Senator Adams Oshiomhole has hailed US president Donald Trump’s praise for Nigeria’s first lady, Oluremi Tinubu, as a “respected woman” describing the development as a major diplomatic milestone for the country.
Trump’s remarks came at the annual interfaith gathering attended by global leaders, where the America lPresident singled out Mrs. Tinubu amid discussions on faith and international ties.
Oshiomhole said the pronouncement by the most powerful world President remains a significant
diplomatic milestone that underscores religious harmony and elevates Nigeria’s stature on the world stage.
The Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly stated this while speaking to journalists after a closed door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said he was at the Villa to greet Tinubu in the New Year after not seeing him since 2026.
“We saw how the world’s most powerful man, President Donald Trump of the United States of America, acknowledging not just the president of Nigeria First Lady, but describing her as a very respectable woman,
a very responsible woman, and a pastor of the largest church in Nigeria,” Oshiomhole said.
“This is worth celebrating,” the Oshiomhole said, noting Trump’s characteristically blunt style.
“I thought it’s important for us to say, Mr. President congratulations. Because, if it was the other way round, imagine what the opposition will be saying now.
“For Trump to see Nigeria’s First Lady is here, that she is a Christian pastor, a woman that commands respect.
Trump is very blunt. So, when you use those kind of words to describe our First Lady – as a Nigerian, I feel proud,” Owhiomhole said.
NewsQuest reports that Trump’s comments come amid renewed US-Nigeria engagement under Trump’s second term, over increasing levels of terrorists attacks and tbe narrative of Christiqn killings, with the praise framed as a subtle diplomatic nod to President Tinubu’s government, a Muslim, and his Christian wife.
“Trump understands that the Nigerian President is a Muslim, but he now celebrates the First Lady, a Christian wife who is also a pastor of the largest church in Nigeria,”Oshiomhole added.
“So there can be no tension between the Quran and the Bible.
“It’s a message to all Nigerians that we should work together as a people for the common good,” he stressed.
“If there are challenges, we face them collectively; if there are benefits, we share them equitably.”
