BREAKING: Tinubu Departs Nigeria For Europe, 2 Things Top President-Elect's Agenda

BREAKING: Tinubu Departs Nigeria For Europe, 2 Things Top President-Elect's Agenda

  • Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has again travelled out of Nigeria to Europe, listing 2 top of his agenda for the new trip
  • In a statement from the office of the president, Tinubu will fine-tune his transition plans with some of his key aides and engage the European business community on the readiness of Nigeria to accommodate them
  • However, the statement did not mention the countries that the president-elect would be touching in Europe, neither does it reveals when he would return to Nigeria

Ikoyi, Lagos - Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has again departed the country for Europe on Wednesday, May 10.

This was disclosed in a statement from the office of the president-elect on Wednesday, signed by Tunde Rahman and sighted by Legit.ng.

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Tinubu jects out of Nigeria for Europe for 2 things Photo Credit: Bayo Onanuga
Source: Twitter

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According to the statement, Tinubu's visit to Europe is premised on 2 main agendas, which are to fine-tune his transition plans and programme and to meet some investors.

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It was revealed in the statement that Tinubu would discuss his transition plans with some of his key aides while in Europe without unnecessary distractions and pressure.

The president-elect was also scheduled to engage some investors and other key associates in order for him to market the opportunities in the country and to explain the readiness of his administration to provide an environment that is business-friendly by putting proper policies and regulations in place.

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It was also revealed that the president-elect had been meeting with some key stakeholders in the European business community in the area of agriculture, tech and energy, as well as manufacturing.

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The office of the president-elect then expressed optimism in being able to convince the European business community about Nigeria's readiness to welcome them.

The statement reads in part:

"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."

See the tweet here:

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Legit.ng earlier reported that the tribunal hearing the presidential election petition against Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, had struck out the suit of the APP against the APC and its candidate.

Obed Agu, counsel to the APP, had earlier withdrawn the case against Tinubu, stating that he was acting on the instruction of his client.

The APP was challenging the outcome of the poll on the ground that the electoral law was not fully complied with and the INEC guidelines as well.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng