President Bola Tinubu says poverty eradication and investment promotion for wealth creation depends on justice reforms.

The president made the assertion on Sunday in Abuja while declaring open the 63rd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) with the theme ‘Getting it Right: Charting the Course for Nigeria’s Nation Building’.

According to Mr Tinubu, world-class remuneration for legal professionals would also sanitise the judiciary for a prosperous Nigeria.

Mr Tinubu noted that a new Nigeria is possible with his ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda but it would require taking bold decisions that would be painful at first but beneficial later.

Mr Tinubu explained that the bold steps his regime is taking to find lasting solutions to crises plaguing the country would succeed only with the cooperation and collaboration of all entities, especially the private sector.

“I am not cynical, I am factual. The critical and bold initiatives embarked upon will yield the desired results only with collaboration and cooperation of the private sector. We are so blessed and we are still lacking, change of mindset is what we need,” Mr Tinubu noted.

He pointed out that accusing “our previous leaders,” and complaining “a lot much about the past, is not the solution.”

Mr Tinubu said Nigeria could not continue to service external debt with about 90 per cent of its revenue hence the hard decision his administration was making in that regards.

The president commended the NBA for the theme which he said was timely and urged the association to give his regime full support to succeed.

“I want to learn. Remind me of what I’m doing right, I will continue. Whatever I am doing wrong, tell me, and I will change,’’ Mr Tinubu said.

(NAN)