Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, implored development partners to provide more support for President Bola Tinubu’s administration to deliver on the Renewed Hope Agenda, especially in e-mobility, job creation, agriculture, food security and the power sector.
The vice president spoke when he received the Global Managing Director of the Tony Blair Institute, Mr Michael McNair, who visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Shettima, who highlighted the commitment of the Tinubu administration to delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda, said: “I crave your indulgence to support us in e-mobility. We want your perspective and your input on the deployment and use of e-mobility, we want to adopt and adhere to global best practices.”
He applauded TBI’s partnership with Nigeria, especially in the nation’s “effort to deepen the quality of governance and leadership in priority areas of job creation, agriculture and food security, support for the power sector through the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) and the delivery unit that will track our efforts.”
He said that given the burden of Nigeria’s growing population with all of its implications, the government must “improve on the quality of governance”.
In his remarks, McNair commended Tinubu’s leadership, noting that the vice president’s impressive outing at the World Economic Forum, particularly his commitment to Africa’s future, was indicative of the country’s direction.
McNair said he was in Nigeria to appraise the work started by the TBI team in the country, particularly in supporting the new administration to deliver on set goals, stressing that “TBI’s success is in helping the administration to achieve its mandate across different sectors.”
