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Global Affairs, President of Metal Platforms
Incorporated and former United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister

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Nick Klint has said the digital company
will start monetizing the contents of Nigerian creators

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by June twenty twenty four. The
Meta president stated this on Thursday when he

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led a delegation from Metal Platforms Incorporated
to the Statehouse in Abuja to visit and

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term President Bordha Alt Tenubu for allowing
the Metabat on the C cable to land

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in Nigeria. It will be recalled
as the first book. Founder Mark Sockerburg

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had in September second, twenty sixteen
visited Nigeria and met with the dun President

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of the country, Mohammadu Buhari,
after visiting Kenya on a trip for technology

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business opportunities in the Africa countries.
Mark Sockerburg, after the meetings, sent

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through his first book social Media,
having Doors Last top of my trip and

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in Abuja to meet Nigerian President Mohammadu
Buhari and Vice President ern Oceanbaju. We

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all met with entrepreneurs as part of
double Day and initiative for the Nigerian government

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to fund entrepreneurs with ideas for improving
the country. We held from engineers who

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are finding ways to reward people for
recycling, designing ways to pick up trash

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easier, and using shuttles to improve
commutes in Legos. This has been an

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inspiring trip. The energy and entrepreneurship
in Nigeria and Kenya is amazing. I

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can’t want to come back again soon. According to the news release, men

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amiable by the Nigeria Presidential spokesperson arjuring
Ulaly. The Metal Global Affairs President Nick

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Klett said the Meta company has a
lot to do with Nigeria to LEEP in

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partnerships. The news release rates in
quotes earlier in his remarks, SA Clerk

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thanks the President for an executive order
he issued which enabled the landing of the

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Metal. Baptip Se cable in Nigeria
is an extraordinary infrastructure project. When it

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comes on stream in the first quarter
of twenty twenty five, it will be

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twice as much as the capacity of
all Sufty cables that exist. We bury

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the cable fifty percent deeper than any
other Sufcy cables under the sea bed.

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It is more powerful and more extensive
in terms of its geographical collectivity. It

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could dealed up to thirty seven billion
dollars worth of increase in economic activity in

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the next two or three years across
the African continent, he said. Southland

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also said Metal will introduce in June
twenty twenty four a feature on its Instagram

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and that will allow Nigerian creators to
monitorize their content to enable them to earn

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a living users the art. We
have a lot to do with Nigeria to

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deep in partnerships, he added.
President Broler and left Tellable said Nigeria cannot

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afford to be left behind in this
age of technological advancement. Hence, his

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administration is opening up channels of opportunities
in information and communications technology, depending capacity

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and fostering partnerships. President Bolla Tenebu
says his administration is sustaining investments in digital

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technology to enhance the sustainability of small
businesses, expand opportunities across sectors, and

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compel Nigeria to become the load star
of information and communications technology in Africa.

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In view of his administration’s three MTT
program, which is training three million Nigerian

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youths in digital technology and essential skills
before deploying them to innovation homes. Across

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the nation. The President emphasized that
Nigerian youths are the most critical assets in

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Nigeria’s arsenal as it moves to achieve
digital economic expansion for us. In Nigeria,

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we have a vibrant, gifted and
resourceful youth population. Recognizing that the

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future is most likely to be AI
enabled, we have to prepare our youths

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and make them ready to compete and
participate in the global economy. I can

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assure you that Nigeria is open for
business. We want to leave the African

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continent in digital technology. Data is
valuable to our development. We are ready

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to cooperate on technological advancements. It
is the only way to go. We

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need a collaboration that will be a
win win for all, President Slabu said.

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Emphasizing the importance of technology in driving
small businesses, the President said he

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is committed to ensuring that technology is
deployed, adapted, enhanced and used to

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catalyze growth across a vast majority of
micro businesses, sparring mass prosperity down the

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line. What interests me is the
use of technology in the development of small

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businesses. We need to make the
business environment more conduc for you and more

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profitable for us as well. I
hope we can collaborate and continue to promote

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our mutual interests. President Synoble told
the delegation, Doctor Boson Te Journey,

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Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital
Economy, send Metal platforms are critical platforms

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in Nigeria and as such, opportunities
for partnerships and engagement are essential to promoting

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developments in the digital economy sector.
We must continue to engage to create opportunities

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for our people so they can also
share in global prosperity. Digital technology is

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an opportunity to connect Africa to contribute
to the development of the world, the

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minister said. Meanwhile, President Bonnard
Tinebu has approved the appointment of mister Holloway

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as the Director General of the National
Commission for Museums and Monuments. Mister Holloway

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is the Managing director of Communications Limited, a creative brand consultancy agency. According

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to press release issued on Thursday by
Ajuri in Delaa, he holds a Bachelor

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of Arts in Politics and International Relations
and a master’s degree in Business administration.

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The President expects that the new Director
General will bring life into this important agency

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and ensure the preservation promotion and development
of Nigeria’s diverse, tangible and intangible cultural

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heritage. In another Viday, President
Bernardinobu a firm Nigeria’s commitment to diligently implement

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world leading sustainability reporting standards and what
unlocking capital investments, transforming business models and

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sufguarding the environment in the country.
Ajuri, in gularly issued news release,

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indicated that the President gave the assurance
during a meeting on Thursday in Abuja with

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the International Sustainability Standards Board ISSSV chair
Mister in Manuel Feber In quotes. The

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statements indicated that the President’s endorsement coincides
with the launch of Nigeria’s Adoption Readiness Roadmap

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by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria
FRC in collaboration with ISSB. This roadmap

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aims to guide businesses towards comprehensive sustainability
reporting standards, highlighting the importance of compliance

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within the sustainability agenda. President Tenable
pledge that Nigeria would continue to adhere to

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international standards and expressed readiness to collaborate
with ISSB to effectively harness national resources through

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reformed and reinforced financial management systems.
As an administration, we are committed to

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adopting Cotting edge models for financial reporting
and process standardization. This applies to environmental

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regulation, where we are on the
volge of significantly reducing the volume of gas

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flaring in the country. We are
more transparent than ever before, and we

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are doing everything possible to represent the
continent in a way that will be beneficial

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to humanity as a whole, the
President stated. I SSV chair Mister Emmanuel

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Feber, while recounting Nigeria’s commitment to
sustainability, reported not as that at Cork

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twenty seven in sham Au, Chev, Egypt in twenty twenty two. Africa’s

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largest economy has expressed its intent to
be among the earliest adopters of rigorous new

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standards, which is now a reality. I am extremely happy to be in

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Nigeria as the country announces its adoption
Readulus Rulemap. Nigeria is leading the park

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in Africa and around the world,
and these standards, which Nigeria is willingly

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adopted, will unlock sustainable capital influence
two foreign direct investments, promote inclusivity in

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value chairs, and facilitate the decombanization
of the national Economy, mister FEV said.

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Doctor Rabio o’ Loo, the Executive
Secretary of the Financial Reporting Council of

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Nigeria FRC, explained that Nigeria’s decision
to join the global Bastline for Sustainability Reporting

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marks the country as one of the
earliest proponents committed to enhancing the transparency of

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financial information and business performance through sustainable
reporting practices. The Adoption Readiness Working Group

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is set to parallet our affairs and
roadmap to help us succeed on this journey.

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We are happy to inform the President
that the work of the Adoption Readiness

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road Mark is ready and we have
the roadmark for businesses to follow. We

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have five sets of early adopters and
we have a period for voluntary adoption leading

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up to twenty twenty eight for mandatory
adoption of the standards, Doctor or Loo

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said, Lady end the need in
a mortgage ameni