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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2026 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn

[2] Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive quarters shall be dissolved and incorporated into one of its neighbours

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is seeking to woo back former senate president Senator Bukola Saraki and several other key power brokers from across the north central geo-political zone like ex-governors Gabriel Suswam and Samuel Ortom.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] China has now developed world's fast high-speed train, the CR450, which has a top test speed of 450 km per hour and an operational speed of 400 km per hour

[2] This new train, which obliterates the 200km per hour speed of average high speed trains, will undergo comprehensive testing, verification and trial assessments in 2025. Nigeria needs to tell China that we want to be part of that programme

NIGERIANS living in the UK have protested against rising cases of certificate of sponsorship (CoS) scams taking place across the country that have made it difficult for those looking for work to emigrate.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will build a nation of 42 states, seven in each geo-political zone, with each of them generating at least $10bn in internal wealth annually

[2] Nigeria will become a country accounting for 50% of global animal feed production with cassava and yam serving as the two main ingredients

[3] Nigeria will become a country that is the world’s largest chocolate producer

NOTORIOUS bandit leader Bello Turji has thrown down the gauntlet to the Nigerian authorities by imposing a N22m ($15,000) levy on four villages in Sokoto State demanding it as compensation for the death of one of his lieutenants during a recent military operation.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Over the next 90 days, the president traverses the globe wooing international investors

[2] Assurances are sought and got guaranteeing foreign direct investment to the tune of $100bn a year

[3] Legislation is passed dismantling the federal allocation formula. Nigeria’s 36 state governors are thus compelled to generate their own wealth

ENGLISH Premier League leaders Liverpool are considering placing a £60m offer for Super Eagles striker Ademola Lookman with a view to purchasing him from Italian side Atalanta at the end of the season.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Eyo Festival in Lagos. Why should it not compete with London’s Notting Hill Carnival?

[2] Usman Dan Fodio’s tomb. Let us try and make it a pilgrimage site for Muslims that competes with the Ka’aba

[3] Samuel Ajayi Crowther’s tomb. It should be a Christian pilgrimage site that competes with Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity

[4] Badagry’s slave castle. It needs its own railway station, hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc

MEMBERS of the Central Bank of Nigeria Monetary (CBN) policy committee have decided to keep interest rates at 27.5% and not raise it any further due to signs that inflation appears to be falling.