By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent
HIGH-LEVEL talks on energy security and infrastructure investments took centre stage in Lagos as President Bola Tinubu engaged with two prominent global investment leaders, Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman of Metis Capital Partners and Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, and Bayo Ogunlesi, Chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners and Senior Managing Director at BlackRock.
The meeting also had in attendance the Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji.
Their deliberations centred on unlocking large-scale investments in Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas sector and advancing critical infrastructure projects with long-term economic impact.
Both investors commended the administration’s reform agenda and highlighted opportunities to harness Nigeria’s natural resource base while modernising infrastructure in line with international standards.
President Tinubu also restated his administration’s policy focus on transparency and creating an environment attractive to investors.
He said Nigeria stood ready to work with credible global partners to deliver energy security and infrastructure capable of driving growth across Africa.
“Our sons of the soil, and other Nigerians in Diaspora are welcome partners,” he noted.
Hakeem Belo-Osagie emphasised the importance of aligning upstream oil and gas opportunities with sustainable financing models to achieve measurable impact.
Bayo Ogunlesi underlined the role of global capital in addressing Nigeria’s infrastructure financing gap.
Both investors expressed their willingness to collaborate with government agencies and private sector stakeholders to deliver transformative projects.
