President Tinubu has today Friday received the MTN delegation led by the Group Chairman, Jones Mcebisi at the state house.
He however, has also assured the manufacturing and service sectors that more reforms will be unfolded to enable efficiency and attract investments, saying the ongoing economic ‘‘revolution’’ will be deliberately steered to capture and favour teeming youths in the country.
This assurance he disclosed when receiving the delegation of one of the telecom campanies, MTN at the state house.
President Tinubu affirms that his administration has a responsibility to revolutionize the economy so that youths can share in the prosperity of the nation.
President Tinubu acknowledged that, the growing rural-urban migration can only be controlled with more investments in digital technology that will directly improve healthcare systems and education for the poor, while expressing happiness that the company is contributing to the growth of the country by moving from Corporate Social Responsibility to be more incisive and inquisitive with technology.
He believes the company can do a lot more for the economy by partnering with his administration.
In response, the MTN Group Chairman who led the delegation, Jonas Mcebisi said the company has a plan of investing $3.5 billion in the economy over the next five years, with a broader vision of becoming a pan-African company by moving investments from the Middle East and focusing more on Africa, especially Nigeria, where it gets the highest return on investment.
At the end, the presidential adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, Jonas in a statement, congratulated the President for the upswing of interest in the country within a short period since he assumed office, promising to support in mobilisation of other investors with about $1.5 trillion to look towards Nigeria, as reforms had been styled to favour business and encourage inclusive development.