President Bola Tinubu underscored the Central Bank of Nigeria’s efforts to facilitate foreign companies repatriating profits, emphasizing the need for mutually beneficial partnerships yielding tangible gains for citizens. Speaking at the Nigeria-Netherlands Business and Investment Forum in The Hague, Tinubu urged exploring innovative collaboration avenues like partnerships, joint ventures, and strategic alliances to connect markets and facilitate the flow of goods, services, ideas, and people.
Highlighting Nigeria’s improved business environment through reforms such as cleaning up the foreign exchange market and removing fuel subsidies, Tinubu emphasized the administration’s commitment to making Nigeria an investor-friendly destination. He encouraged investors to leverage these opportunities for mutually rewarding economic partnerships while ensuring that partnerships prioritize citizens’ benefits.
Acknowledging the longstanding diplomatic ties between Nigeria and the Netherlands, Tinubu called for stronger bonds in diplomacy, commerce, innovation, and enterprise. He emphasized leveraging unique strengths and resources to drive economic development through collaboration, urging learning and sharing of experiences for mutual benefit.
Tinubu emphasized the importance of industrial value addition, agribusiness, innovative technology, green energy, marine economic expansion, and solid mineral exploitation and processing in driving sustainable development. He envisioned Nigeria-Netherlands relations setting a new foundation for robust economic ties, fostering prosperity for both nations.
