Shettima Lauds Tinubu’s Political Will in Driving Economic Reforms

Shettima Lauds Tinubu’s Political Will in Driving Economic Reforms
Highlighted the President’s recent trip to Brazil, which produced five MOUs
Urged NES to provide practical solutions to Nigeria’s economic challenges

Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated President Bola Tinubu’s determination to diversify Nigeria’s economy, describing him as a leader with the political will to take bold and decisive steps.

Eko Hot Blog reports that Shettima made the remarks at the Presidential Villa on Thursday while receiving a delegation from the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) led by its president, Prof. Adeola Adenikinju.

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He highlighted the President’s recent trip to Brazil, which produced five memoranda of understanding in aviation, foreign affairs, science and technology, and agriculture, as evidence of deliberate efforts to expand the country’s economic base.

“In President Tinubu, you have an ally and a friend who understands business and commerce, who knows the economic terrain, and, most importantly, who has the political courage to act,” Shettima said.

The vice president urged the NES to provide practical solutions to Nigeria’s economic challenges, assuring them that the Tinubu administration was open to their ideas.

Responding, Adenikinju commended the government’s economic reforms as bold and result-oriented.

He pledged the society’s support, called for the revival of the Economic Intelligence Unit in the Presidency to strengthen evidence-based policymaking, and announced that Shettima would be conferred with the highest honour of the society, Fellow of the Nigerian Economic Society (FNES), during its national conference in Abuja on September 9.

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