• Super Admin
• 06 Mar, 2026

The Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's comprehensive economic reforms were laying the foundation for capital to flow and trade to thrive in the country. Oduwole, who said this at a colloquium in honour of women's role in industry, trade and investment with the theme, "Position Nigeria to lead intra-African trade," on Friday, noted that the government was working with some global organisations, including the U.S. - Nigeria CIP, UK-Nigeria ETIP, and the UAE CEPA, to "expand market access, attract investment, and connect Nigerian businesses, including women-led enterprises to global markets, capital, and value-chains." She said the priority of the government was clear and was "connecting global and regional demand with Nigeria's supply capacity and the capital required to scale it." "This includes expanding long-term industrial financing, strengthening value chain processing and export readiness, and ensuring that both men and women-led firms are fully positioned to scale within Africa's emerging continental market," she said. On his part, the Minister of State, Trade and Investment, John Enoh, said the African Continental Free Trade Area was no longer a conceptual aspiration, "but an operational architecture with a $3.4 trillion market of 1.4 billion people, representing the largest free trade area in the world by number of participating countries." Also, the Minister of Women Affairs, Iman Suleiman Ibrahim, said, "Women account for approximately 70 per cent of Nigeria's agricultural labour force, yet they own less than 14 per cent of agricultural land, access less than 10 percent of formal agricultural credit..." Source: https://blueprint.ng/presidents-reforms-laying-foundation-for-capital-flow-oduwole/