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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said Nigeria’s high-grade lithium deposits can power the clean energy future of Europe and the world.
President Tinubu described Nigeria’s youthful demography and 200 million-strong population as “a massive market” for Dutch investors, advocating partnership between both nations to stem irregular migration.
“There is a tremendous opportunity between us across trade spheres but especially in solid minerals, where we have high-grade lithium deposits that we know can power the clean energy future of the world.”
A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, explained that Tinubu stated the above when he met Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands at his official residence, The Catshuis, in The Hague.
The President said Nigeria offers immense opportunities across several sectors and that his administration is deepening reforms to enhance the investment climate.
Therefore, the country seeks robust, balanced and mutually beneficial partnerships to add value in areas such as solid minerals.
“There is excellent value-additive opportunity in Nigeria. The world knows us for oil. They will soon know us for greater innovative exploits in other areas,” Tinubu said.
He told Rutte that Nigeria is blessed with an “extremely dynamic youth population” as 70 per cent of her people are under 30.”
More so, its “200 million plus citizens…represents both a massive workforce and a massive market for Dutch and other international investors,” the President affirmed.
Tinubu also noted that such demographic advantage can transform into an incredible talent pool that need not leave the shores of their country to attain success.
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