Gold programme: Tinubu hails $5m boost to foreign reserves as milestone in Renewed Hope Agenda

President Bola Tinubu has commended the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development over the first commercial transaction under the National Gold Purchase Programme (NGPP).

The President said this when he received gold bars sourced from artisanal and small gold miners from Dr Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, on Sunday in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gold was refined by the Solid Minerals Development Fund, an agency of the Ministry.

The programme has delivered 5 million dollars into Nigeria’s foreign reserves and injected about N6 billion into the rural economy.

Tinubu said that the ministry had achieved a major milestone in the administration’s drive to diversify the economy.

“This is another concrete step towards the diversification process under the Renewed Hope Agenda,” the President said.

Alake, who presented a symbolic gold bar to Tinubu, said the NGPP would increase the country’s foreign reserves and boost the value of the Naira.

The minister also commended the President for supporting reforms in the solid minerals sector.

“The successful completion of the first commercial transaction clearly demonstrates the National Gold Purchase Programme’s effectiveness.

“It has increased the nation’s foreign reserves assets and shown that using the Nigerian Naira to purchase a liquid asset traded in dollars, such as gold, is a viable strategy.

“This transaction has also underscored the potential of the National Gold Purchase Programme to enhance fiscal and monetary stability.”

Alake said that the over 70 kilograms of gold sold to the London Bullion Market Good Delivery Standard marked a successful aggregation of locally mined gold.

In her presentation, the Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund, Hajiya Fatimah Shinkafi, said that the gold has met the global trade standard.

She said it met the London Bullion Market Good Delivery Standard that is the globally recognised and trusted standard in the global trade in gold and silver bars.

“Only gold and silver bars that meet our Good Delivery standards are acceptable in the settlement of a Loco London contract – where the bullion trade is physically held in London,” she said.

Shinkafi said, through the NGPP, Nigeria had joined countries bolstering their gold reserves by purchasing gold in local currency.

She said this would foster economic confidence, enhance currency stability, and create a more attractive environment for foreign investment.


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$5m boost with zero effect on the real economy is audio and a self-appraisal tactics to appear functional in a non functional system.

5 million dollars? Lmao are this people even serious?

We pray for Nigeria to succeed. The hardship on the common man is too much. God help us

Great to see progress in our foreign reserves, a testament to our renewed hope agenda under Tinubus leadership.

mrvitalis:
5 million dollars? Lmao are this people even serious?

the crying billionaires


Permission is granted for u to wail

Goodnewsforlife:
the crying billionaires


Permission is granted for u to wail

Dundee 5 million dollars to an economy Like Nigeria is like trying to start truck with finger battery

But how would u understand na

mrvitalis:

Dundee 5 million dollars to an economy Like Nigeria is like trying to start truck with finger battery

But how would u understand na

crying billionaires

Wail dey go

Goodnewsforlife:
crying billionaires

Wail dey go

Dundee

This milestone shows Tinubus dedication to boosting Nigerias economy and bringing renewed hope for the future.

Tinubus economic policies continue to bring positive results for Nigerias growth and development.

Anything to move the country forward and reduce the current hardship is welcomed.


Better than nothing.

To pay for jet right.

mrvitalis:

Dundee 5 million dollars to an economy Like Nigeria is like trying to start truck with finger battery

But how would u understand na

Oloriburuku how much have you contributed to Nigeria’s foreign reserves?

The increase in foreign reserves under Tinubus leadership is a testament to his successful economic policies and a step towards a brighter future for Nigeria.