Can we please set ourselves certain “Mint Goals” in Nigeria over the course of the next five years

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Our gross domestic product (GDP) must match that of Indonesia - $1.02trn from our current $375bn

(2) Our annual budget must match that of Mexico - $314bn from our current $28bn

(3) We must generate as much electricity as Turkey - 332,000GWh from our current 28,000GWh

(4) We must match Turkey for the amount of energy produced from renewable sources - 33% from our current 18.6%

(5) We must match Indonesia in terms of kilometres of tarred roads - 950,974km from our current 193,200km

(6) We must match Mexico in terms of kilometres of railway tracks - 19,166km from our current 3,600

(7) We must match Indonesia’s literacy rate of 93.9% from our current 60%

(8) Match Mexico’s 1.38 hospital beds per 1,000 people from our current 0.5

(9) Increase our share of national output to 31% to match Mexico from the current 9.6 %

(10) Reduce our number of faith houses to the Mint average