President Bola Tinubu has issued a warning to Qatari investors never to offer bribe to any Nigerian.
He further requested that any Nigerian who requests for bribe should be reported.
President Tinubu gave the warning while speaking at the Nigeria-Qatar Business and Investment Forum in Doha, the Qatari capital.
He assured investors of having access to him, to be able to get their concerns across to him, including reporting officials who might demand bribes from them.
According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu assured the international business community that Nigeria is ready for serious business as his administration will deal decisively with any and all entrenched interests in the country, who undermine investor confidence in the Nigerian economy, pledging to remove all bottlenecks standing in the way of profitable and legitimate enterprise.
“Do not offer a bribe to any of our people, and if it is requested or taken from you, report to us. You will have access to me. Nigeria will no longer be defined by the past, but by what we do now and moving forward. Do not let perceptions become a hindrance to your will to invest. Nigeria is serious about revolutionizing investment promotion,” Tinubu said.
He assured investors that Africa’s largest economy and its systems are being reformed and upgraded.
“I am here to give you the assurance that reforms are going on; forget about whatever you heard in the past. Whatever is the obstacle or problem that some of you might have experienced; it is in the past, because there is no obstacle in the future,” he added.
