{"id":243187,"date":"2026-06-21T19:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubus-mother-still-serves-nigeria-through-her-son-shettima\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:16:59","slug":"tinubus-mother-still-serves-nigeria-through-her-son-shettima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubus-mother-still-serves-nigeria-through-her-son-shettima\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTinubu\u2019s mother still serves Nigeria through her son\u201d \u2013 Shettima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima has said the late Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, mother of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, continues to serve Nigeria through the values and leadership qualities she instilled in her son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Shettima said this while representing <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>at the Annual Grand Prayer Session held in honour of the late Iyaloja-General of Nigeria at the National Mosque in Abuja on Sunday, June 21, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He described the president\u2019s late mother as a woman whose influence transcended her family and helped shape the nation\u2019s moral imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The revered market leader died on June 15, 2013, at the age of 96.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to Shettima, her leadership was measured not by noise but by \u201cthe lives she lifted and the institutions she strengthened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt should surprise no one that the son she raised carries the same fire into the highest office in our land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPresident Bola Ahmed <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>learned at her side that public life is a trust and that leadership is owed first to the ordinary and the unheard,\u201d Shettima said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Vice President highlighted the \u201clike mother, like son\u201d parallel, noting that the instincts for democracy, service to the common good, and standing up for citizens were kindled in the home where Alhaja Mogaji made service a daily example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cShe turned scattered effort into collective strength,\u201d he added, praising her decades of work empowering market women, protecting livelihoods, mediating disputes, and defending the weak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Shettima prayed for the repose of her soul and for comfort for President <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>and the entire family, asking Allah to make her legacy \u201can enduring source of good for this nation she loved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima has said the late Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, mother of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, continues to serve Nigeria through the values and leadership qualities she instilled in her son. 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