Nigerians Should Trust President Tinubu – Akinremi

The Director of Economy, Trade, and Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bolaji Akinremi, has advised Nigerians to have confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s government.

Bolaji Akinremi said the foreign exchange and fuel subsidy removal announced by the President when he took office was necessary for the economy to grow.

In an interview with Arise News on Monday, Akinremi noted that President Tinubu understood the need for a strong policy that would put the country on the path to economic growth.

He said Tinubu composed the right economic team the country needed to implement the road map to economic prosperity for the country.

“We have the man who knows the way, sitting at the back of the steering, and we should have confidence in him. He’s done it before as a state governor, and now he’s doing it as a president. He’s putting together a very strong team, and the foreign minister, the minister of budget, we have seen the minister of finance, we have seen a couple of very important ministers.

“So it’s not the President alone that would do this. But you are asking whether we have a road map. And I think Nigeria should have confidence in their government. That’s why I said the man who knows the way. We have certainly a road map.

“Of course, it’s falling in tandem with the renewed hope agenda, because Nigeria need to recover. We can see the bold step that Mr. President has taken in the first day in office, by declaring two very important economic policies. Until today, those are the things guiding us. Those are very strong policies. The Yoruba says you must be bold, you must be bold if you want to prosper. And for these reforms, it takes a very bold person,” he said.

Listing the three major areas of the administration’s focus to be infrastructure, technology and digital, Akinremi explained that President Tinubu’s foreign travels to France, China and the United States were in order.

“You don’t look into a particular country when it comes to a nation. You just have your objective. You have your direction. And any country who is willing to help you comes on board. But in this case, the trip to France justified the need for us to go into digital and technology, which is very important for us.

“The need to go to China tells us about infrastructure. And you know, China has been very strong in this. The US comes in when it comes to structure, even on digital and technology. So we have our direction. We have things. And government is very strong on the issue of policies, goals and objectives,” he added.