Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu has blasted those criticising the current efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari to attract more foreign investments into the country.
Bagudu revealed this as he answered questions from journalists in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
According to Atiku, Buhari should even be praised for his tireless efforts to enhance Nigeria’s economy via the huge influx of foreign capital.
He added that anyone criticising Buhari is unfair to him and the citizens because Nigerians will be the ones to benefit directly when it starts to yield fruits.
His words, “It is an excellent outing for President Muhammadu Buhari and we are honoured to be part of his entourage to the conference which is tagged: Future Investment Initiative (FII) organized by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, which is their Sovereign Wealth Fund equivalent to Nigeria’s Sovereign Fund, only that whereas ours is under $3billion theirs is in excess of $400 billion.
“Mr President was invited by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Custodian of the two whole Mosques, and that shows the respect with which Mr President is treated around the world and the honours he brings to Nigeria.
“Mr President in addition to participating in the summit was also hosted by King Salman ibn Abdulaziz and he was visited by the Crown Prince, Muhammed ibn Salman, who showed unprecedented respect for Mr President because rather than Mr President visiting him he decided to visit Mr President and agreed to invest in Nigeria.
“So, this is a very, very successful outing for Nigeria and it is consistent with our call for Mr President to be more active in economic diplomacy.
“It is noteworthy that Mr President has visited Russia, Japan, all in a bid to secure investments for Nigeria.
“This is the kind of activism – Mr President is not travelling to enjoy himself or on holiday but to bring investments for Nigeria.
“He (Buhari) just took a day off to come to Makkah and perform the Umrah and we are quite honoured that we participated with him in the Umrah.
“He is very, very energetic, very healthy as he displayed during the movement between the Safa and Marwah.”
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