AkinfeAyo's blog

NIGERIA'S plans to become self-sufficient in rice production have suffered a serious setback over the last two weeks as heavy rainfall has destroyed hundreds of hectares of crops in Kebbi State that was spearheading the expansion plan.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Cocoa - We need to boost our annual harvest to 1m tonnes from the current 330,000 tonnes

(2) Rice - We need to boost our national harvest to 10m tonnes from the current 4m tonnes

(3) Sugarcane - We need a 10m tonne crop, up from the current 38,000 tonnes

(4) Palm oil - We need to boost output to 20m tonnes from the current 1m tonnes

(5) Wheat - We desperately need to boost production to about 10m tonnes from the current 60,000 tonnes

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's official praise singer Dauda Kahutu popularly known as Rarara has successfully raised the sum of N57m ($150,000) within 48 hours finance the release of a new song extolling the virtues of the president

HUMAN rights pressure group the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap) has filed a lawsuit against the leaders of the National Assembly over their failure to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes since 1999.

LAWYERS opposed to the recent actions of the attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami has launched a petition asking that he be stripped of the title senior advocate of Nigeria (San) for his recent breaches of legal ethical codes.

NIGERIA has received a minor and temporary economic respite as global crude oil prices rallied slightly today due to an approaching tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico that has prompted drillers to evacuate rigs and shut-in production.

DOMESTIC flights have been disrupted across Nigeria as aviation unions have embarked upon a strike to protest the owing of five month salary arrears to staff of Arik Air that was taken over by the federal government in 2017.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Wrist watches
(2) Mobile phones
(3) Laptop computers
(4) iPads
(5) Plasma Television sets
(6) Fridge-freezers
(7) Handbags
(8) Irons
(9) Generator sets
(10) Bicycles

I do not think it is asking too much for us as a nation to produce 50m units of each of these items annually. No doubt there are a lot of prototypes out there but alas, how do we get from prototype to mass production?

NIGERIAN-born media mogul Pearlena Igbokwe has been names as the chairman of US entertainment and information giants the Universal Studio Group making her the first African woman to head a major American television studio.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Cotton production will be expanded to match Pakistan’s 2.3m tonnes through the provision of single digit loans and hybrid seedlings to farmers. Nigeria currently produces only 105,000 tonnes which is not enough to sustain a local manufacturing industry

(2) A Nigerian Tailors Guild will be formed as part of a regulatory regime. Only registered members will be authorised to sew clothes for members of the public