President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday in Lagos, held extensive talks with two of Nigeria’s most prominent global investment leaders, Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman, Metis Capital Partners and Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School and Bayo Ogunlesi, Chairman, Global Infrastructure Partners and Senior Managing Director, BlackRock).

The meeting focused on unlocking large-scale investments in Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas sector and critical infrastructure projects capable of driving long-term economic transformation.

Both investors commended the administration’s reforms and pointed to opportunities to leverage Nigeria’s natural resource base while modernising infrastructure in line with global standards.

During the talks, President Tinubu reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to creating a transparent, investor-friendly environment. “Nigeria is ready to collaborate with credible global partners to deliver energy security and the infrastructure that will power growth across Africa. Our sons of the soil, and other Nigerians in Diaspora are welcome partners,” he said.

Belo-Osagie highlighted the need to align upstream oil and gas opportunities with sustainable financing models, Mr. Ogunlesi stressed the importance of global capital in closing Nigeria’s infrastructure gap. Both also expressed readiness to work with government and private sector stakeholders to deliver transformative projects.

Also present at the meeting was the Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji.