Tinubu's renewed hope: See details of meeting between Nigeria's President, Qatar's top minister

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met today, Friday, May 9, with the curate of authorities astatine Qatar's ministry of overseas affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh AlKhulaifi
• Discussions during the gathering centered connected bully relations betwixt the 2 countries and means to enactment and heighten each other
• The 2 sides discussed the latest developments successful Africa, successful summation to a big of topics of communal interest

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering nationalist affairs and governance.

FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu connected Friday, May 9, welcomed caller initiatives by Qatari investors to research opportunities successful the cultivation assemblage and assured that Nigeria remains unfastened to strategical partnerships.

As relayed by Bayo Onanuga, 1 of the statesmanlike spokespersons, President Tinubu gave the assurance astatine the State House portion receiving Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, a peculiar envoy from the Amir of the State of Qatar.

Tinubu's delegation receives Qatar’s peculiar envoy, curate of authorities for overseas affairs, DMohamed Bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, successful Abuja. Photo credit: @aonanuga1956
Source: Twitter

The connection by Onanuga said Al-Khulaifi, Qatar's curate of authorities for overseas affairs, conveyed Amir's beardown involvement successful expanding bilateral cooperation, announcing that a high-level Qatari concern delegation volition sojourn Nigeria successful the coming weeks to research opportunities successful agriculture, nutrient security, and different captious sectors.

The connection added that President Tinubu emphasised Nigeria's readiness to physique connected the momentum generated by his authorities sojourn to Qatar successful 2024, pledging to instrumentality each bilateral agreements betwixt the 2 countries.

Legit.ng reports that Tinubu's medication is moving towards actualising a 'Renewed Hope' agenda, which the incumbent government's supporters person said focuses connected improving the economy, and processing indispensable infrastructure, including roads, railways, and powerfulness supply.

More connected Tinubu's gathering with Qatar's rep

Furthermore, Tinubu directed the curate of fund and economical planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; the curate of accusation and nationalist orientation, Mohammed Idris; and the curate of overseas affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, to enactment unneurotic to guarantee the timely execution of these agreements.

He said:

"To each the members of the delegation, I privation to accidental a large convey you for coming to Nigeria. We are grateful to God for what we person experienced arsenic partners successful progress. I americium besides gladsome that the Amir of Qatar greatly remembers the issues discussed during my sojourn past year."Let maine commend the brotherly relations betwixt Qatar and Nigeria. The Ambassador knows that I instrumentality Qatar precise seriously. We are consenting to spell further successful our bilateral relations."

President Tinubu expresses Nigeria's readiness to collaborate with Qatar. Photo credit: @HMMohammedIdris
Source: Twitter

Tinubu stated that the Qatari authorities had demonstrated maturity and foresight successful moving for planetary bid and deserves commendation.

President Tinubu said:

"I americium arrogant of your efforts to bring bid and stableness to the world. I spot your efforts successful quality development, peace, and prosperity. Like you, we are sandwiched betwixt the situation of coercion and helping our neighbours. We are conscious of who is our person and those helping america to ameliorate the problems."

Hardship: Tinubu comments connected ongoing 'reforms'

President Tinubu besides noted ongoing reforms to streamline the federal government of Nigeria's taxation system, making it easier for overseas investors to bash concern successful the country. His stance comes amid hardship experienced by galore Nigerians.

His words:

"We are making efforts to betterment our taxation system. Going by experiences of the past and the request to depart from aged ways, our reforms person been hard. I made pugnacious decisions truthful that we could grow. We are gradually seeing the airy astatine the extremity of the tunnel."You can't find a amended spouse than Nigeria. I ever travel the planetary issues and your efforts. You person to bash much successful Nigeria to assistance combat poorness successful the humanitarian area. You person done good successful processing a knowledge-based system successful Qatar, but what astir Nigeria?"

The president said Nigeria's concern with Qatar can beryllium improved by looking into nutrient sovereignty and economical prosperity.

He added:

"We are doing good arsenic overmuch arsenic we tin arsenic the person successful Africa. We privation to proceed to beforehand bully relations with you. We are acceptable to bash immoderate we tin bash from here. We subscribe to bid efforts by your government. There tin beryllium nary improvement without peace."

Qatar acceptable to spouse with Nigeria

Al-Khulaifi conveyed the Amir's tendency to fortify the strategical concern with Nigeria, peculiarly successful peace-building, agriculture, and petrochemicals. He expressed pridefulness successful the existent level of relations and looked guardant to expanding some government-to-government and people-to-people ties.

He said:

"We are arrogant of the level of relations we person reached with Nigeria. I americium precise impressed with our concern with the country, which is not conscionable authorities to authorities but besides radical to people."Our Ambassador has been pursuing up with the projects. We person overmuch to bash unneurotic successful agriculture, food, and petrochemicals. We person immoderate companies telling america that we should make a mode for them to travel into Nigeria."

Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, whose responsibilities see mediating bid successful Africa and the middle-east, said immoderate Qatari companies volition sojourn Nigeria to sermon concern opportunities successful agriculture.

Al-Khulaifi added:

"The connection I person from His Highness, Amir of Qatar, is that helium wants Nigeria to beryllium a strategical spouse successful Africa."

Tinubu meets apical US authoritative successful France

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu held a meeting with the United States (US) State Department's elder advisor, Massad Boulos successful Paris, France.

The US Mission Nigeria shared the update via its verified X (formerly known arsenic Twitter) leafage with accompanying pictures of Messrs Tinubu and Boulos.

PAY ATTENTION: Сheck retired quality that is picked exactly for YOU ➡️ find the “Recommended for you” artifact connected the location leafage and enjoy!

Source: Legit.ng