President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Centre has stirred fresh reactions after sharing an AI-generated image depicting First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, frying and selling akara, days after her remarks about small-scale businesses sparked widespread criticism.
The image, posted on Friday, portrays the First Lady operating a roadside akara stand while wearing an apron with the inscription, “Iya Alakara, fueling the nation with love.”
The post came shortly after Mrs Tinubu suggested in an interview that businesses such as frying akara, roasting corn and producing kuli kuli require relatively little capital to start.
According to her, the Federal Government was supporting such ventures through grants rather than loans to help improve the livelihoods of Nigerians.
“We’re trying to give hope, and to start akara business doesn’t take a lot of money. To start roasting corn, or somebody even said kuli kuli doesn’t take much. We didn’t give them a loan; we gave it to them as a grant,” she had said.
