President Tinubu’ll Push For DFI With World Leaders In France

President Tinubu’ll Push For DFI With World Leaders In France

-Alake Presidential Spokesman 

President Bola Tinubu, will among other things, push for foreign direct investments in his scheduled meetings at the ongoing New Global Financing Pact Summit in Paris, France, his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, Mr Dele Alake, has said.

In another breath, Vice President Kashim Shettima, has called for stronger relations between Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) given the long standing historical antecedents, business activities and shared interests between the two countries.

Shettima made the call yesterday while receiving in audience, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Montgomery at the State House, Abuja.

Montgomery, on his part, lauded the long standing relationship and cooperation with Nigeria especially in areas of trade and investment, security and defence, digital technology, education and also commended the new administration’s proactive economic policies especially the reforms.

He also spoke on the visa restrictions for dependents, saying such restrictions were not exclusive to Nigeria, which constitutes over 10% of the visitors coming into the country.

Already, no fewer than three world leaders and some global financial institutions had indicated interest in discussing partnership with the Nigerian president at the summit in Paris.

This is in view of Nigeria’s economy showing signs of improvement, following some of the recent policy steps taken to restructure the system by the new government.

Tinubu had arrived in Paris, France, Tuesday evening to participate in the New Global Financial Pact Summit, holding at Palais Brongniart from June 22 to 23, 2023.

Speaking on the president’s itinerary after he had received briefings from members of his delegation, Alake, said the president would be pushing for foreign direct investments in the scheduled meetings, among other things.

According to him, leaders from the United States of America