President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a ten-day working visit to Lagos, where he held a series of engagements with key investors and government officials.
The President’s return was confirmed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Tinubu’s visit to Lagos followed his attendance at the coronation of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, in Ibadan.
While in Lagos, the President met with prominent investors including Adebayo Ogunlesi, Chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), and Keem Belo-Osagie, Chairman of Metis Capital Partners and former Chairman of United Bank for Africa and Etisalat.
He also received the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, alongside the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, and other industry leaders. Tinubu reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to developing Nigeria’s maritime sector as a viable alternative to fossil energy.
Ahead of Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary, the President visited Imo State, where he commissioned projects executed by Governor Hope Uzodimma and unveiled a book authored by the governor highlighting ten years of APC governance.
Tinubu delivered his Independence Day national broadcast from the State House, Dodan Barracks, and later commissioned the renovated National Theatre — now renamed the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts — urging Nigerians to speak positively about their country.
On October 4, the President was in Jos, Plateau State, to attend the funeral of Mama Lydia Yilwatda, mother of Professor Nantawe Yilwatda, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He paid tribute to the deceased and assured Christian communities in the North of his administration’s commitment to fairness and equity across all faiths.
