The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has affirmed that Nigeria will capitalize on the upcoming France Business Forum in Paris to highlight the country’s economic achievements under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Speaking in Abuja while receiving an invitation to the forum from the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Marc Fonbaustier, Idris emphasized that President Tinubu’s reform agenda is yielding tangible results. He pointed to the stabilization of the naira and a reduction in food prices as key indicators of economic progress.
The Honorable Minister of Information & National Orientation, @HMMohammedIdris receives the Ambassador of France to Nigeria, His Excellency, Marc Fonbaustier on a courtesy visit in Abuja. pic.twitter.com/ig3WmLRHmF
— Fed Min of Info & Nat’l Orien (@FMINONigeria) March 7, 2025
“We will use the platform of the France-Nigeria Business Forum to take the message of consolidation that the President is desirous to give us this year. This year, 2025, is the year of economic and social consolidation of the Nigerian nation, as promised by Mr. President. As you have heard severally, the economy is beginning to turn the corner. Hitherto higher food prices are beginning to come down.
“The exchange rate is beginning to show signs of stability and all the reform agenda of Mr. President that he has embarked upon are beginning to show signs that they are getting the desired attention and that, by God’s grace, we will reach our destination.
“Every country that has embarked on any kind of social and economic reform will go through some turbulence and I think that our incubation period has been shortened by the kind of pragmatism, the focus, determination and conviction that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has, that this reform will indeed take Nigeria on the path of sustainable prosperity,” he said.
The Minister described France as a key ally of Nigeria while calling on the French government to support President Tinubu’s ongoing reform efforts to further strengthen economic and bilateral relations.
Idris also commended Ambassador Fonbaustier for his dedicated efforts in strengthening the ties between Nigeria and France within the short period he was posted to Nigeria.
The Minister further assured the French Envoy that Nigeria will implement all Memoranda of Understanding signed with the French government during President Tinubu’s visit to France.
Earlier, the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, stated that his visit to the Minister was aimed at developing a roadmap for implementing the agreements reached between Presidents Macron and Tinubu during the latter’s visit to France last year.
While pledging the support of the French government to the ministry to enhance the capability and technology in public communication.
“We have to ensure that there is a practical follow-up of the State Visit of President Bola Tinubu in Paris in November. The two presidents have set up together an ambitious roadmap so that we can scale up the partnership and in that regard, communication and information are crucial and where France can provide hopefully some support, capabilities and know-how,” he said.
Ambassador Fonbaustier described the Minister as a game changer in Nigeria’s public communication and emphasized that his profile and strategic role in the Tinubu administration made him the ideal figure to promote Nigeria’s vast economic potential and investment opportunities to the business leaders from France, who are set to convene in Paris on April 10, 2025, for the France-Business Forum.
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