President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday attributed Nigeria’s development and growth challenges to the failure of previous administrations to adopt serious long-term planning frameworks.

Tinubu spoke at the Presidential Villa in Abuja while hosting a delegation of Enugu State stakeholders led by Gov. Peter Mbah.

The president said successive governments had attempted to finance long-term projects with short-term resources, a mismatch that hindered sustainable development.

What has been the problem in the past is that Nigeria has been trying to finance long-term projects with short-term funding.

“We have not embarked upon a serious long-term outlook for our country.”

Tinubu expressed optimism that, with committed and visionary leadership at the subnational level, Nigeria was on the right trajectory toward becoming a leading African nation.

He commended Mbah for what he described as transformative leadership in Enugu, citing  visible improvements in security, infrastructure, education and healthcare as evidence that reforms were yielding results.