Tinubu’s Foreign Trips Yielding Results – Trade Minister

The Minister of Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, has said the foreign trips of President Bola Tinubu is yielding results in foreign direct investment into the country.

Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Monday, Oduwole said she and her team have tracked the President’s foreign business trips for the last 17 months.

“All the trips that His Excellency, Mr President, as the chief investment officer of this administration has done over the last 17 months, tracking those trips. What exactly has come out of it? The trip to India, the promises. Just in September, some were actualized on the back of some of our monetary and fiscal policies.

“So, tracking all that and announcing to Nigerians where we are with investments,” she said.

The Minister of Trade and Investment added that she has been engaging with stakeholders to grow Nigeria’s exports.

“I’ve been engaging with stakeholders for a long time, my team and I are in constant touch and what we are prioritizing right now, this first 30 days, exports, really supporting export businesses. We’re having a ministerial consultation session to galvanize and really articulate a strategy because you can strategize from your office but it’s important to consult and know where the shoe is really pinching. We have a fair idea,” she stated.

Mrs. Oduwole explained that she is also working for Nigeria to maximize the opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

She explained that the country’s fintechs have greater chances of excelling and maximizing AfCFTA.

“Over the weekend, I was at Addis Ababa, at the council of ministers for AfCFTA and speaking to the floor on Nigeria’s particular interest in digital trade and how we’ll support our fintechs and other eco systems in services to make sure that they can really go across the continent comfortably and export their services,” Mrs. Oduwole added.