Vice President Kashim Shettima has stated that the reforms instituted by the administration of President Bola Tinubu across various sectors of the economy are enabling indigenous companies to transform into internationally recognised brands.
Shettima made the remarks on Monday in Abuja while receiving a delegation from Flutterwave, an indigenous fintech company that provides payment infrastructure for global merchants and payment service providers, led by its Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Mr Olugbenga Agboola.
The Vice President, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media & Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, observed that companies such as Flutterwave, Moniepoint, Andela and others are leveraging the gains of the administration’s economic reforms to scale their operations and expand their businesses both within and outside Nigeria.
Speaking during the interaction, Shettima assured the Flutterwave team of the federal government’s continued support.
“We have to support and promote our own. We have to make our companies stronger,” he said, commending the company for building one of Africa’s most compelling technology stories from Nigeria.
Attributing the achievement to committed leadership and expertise within the company, the Vice President noted that what stood out in Flutterwave’s story was its “ability to solve an African problem using an indigenous solution that addresses challenges related to digital payment for products and services, among others.”
Earlier, Agboola told the Vice President that Flutterwave’s mandate is to achieve massive growth in the coming years to remain a leading player in payments and banking across Africa and globally.
He thanked President Tinubu, the Vice President and the federal government for their confidence in the company, describing the meeting as a strategic signal of how Nigeria is supporting Nigerian enterprise, as well as an important milestone for Flutterwave.
“Your Excellency, it’s my honour to be here today. Like I said, our goal is to partner with you and your team to reason how we can do more to advance the administration’s amazing economic agenda that we have seen working right now in the country. We want to be a part of that positive story,” he said.
He added: “We are very much a Nigerian company. I’m very much Nigerian. Nigeria is our home. And everybody here, as you can see, they’re all Nigerians. Our goal is to ensure that we do our best to help move Nigeria forward.”
Also present at the meeting were the CEO of Stanel Group, Mr Stanley Uzochukwu, and other top management staff of the company.
