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Ex-UK Prime Minister Blair visits Tinubu, pledges support for incoming administration

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President Elect Tinubu in a handshake with Blair

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"fNAVP8Yr" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"pE56l7Hq" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Former British Prime Minister&comma; Sir Tony Blair&comma; has expressed his readiness to support the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to succeed in office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Blair gave the commitment on Tuesday when he visited the president-elect at the Defence House&comma; Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change&comma; which he founded&comma; would be a willing partner of the Tinubu administration especially in prioritising its goals and delivery&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"YFlMWj2Z" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>He said since leaving office as the UK prime minister&comma; he had been working with governments around the world to help them deliver on their mandates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said Blair Institute have a project in place in Nigeria and felt it was incumbent upon him to meet Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s incoming president to understand the administration&&num;8217&semi;s priorities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We would like to help in any way with your administration&period; We only need to know what the leadership priorities are and help in how to actualise them&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Blair told President-elect Tinubu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He commended Tinubu&&num;8217&semi;s campaign focus on key areas of security&comma; economy&comma; agriculture and power&comma; describing the intertwined nature of the areas as critical to the development of any society&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He expressed optimism that with the appetite shown by investors to invest in Nigeria&comma; the Tinubu administration could get the support it needs to spur economic development in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Blair&comma; however&comma; acknowledged the difficult task before Tinubu and other leaders&comma; at a time of global turmoil&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Being in government today anywhere in the world is tough&period; You have things happening around the world which affect you and for which you can&&num;8217&semi;t do anything much&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President-elect Tinubu&comma; in his response&comma; expressed appreciation to Blair for the visit and for his offer to work with his administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He spoke of the shared vision between him and Tony Blair Institute in their priority areas&comma; but underlined the importance of tackling investment challanges and the need for social investment to fight poverty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Yes&comma; we are challenged&period; But where is our courage&quest; We can eliminate ignorance&comma; diseases and poverty in Africa&period; We must work hard to ensure democracy works for our people&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Tinubu said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We have to invest more&comma; put technology in place and keep terrorists at bay because without effective security&comma; there is no guarantee investors will come&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The president-elect promised to provide a conducive environment that would encourage investors and open up opportunities for the people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tinibu was accompanied to the meeting by the Speaker of the House of Representatives&comma; Hon&period; Femi Gbajabiamila&semi; Vice President -elect&comma; Senator Kashim Shettima&semi; member of Tinubu Transition Team&comma; Mr&period; Wale Edun&semi; former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Chairman&comma; Mallam Nuhu Ribadu&semi; Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District&comma; Adetokunbo Abiru and Executive Secretary&comma; National Sugar Development Council&comma; Mr&period; Zacch Adedeji&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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