Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners and Senior Managing Director Blackrock, Mr. Bayo Ogunlesi, President Bola Tinubu, former Managing Director/Chief Executive of UBA, Hakeem Bello-Osagie and Professor Afolabi Ogunlesi during an audience with President Tinubu at his Lagos residence on Monday, September 29, 2025
Tinubu hosts global investors
Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners and Senior Managing Director Blackrock, Mr. Bayo Ogunlesi, President Bola Tinubu, former Managing Director/Chief Executive of UBA, Hakeem Bello-Osagie and Professor Afolabi Ogunlesi during an audience with President Tinubu at his Lagos residence on Monday, September 29, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has met with global investment leaders, reiterating Nigeria’s commitment to partnering with credible investors.
The President, who gave the assurance on Monday, said Nigeria remains open to collaboration with global stakeholders, particularly Nigerians in the diaspora and other “sons of the soil.”
He said the collaboration is part of efforts to achieve energy independence and deliver modern infrastructure to power prosperity across Africa.
He made the declaration after separate meetings held in Lagos with two of the country’s foremost global investment figures, Hakeem Bello-Osagie of Metis Capital and Bayo Ogunlesi of Global Infrastructure Partners & BlackRock.
The President shared the tips of his engagements with the two prominent investors on his verified X handle, @officialABAT.
“We agreed on the urgency of unlocking large-scale investments in upstream oil & gas and critical infrastructure to drive Nigeria’s long-term growth,” President Tinubu stated, emphasising that such partnerships were essential to transform the nation’s economic trajectory.
He noted that his administration’s reforms are already repositioning the investment climate creating better environment whilst opening new frontiers for sustainable financing.
“Our administration’s reforms are creating a better enabling environment whilst opening new frontiers for sustainable financing, global capital, and transformative projects. We are determined to make Nigeria Africa’s premier investment destination,” the President said.
The engagements with Bello-Osagie and Ogunlesi form part of Tinubu’s ongoing drive to attract investment into Nigeria’s energy and infrastructure sectors, considered critical pillars of his Renewed Hope Agenda.
