President
Speaking at a meeting on Monday in
Highlighting the importance of balancing the mutually beneficial shift to green industrial growth and energy with the immediate energy needs of Nigerians, the President said, "We value your cooperation, friendship, and partnership. Substantially, we have oil and gas as our primary source of revenue today. As friends, we do not expect you to run away from investments in this sector. We face the future prospect while prudently maximising the present.
"Green industry and energy, yes. We will surely catch up with that. To run a marathon, you need energy today.
"I have seen retractions and retreat positions by some players in the industry. But for any energy transition to succeed, people must live and live well.
"We must be able to meet our obligations to the vulnerable communities. We are committed to being prudent with our natural resources to bring prosperity to our deserving people.
"As we hold the largest reserves in gas on the continent, we do not want to go backward, we want to move forward, and we welcome deepened partnership with your institution."
Tinubu also highlighted strategic projects across different sectors embarked upon by his administration to stimulate economic growth.
He reiterated his commitment to sustaining ongoing economic reforms and measures to stabilise the economy.
The Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance,
He disclosed that the Bank has indicated interest to finance key infrastructure projects in
"They are also one of our lead managers for Eurobond issuance, and they advise us on our ratings. I am pleased to note that Moody's has just completed our rating review and maintained
Edun also said Moody's positive outlook rating follows the recent announcement of the
In his remarks,
"We see ourselves as ambassadors to
The delegation from
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