Tinubu's Daughter Talks About Her Dad

Tinubu and daughter, Folashade

Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo is the Iyaloja General and daughter of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. She talks about her father and her office with GBENGA ADENIJI

What kind of a man is your father, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu?

My father is a disciplinarian. That is why it is not right for people to keep saying, ‘Tinubu’s daughter did this, Tinubu’s daughter did that.’ I have a name and an office. My father is a politician and what he does as a politician is different from what I do as a market leader. I am not his only child and none of us can go out of his or her way to step on people’s toes because of who our father is. He will never take such from any of his children.

 Can you recall anytime he punished you for wrongdoing?

It happened many times when I was growing up. I wonder how a child can escape the discipline of his parents. It is not possible. It is necessary to put a child right in order for him or her to become responsible.

 How do you feel being a daughter to Tinubu?       

I feel really great and I thank God for giving me such a father.

 What values did you imbibe from your father?

My father has many endearing values which I have imbibed. He is disciplined. He loves openness. He is an honest man. Besides, he has an unbiased judgment regarding issues. All these I have learnt from him and I continue to exhibit them in the course of my dealings and interactions with people regardless of sex, age, status and religion.

 How has your father’s name opened doors for you?

Before I became Iyaloja General, if I have been using my father’s name to seek favours, you would have known me one way or the other. I don’t live under the shadow of my father. I thank God for everything He has done for me. I thank God that he is my father.  He is my biological father. But it is not that I do things because of who my father is.