Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday said President Bola tinubu was already building a nation where intellectual assets would be converted into wealth. He noted that there couldn’t have been a better time to take a deeper view of a nation whose creative and innovative energies are already shaping Africa and speaking to the world.
Shettima stated this when he received a delegation from WIPO led by its Director-General, Mr. Daren Tang, and top Nigerian government officials at the Presidential Villa, yesterday.
He said: “As we deepen our collaboration with WIPO, we do so with gratitude and with great expectation. “We look forward to stronger technical cooperation, deeper institutional support, expanded capacity-building, and practical pathways for the commercialisation of Nigerian creativity and research. We believe that the future belongs to nations that understand the dignity of the mind and the economy of ideas.”
The Vice President noted that the administration of President Bola Tinubu was building an economy where investors would feel satisfied that innovation was protected, disputes were resolved with confidence, and intellectual assets could be converted into wealth.
He said: “The foresight of His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu, GCFR, through the Renewed Hope Agenda, is anchored in unlocking productivity, expanding economic opportunity, attracting investment, creating jobs, and positioning Nigeria for long-term prosperity.
“At the heart of this agenda is a clear recognition that value in today’s economy is increasingly created through ideas, technology, innovation, data, brands, culture, and knowledge. “The countries that will lead this century are those able to create, protect, commercialise, and scale intellectual assets.”
