We Are Building Viable, Globally Competitive Economy, Says President Tinubu

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASEWe Are Building Viable, Globally Competitive Economy, Says President Tinubu** Lauds First Bank’s legacy of innovation, adaptability at groundbreaking for new headquarters

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said his administration is working assiduously to create a system that is sustainable and globally competitive for Nigerian banks and other financial institutions to thrive.

He noted that government policies under his administration are motivated by the reality that the nation no longer has the luxury of time to postpone its economic transformation.

President Tinubu, who spoke on Wednesday when he performed the groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the-art headquarters of First Bank of Nigeria at Eko Atlantic City in Lagos State, observed that banks can only prosper under a thriving economy.

Represented at the event by his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima, the President however pointed out that what his “administration does and sets out to accomplish rests on the coo