President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to attracting investments into Nigeria’s solid minerals and energy sectors.

He also listed reforms undertaken to improve the investment climate in Nigeria’s solid mineral industry, including digital cadastre upgrades, security support for legal miners, and the establishment of value chain development clusters across the country.

Tinubu spoke in Abuja at the fourth edition of the African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS 2025), organised by the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development in collaboration with Core International.

AFNIS 2025 brought together high-level government officials, investors, energy experts, and civil society actors from across Africa and beyond. Discussions focused on unlocking the continent’s vast resource potential.

The President, represented by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, noted that Africa was at a critical juncture in its journey toward energy transition and resource-led industrialisation.

In his address, the Chief Executive Officer of Tour Exploration and co-sponsor of the event, Mr Segun Lawson, commended the Nigerian government for providing accurate data for exploration by stakeholders in the sector.

The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, in his remarks, said Nigeria was deliberately using energy investment to deepen local content, create jobs, and accelerate energy access.

He said: “We are using energy access and energy transition to drive domestic production, technology transfer, and employment. The Energising Education Programme (EEP) is adding 100MW of clean energy across 37 federal universities and seven teaching hospitals. EEP III is now 70 per cent complete.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Faruk Yusuf Yabo, reiterated the ministry’s dedication to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles, saying they were vital to achieving the objectives of the Renewed Hope Agenda.

Also speaking, a Senior Research Fellow in the Global Centre for Mineral Security at the Sustainable Minerals Institute at The University of Queensland, Dr Lynda Lawson, advocated the mainstreaming of mineral security into development policy.”