Were I in President Tinubu’s shoes I would aim to make winning the 2026 World Cup a launchpad for attracting widespread investment into Nigeria so would have a long-list that looks like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Joachim Lowe

[2] José Mourinho

[3] Ralph Hasenhüttl

[4] Julen Lopetegui

[5] Hansi Flick

[6] Zinadine Zidane

[7] Jurgen Klopp

[8] Herve Renard

[9] Antonio Conte

[10] Thomas Tuchel

For me, the programme would be very simple:

[1] Win the Jules Rimet trophy and use it as a platform to sell Nigeria to the wider world

[2] For starters, invite all the World Cup sponsors to the presidential villa for a corporate weekend

[3] Offer all these sponsors 99 year land leases to open factories in Nigeria

[4] In addition, offer them five year tax holidays

[5] Then beef up security big time as part of a plan to target the tourist industry

[6] Import large numbers of big cats and other wildlife from East Africa as part of a plan to launch the Nigerian Serengeti in Taraba State

[7] Build a national railway network linking all of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas

[8] Task all state governors to ensure that they have at least one five star hotel in their state

[9] Set your trade and industry minister a target of attracting at least $50bn a year in foreign direct investment

[10] Host an annual global football tournament of some sort to woo the outside world. Maybe something like a competition where all the participants are the Fifa confederations. Caf vs Uefa for instance would always be a crowd puller. We can get it adopted by Fifa.