Controversial Nigerian singer Portable has defended comments made by Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, encouraging unemployed women to consider starting small-scale businesses.
Speaking on The Honest Bunch Podcast, Portable said the First Lady’s remarks had been widely misunderstood, insisting there is nothing wrong with earning a living through petty trading.
According to the singer, many successful Nigerians were raised by parents who supported their families through small businesses such as selling pepper, roasted corn and other everyday items.
He also argued that small-scale businesses can be highly profitable, recalling his encounter with a corn seller driving a luxury car.
“Nigerians misunderstood what Remi Tinubu meant. If you look at many wealthy people in this country, their mothers trained them by selling pepper and roasted corn. When I went to London, I even saw someone selling corn while using a Benz,” Portable said.
