Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has urged foreign investors to take advantage of the country’s enormous capacity to absorb investment, assuring them that President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms have created favourable conditions for high returns on investment.

The minister spoke in Abuja yesterday during a courtesy visit by a delegation from Austria for a consultative meeting regarding economic opportunities under the Nigeria-Austria Development Cooperation.

“In the last two years, there have been numerous efforts to ensure that Nigeria’s economy heads in the right direction,” he told the delegation, led by the Founder and Managing Director, Prosper Africa, Dr Kollik Michael, explaining: “President Bola Tinubu has put the economy in a position where it can attract domestic and foreign investment.”

Bagudu highlighted positive economic indicators and ratings from global rating agencies as evidence that the reforms were yielding results.

He assured the delegation that the federal government was committed to maintaining the course of economic reforms. “We are determined to ensure that we listen to the private sector, or rather, people with experience such as yours, so that we can do better.”

While explaining the ministry’s role in coordinating development planning, he informed the delegation that the three tiers of government in the country possessed the capacity to attract investment for agriculture, green initiatives, and Climate Change financing, as well as to develop their infrastructure.

“Our ministry coordinates the efforts to develop investment-grade proposals that can meet investors’ requirements,” Bagudu told the delegation.

The delegation’s visit is part of the engagements under the Nigeria-Austria Development Partnership, which the ministry is facilitating to deepen economic relations between both countries. This aligns with its mandate to manage and coordinate multilateral and bilateral economic development cooperation.