By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the Renewed Hope Enterprise Bridge Initiative, a platform designed to connect policymakers with entrepreneurs and ensure that government policies are shaped by real-world business realities.
The launch, which also included the unveiling of the initiative’s website, took place at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. Speaking through his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, the President expressed concern over the persistent gap between those who formulate policies and those who navigate them daily.
The initiative, he explained, aims to close that divide. “One side works with frameworks and projections, the other works with immediacy and risk. Bringing both into the same room is not only symbolic—it is necessary,” Tinubu said.
Emphasizing the need for grounded policymaking, he added: “If policy is to be useful, it must be informed by lived experience. If enterprise is to thrive, it must be supported by a system that understands it.”
The President stressed that no government can design effective responses from a distance. “We must listen carefully, interrogate honestly, and respond deliberately. You cannot treat what you have not properly diagnosed, and you cannot diagnose without listening.”
Acknowledging the difficult environment in which many Nigerian businesses operate, Tinubu commended entrepreneurs for their resilience and vital role in keeping the nation’s economy moving.
