No fewer than 18 days to inauguration, the President-elect of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has headed for Europe to engage investors.
In what he termed ‘working visit’, Tinubu is expected to attract the Europe’s business community to invest more in Nigeria during his administration.
Tinubu will be sworn-in on May 29, 2023, as the 16th President of Nigeria to succeed the incumbent Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement signed by Tunde Rahman, from the office of the President-elect, Tinubu will use the opportunity of the trip to ‘finetune the transition plans and programmes, and his policy options with some of his key aides without unnecessary pressures and distractions.’
A part of the statement reads: “During the visit, the President-elect will engage with investors and other key allies with the goal of marketing investment opportunities in the country and his administration’s readiness to enable a business-friendly climate through policies and regulations.”
Tinubu will meet with multi-sectoral actors in Europe’s business community including manufacturing, agriculture, tech and energy.
With this visit, the President-elect hopes to convince the business community to do business with Nigeria under his administration. He has a focus on jobs creation and skills acquisition.
Nigeria have faced series of hard times, ranging from cash crunch, fuel scarcity to insecurity. But Tinubu’s visit to Europe is said to have a reviving plan on the country’s economy.
“… the meeting is part of his efforts to re-establish Nigeria’s importance in the global economic chain and create empowering opportunities for the country’s huge youth population.”
“The President-elect has hitherto promised to hit the ground running and the visit is reflective of his commitment to the promise as he has already begun talks with global actors in the important areas of the economy and security,” the statement partly reads.
The president-elect is expected to return to Nigeria ahead of the inauguration ceremony.