Nigeria, Oct. 1 -- President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will place jobs, enterprise and industrial growth at the centre of Nigeria's next phase of economic policy.

The government also said it is moving from economic reforms to what he described as an "age of prosperity."

Mr Tinubu stated these priorities in his Independence Day address to the nation on Thursday, saying Nigeria must convert its large young population into an engine of production rather than a source of economic hardship.

"But prosperity requires more than cheaper goods. It requires productive work. Nigeria is a young country. Millions of young Nigerians enter adulthood every year with talent, energy and ambition.

"Our responsibility is to ensure that this ...