The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Sunday evening said President Bola Tinubu is committed to a better Nigeria.
He stated this while speaking after his visit to the president at his Queen’s Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos, during which he briefed the president on his recent trip to Kazakhstan.
Ooni Ogunwusi said the President Tinubu led administration is opening Nigeria to foreign investors by virtue of what he has done in terms of policies and reforms.
“The good thing is that Tinubu is opening Nigeria to foreign investors that were hitherto so scared and unwilling to do business with Nigeria. And I think we traditional rulers should capitalise on this opportunity by going outside Nigeria to attract foreign direct investments to our country, complementing efforts of Mr President who has made lots of audacious progressive economic policies which has now opened our economy to so many developed countries around the world who were hitherto scared and unwilling to invest in Nigeria.
“The world is watching us as a nation and we don’t need to leave everything to the government. We traditional rulers should lead by example by working to complement government and give hope to our youth.
“Here is another testimony to the youth as so many companies are coming to Nigeria to open businesses which will create massive employment opportunities for the Nigerian youth.
“I just came back from a strategic trip to Kazakhstan where I went to showcase business and economic potentials of Africa- Nigeria in particular. In my speech, I asked the business community in Kazakhstan to come and invest in our country Nigeria and that of the entire Africa.
“So, I needed to come and brief Mr President because he is also being expected to visit Kazakhstan before September this year. The hope is actually real and I am so proud of our president for these reforms.”
Ooni Ogunwusi stated further that: “Kazakhstan is the largest economy in the Central Asia with very large land for farming. They have huge production for chocolate while Nigeria has cocoa raw materials for chocolate. It is a country between China and Russia and they are very similar to us in the areas of natural resources. They have oil and gas and they manufacture armoured vehicles and other war artillery equipments needed to combat our insecurity.”