President-elect Bola Tinubu is yet to be sworn in as Nigeria’s president but he has become a regular visitor of Europe. He has travelled to Europe more than 2 times after the election. He has spent most of his time in Europe than Nigeria since winning the 2023 Presidential election. Now, President-elect Bola Tinubu jets out to Europe again.
He has come under criticism for this. However, his media team has made a case defending him. They have also given reasons why he jetted out this time just some days before his inauguration as Nigeria’s president.
President-elect Bola Tinubu jets out to Europe Again
Tunde Rahman, his chief media aide writes that
“President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday afternoon left Nigeria for Europe on a working visit.
He will use the opportunity of the trip to finetune the transition plans and programmes, and his policy options with some of his key aides without unnecessary pressures and distractions.
During the visit, the President-elect will engage with investors and other key allies with the goal of marketing investment opportunities in the country and his administration’s readiness to enable a business-friendly climate through policies and regulations.
Already, meetings with multi-sectoral actors in Europe’s business community including manufacturing, agriculture, tech and energy have been lined up.
AsÃwájú Tinubu hopes to convince them of Nigeria’s readiness to do business under his leadership through mutually-beneficial partnerships premised on jobs creation and skills acquisition.
Reviving the country’s economy forms a major plank of Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda and the meeting is part of his efforts to re-establish Nigeria’s importance in the global economic chain and create empowering opportunities for the country’s huge youth population.
The President-elect has hitherto promised to hit the ground running and the visit is reflective of his commitment to the promise as he has already begun talks with global actors in the important areas of the economy and security.
Before he left the country, AsÃwájú Tinubu met with the House of Representatives candidates for Speaker and Deputy Speaker endorsed by his party, the All Progressives Congress, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Hon. Benjamin Kalu, who were presented to him by Joint Task Team of the House.
He is scheduled to return shortly for preparations towards his official swearing in as the 16th President of the country on May 29, 2023.”
Office of the President-elect,
Tunde Rahman
May 10, 2023
Conclusion
Nigerians are hoping that it doesn’t continue this way after his swearing-in. President-elect Bola Tinubu jets out to Europe again and again could be a huge problem for the country. Economically, it is one of the negative effects of Buhari’s government and poor governance as he was always travelling out of the country instead of focusing on governance.