We need to start dreaming about the future and thinking the unthinkable

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] On June 20 in 1936, Jesse Owens set the world 100 metres record of 10.2 seconds

[2] On June 20 1940, Joe Louis knocked out Arturo Godoy in eight rounds to win the world heavyweight boxing title

[3] On June 20 in 1867, US President Andrew Johnson announced the purchase of Alaska for less than 2 cents an acre. Today, Alaska has some of the world's largest oil and gas reserves

[4] On June in 1840, Samuel Morse patents his telegraph. This later went on to create what became known as the Morse Code

[5] On June 20 in 1901 Charlotte Maxeke became the first native African to graduate from a US college - Wilberforce University - in Ohio

Now, going forward what is the vision:

[1] One June 20 2050, Nigeria will become the world's third most populous nation

[2] One June 20, 2055, Nigeria becomes the world's fifth largest economy

[3] On June 20, 2060, Nigeria becomes the first African nation to put a man on the moon

[4] One June 2061, Nigeria becomes the first nation to build a solar-powered underground railway network whereby the trains are fed with conductor rods that lead from the surface

[5] One June 20, 2065, Nigeria becomes the first nation on earth to open a farming plantation on Mars, allowing her to convert land used within the country for agriculture into estates for industrial purposes