Tinubu departs Nigeria to hunt for European investors

Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu on Wednesday departed the country for Europe to hunt investors. A statement from his media office said he would equally use the period to fine-tune his plans, programmes and policy options. It adds that already “meetings with multi-sectoral actors in Europe’s business community including manufacturing, agriculture, tech and energy have been lined up.”

The statement further says Tinubu “hopes to convince them of Nigeria’s readiness to do business under his leadership through mutually-beneficial partnerships premised on jobs creation and skills acquisition.”

“Reviving the country’s economy forms a major plank of Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda and 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.”

Tinubu had recently returned to the country after visiting France, London, and later, Saudi Arabia.