copy, mention three body copy styles, justify the most suitable style for the ad, and sketch the copy with images and text, altogether worth 30 marks out of the total obtainable in the section.

PUNCH reports that the First Lady had, in June, urged Nigerian women to embrace small-scale businesses such as frying akara, roasting corn and producing kulikuli, describing them as low-capital ventures that could be sustained with grants rather than loans, while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting of the Renewed Hope Initiative with wives of state governors in Abuja.

The remarks, however, triggered swift criticism on social media, with many Nigerians accusing her of trivialising the economic hardship facing citizens amid rising food prices, inflation and unemployment.

Tinubu later defended her comments, insisting the Federal Government’s empowerment programmes extended beyond akara sellers to include traders in tomatoes, pepper, vegetables and roasted plantain, while speaking at the inauguration of a hall at the Emir of Hadejia’s Palace in Jigawa State. She disclosed that the Federal Government had given N100m to the Jigawa State Government to empower 2,000 petty traders in the state, with each beneficiary to receive N50,000 to recapitalise their businesses.

The Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, also came to her defence, describing the backlash as a “performative circus of selective amnesia” and arguing that critics had ignored the scale of the Renewed Hope Initiative’s interventions across health, women’s empowerment and support for vulnerable groups.

Punch Credited

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Eight First Ladies and wives of ministers and heads of federal security agencies were on the roll call as First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, distributed 10,000 kits to midwives and nurses in the South East in Enugu on Monday.

Those in attendance at the event, which was held at the International Conference Centre, ICC, Enugu, were the wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Nana Shettima; wife of the Deputy President of the Senate, Hajiya Laila Barau; First Lady of Imo State, Barr. Chioma Uzodinma; Jm Hajiya Hadiza Umar Namadi of Jigawa State, Dr. Falmata Zulum of Borno State, Priscilla Otti of Abia State, Dr. Claudia Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, and Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun of Ogun State.

Others were the wife of the governor of Osun State, Mrs. Titilayo Adeleke and Dr. Gloria Diri of Bayelsa State, while Benue State was represented by the Special Advisor to the Governor on Women Affairs, Scholastica Ben-sor.

The event, according to Mrs. Tinubu, marked the last phase of a nationwide distribution of branded scrubs and 60,000 pairs of crocs across the six geopolitical zones to complement the ongoing nationwide training exercise for 120,000 frontline health workers by the Federal Government, of which 60,470 workers have already completed their training.

“Since the initial launch in January 2025, we have distributed 50,000 scrubs and 50,000 pairs of Crocs to five geopolitical zones—namely North Central, North East, North West, South-South and the South-West.

“The RHI recognises that the demands of the health profession require not only skill and compassion but also the right tools and kits to encourage our midwives as they serve others.

“I officially hand over this professional kits comprising 10,000 scrubs and 10,000 pairs of Crocs to the National Primary HealthCare Development Agency for onward distribution to our midwives in the South-East Zone,” she said

In addition, Mrs Tinubu announced a grant to support female petty traders in the state.

“In the spirit of today’s event, the Renewed Hope Initiative will be presenting an additional grant of ₦50 million to the First Lady of Enugu State, with the sum of ₦50,000 each to support 1,000 women petty traders in Enugu State to recapitalise their existing businesses,” she stated.

Speaking, the governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, commended Mrs. Tinubu’s efforts, stressing that the empowerment of the midwives represented sanitation, professionalism, respect, and renewed public trust in the nation’s healthcare institutions.

He said the state was ramping up the training of health workers to address the brain drain in the sector.

“In response to the brain drain that has strained our healthcare workforce, we have taken decisive steps. Key among these is the successful elevation of our School of Nursing to collegiate status.

“This means the Enugu State College of Nursing Sciences, with four campuses, has the capacity to graduate 3,000 nurses annually. This is not just a statistic. It is a strategy — a bold stride towards rebuilding the backbone of our healthcare system,” he stated.

In her remark, wife of Enugu State governor, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, commended the First Lady for her huge impact on the Nigerian society through the Renewed Hope Initiative.

“Renewed Hope Initiative has significantly impacted countless lives across our nation’s diverse geopolitical zones. Your noble endeavour has brought succour and hope to communities that have long yearned for such intervention. Here in Enugu State, we are profoundly grateful for the transformative outcomes of the Renewed Hope Initiative,” she said.

At another event, which held at the popular Michael Okpara Square, on the same day, the President’s wife, who was represented by wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Nana Shettima, distributed food items to the vulnerable members of the society.

Earlier in the day, the First Lady was at the House of Chiefs, Enugu State House of Assembly Complex, where she spoke about the Renewed Hope Initiative and canvassed national unity.

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By Amaechi Agbo

The management of the Delta State College of Nursing Sciences, Agbor has issued a query to a student Osato Edobor for posting “unauthorized” video of the visit of President Tinubu’s wife, Senator Remi Tinubu to the state on social media

A 53 seconds video surffaced on the Social Media this week showing when the nursing students were singing and rejecting the imposition of the President’s wife on them as their mother by the MC in a song

Sen Remi Tinubu visited the Delta State on Tuesday, March 25 as part of her awareness campaign for the Renewed Hope Initiative Health Programme and distribution of 10,000 professional Kits (Crocs and Scrubs) to midwives in each Geopolitical Zones of Nigeria South South region. The event held at the Dome Event Centre in Asaba, had the dtudents of Delta State College of Nursing Sciences invited.

The video which has gone viral on the social media, however, didn’t go down well with the management of the College who on March 27 issued a query to the student Miss Edobor giving her 24 hours to explain why she should not be punished for going against the College’s rules.

The query titled: Query for Divulging Unauthorized Online Publication/Video on Social Media TikTok, Facebook” and signed by the Provost, Evbodaghe Rita Ogonne, said that her action contravenes the rules of the College as enshrined in No 8, Page 21 of the Student Handbook.

The management subsequently directed her to explain within 24 hours in handwriting and three copies why disciplinary actions should not be taken against her.

Below is the content of the circular:

QUERY FOR DIVULGING UNAUTHORISED ONLINE PUBLICATION/VIDEO SOCIAL MEDIA (TIKTOK,FACEBOOK ETC.)

It has come to the notice of the school authority that you, Student Nurse Osato Edobor on the 25th of March, 2025 during official visit of the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON at Dome Event Center, Asaba for the Renewed Hope Initiative Health Programme and distribution of 10,000 Professional Kits (Crocs and Scrubs) to Midwives in each Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria South South Zone, was found to be engage in malicious act of recording/singing and posting unofficial response to song during the arrival of the First Lady (found on your Tiktok Page).

This is a punishable offence as enshrined in the Student Handbook under standardised disciplinary action for some punishable offences No.8, Page 21.

You are therefore requested to explain in writing in triplicate copies within 24hours of receipt of this letter why disciplinary action should not be taken against you for this act.

Evbodaghe Rita Ogonne(Mrs.)
Provost,
Delta State College of Nursing Sciences.

Attached are the Circular and the short video

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