Shettima honours Tinubu’s late mother, says her legacy continues to shape Nigeria

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday paid tribute to the late Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, mother of President Bola Tinubu, describing her as a woman whose values and commitment to service continue to influence Nigeria through the leadership of her son.

Speaking at the Annual Grand Prayer Session held in her honour at the National Mosque in Abuja, Shettima, who represented the President, said the late Iyaloja-General of Nigeria left behind a legacy that would continue to inspire future generations.

“It should surprise no one, then, that the son she raised carries the same fire into the highest office in our land,” the Vice President said.

According to him, President Tinubu learned from his mother that “public life is a trust and that leadership is owed first to the ordinary and the unheard.”

“She shaped a leader, and through that leader her values now serve the whole of Nigeria,” Shettima added.

The Vice President described the late Mogaji as a leader whose influence was reflected in the lives she touched and the institutions she strengthened rather than in public acclaim.

He said she devoted much of her life to the welfare of traders and market women, helping to organise and empower them while ensuring their voices were heard.

“She turned scattered effort into collective strength, and she taught a generation of market women that their work mattered, that their voices carried weight, and that their toil deserved respect,” he said.