
President Bola Tinubu made a playful remark on Thursday by calling his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, ‘Iya Alakara’, which translates to the woman selling akara, a local delicacy. This comment comes in light of the controversy surrounding his wife's proposal to provide grants for women to sell akara and kulikuli, another local snack.
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