By: Temitope Mustapha, Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja on Monday following a ten-day working visit to Lagos State.
A statement issued by the Presidential Spokesperson, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, made this known on Monday to State House correspondents.
The President had arrived in Lagos on Friday, September 26, after attending the coronation of His Imperial Majesty, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, in Ibadan.
While in the nation’s commercial capital, President Tinubu engaged with key investors, including Bayo Ogunlesi, Chief Executive Officer of Global Infrastructure Partners, and Keem Belo-Osagie, Chairman of Metis Capital Partners.
President Tinubu also received the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr Arsenio Dominguez, in the company of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola and other heads of agencies in the sector.
During their meeting, President Tinubu reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to developing Nigeria’s maritime industry as a viable alternative to fossil energy.
On the eve of Nigeria’s 65th anniversary of independence, President Tinubu visited Imo State to commission projects undertaken by Governor Hope Uzodimma.
The President also unveiled a book authored by the governor, chronicling 10 years of the APC governance in Nigeria.
He delivered the national broadcast from the State House, Dodan Barracks, on Independence Day.
President Tinubu later commissioned the renovated National Theatre now renamed the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts , where he called on Nigerians to speak positively about their country.
On Saturday, October 4, President Tinubu in Jos, Plateau state attended the burial of Mama Lydia Yilwatda, the mother of Professor Nantawe, the Chairman of the APC, where he reaffirmed his mission to foster national unity.
At the funeral, President Tinubu paid tribute to Mama Yilwatda and assured Christian communities in Northern Nigeria of his administration’s commitment to fairness and equity among all religious groups in the country.
Olusola Akintonde