UK HAILS GAINS OF NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC REFORMS

. As First Lady receives British High Commissioner, team

The United Kingdom has applauded the various economic and trade initiatives of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing them as bold, brave and positive.

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, stated this during a courtesy visit to the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, at the State House, Abuja.

According to the British High Commissioner, the UK government sees a lot of positivity in Nigeria’s economy, particularly new opportunities created by the reforms undertaken by President Bola Tinubu.

He said his home government is impressed by the track record of the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI, which is also a special purpose vehicle for  delivering women empowerment programmes in key areas, including education, health and humanitarian.

The British High Commissioner noted that these reforms have led to enhanced trade partnership between the two nations.

Montgomery said the UK government is paying attention to the ongoing Constitutional Amendment and called for special seats for women in the National Assembly.

Responding, the First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Tinubu assured that the Federal Government, via the Renewed Hope Initiative,

will continue to work towards meeting the challenges of Nigerians.

“I believe we can help each other, if we really show concern,” she said, adding that the “RHI focuses also on women empowerment in the informal sector. These are the ones we are touching their lives directly”.

The First Lady, however, agreed with her guests that the number of women in the National Assembly is dwindling and promised to join efforts in the ongoing process to improve the numbers.

“We have to really know the right people to represent us, who can do the work and that is what we have to enlighten our women about,” she said.

The visiting team of the high commissioner also include the British Deputy High Commissioner, Gill Lever.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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