President Ball Tinubu, who is currently in India for the G20 Summit, shared his conviction with the Nigerians during an interaction with them on Thursday night.
The President called on Nigerians to harness the country’s rich diversity as an exceptionally powerful tool to promote national prosperity and development for the benefit of all citizens, stressing that our diversity must be harnessed to drive economic growth, innovation and growth. social progress.
“We are here to introduce you to a new future. The future of such a rich, gifted and highly populated country. Very dynamic, unique in its culture, tradition and ethnicity. That is what will make our prosperity possible if only we can make use of our diversity for prosperity,” he implored.
President Tinubu also told the meeting that he was running for the country’s highest office due to the fact that despite the nation’s great wealth of human and natural resources, the public sector leadership and management deficit in the country prevented Nigeria from reaching its manifest destiny. .
“We are not poor in knowledge. We are not poor in human resources. We are just poor in management and leadership, and that’s why I ran for president, to help all of us shape the soul of our country in the right direction,” the president said.
Reflecting on his life’s journey, which prepared him for leadership, the president told the meeting attended by several Nigerian students studying in India that with dedication, honesty, determination and a change of mindset, they can reach the top. in their respective careers.
“Good education brought me here and I am happy to stand here before you as the President of Nigeria. I started little by little. I was a security guard. I was a tutor at school. I was a brilliant student. I entered Deloitte and was trained in one of the largest accounting firms in the world, due to my education”, recalled the president.
“When I joined them, I asked if they had branches in Nigeria and they said, ‘We have a lot of customers who will take you if you want to go back home.’ That’s how I came to Exxon Mobil and was a highly successful accountant, auditor general, and treasurer until I entered politics with a positive attitude.
“You can do it too; do not be discouraged in any way. Nigeria is ready to welcome everyone. It doesn’t matter which part of Nigeria you’re from,” the president exclaimed.
Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar, addressing the students, explained that President Tinubu’s foreign policy drive included four D’s, one of which was Diaspora, which focuses on improving the quality of services Nigerians in the diaspora they receive in the Nigerian missions abroad. .
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“The problem of passport delays will be a thing of the past. You won’t have to wait indefinitely for your passports to be ready. Second, you are the first point of contact between Nigerians and other countries. We cannot grow beyond what our people project. That is why it is very important for you to project a consistently positive image of Nigeria online and offline,” the Nigerian diplomat said.
Earlier, business magnate Tony Elumelu told reporters that Nigeria was the best place to invest and that betting on Nigerians is one of the best bets anyone can make, citing Nigeria’s success in every country in the world.
“We believe in Africa, but especially in Nigeria. An investment in Nigeria promises a return that is hardly found anywhere else in the world and I do business on several continents”, concluded the African capitalist.
ajuri angelale
special adviser to the president
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