President Bola Tinubu receives a delegation from Meta Platforms Incorporated, led by Sir Nick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and Meta’s President of Global Affairs, at the State House in Abuja on March 21, 2024.President Bola Tinubu has renewed his drive to attract more foreign investments in Nigeria, expressing confidence in the ability of the young population.
“For us in Nigeria, we have a vibrant, gifted, and resourceful youth population. Recognizing that the future is most likely to be AI-enabled, we have to prepare our youths and make them ready to compete and participate in the global economy,” Tinubu was quoted as saying in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale.
Emphasizing the importance of technology in driving small businesses, the President said he is committed to ensuring that technology is deployed, adapted, enhanced, and used to catalyze growth across a vast majority of micro-businesses, spurring mass prosperity down the line.