{"id":20640,"date":"2024-02-23T08:45:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T08:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=20640"},"modified":"2024-02-23T08:45:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T08:45:53","slug":"tinubu-stands-firm-on-reforms-despite-initial-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/02\/23\/tinubu-stands-firm-on-reforms-despite-initial-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Stands Firm on Reforms Despite Initial Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, reiterated his commitment to economic reforms aimed at fostering business growth and creating investment opportunities to support Nigeria&#8217;s growing population. Speaking to a delegation from the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) led by Florizelle Liser in Abuja, Tinubu expressed a &#8220;can-do attitude&#8221; and emphasized the need to remain focused to achieve the set goals amid challenges.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging the challenging stage of ongoing reforms, Tinubu affirmed his dedication to Nigeria&#8217;s economic growth and stability, stating that he won&#8217;t relent until his vision for the country is realized. He emphasized creating an enabling environment for business, with a focus on key sectors like agriculture, solid minerals, energy, health, infrastructure, trade, finance, digital enterprise, and the creative economy to ensure citizen welfare and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu commended the recent landing of a 45,000-kilometer submarine fiber optic cable in Akwa Ibom State, enhancing connectivity for the entire South-South region with Europe and other parts of Africa. He highlighted the significance of this achievement, expressing confidence that, with the right policies and partnerships, Nigeria can overcome long-standing developmental challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to his prior experience in corporate governance and interactions with CCA during his tenure as Lagos State governor, Tinubu welcomed the Council&#8217;s interest in various segments of Nigeria&#8217;s economy. He emphasized plans to focus on security and education, considering education as a potent weapon against poverty. Tinubu welcomed partnerships with organizations like CCA to strengthen collaboration and achieve shared goals.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Florizelle Liser, CCA&#8217;s President and CEO, expressed the Council&#8217;s commitment to supporting Nigeria&#8217;s economic growth through the priority areas outlined by Tinubu&#8217;s administration. She invited Tinubu to participate in CCA&#8217;s US-Africa Business Summit in May and urged him to consider CCA as a partner in enhancing USA-Nigeria trade, business, and investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, reiterated his commitment to economic reforms aimed at fostering business growth and creating investment opportunities to support Nigeria&#8217;s growing population. Speaking to a delegation from the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) led by Florizelle Liser in Abuja, Tinubu expressed a &#8220;can-do attitude&#8221; and emphasized the need to remain focused to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-20640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20640"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20650,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20640\/revisions\/20650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}