Pres, Tinubu first endorsed cryptocurrency industry long before Donald Trump did in the United States.
He disclosed that by virtue of his appointment by President Tinubu to head the SEC, the president endorsed the cryptocurrency given his long-standing affinity with the industry.
Emomotimi Agama, the Director General of the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu endorsed the cryptocurrency industry long before Donald Trump did in the United States.
He disclosed that by virtue of his appointment by President Tinubu to head the SEC, the president endorsed the cryptocurrency given his long-standing affinity with the industry.
Speaking at an event in Casablanca, Morocco, Agama said: “I guess you will first give credit to the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria GCFR President Bola Ahmed Tinubu even for the appointment he has made in the Nigerian SEC.
I have been an enthusiast of Cryptocurrency and the president deemed it fit to make me the DG of the SEC and that is phenomenal.
So even before President Trump started thinking about that, our own dear president has already thought about it.”
Nigeria has the highest rate of Crypto adoption in Africa and the second highest in the world.