On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu rang the closing bell at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in New York, urging the US business community to engage in Nigeria’s “bubbling market.”
Tinubu, who is in New York for the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, was joined to the bell ceremony by Scott Eisner, President of the United States-Africa Business Centre (USAfBC) of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
The closing bell ceremony, held at the seven-storey tower of the Nasdaq headquarters in New York, signifies the end of a trading session.
“I am happy to bring Nigeria to your doorsteps and honoured that we’re here today with a bubbling maket that will evolve the West African subregion,” Tinubu said.
“The greatest economy is Nigeria. There is an immense opportunity in Nigeria that you can invest your money without fear.”
The Nigerian leader cited the removal of “a lot of the bottlenecks”, including the fuel subsidy which he described as corrupt, adding that his administration had retooled the exchange rate to a “reliable, dependable one-figure floating of the exchange naira”.
“You are free to take in your money and bring out your money,” he continued. ” I count on you to invest in Nigeria.”