By my calculations Nigeria will be back on a sound footing by 2030

Ayo Akinfe 

(1) By 2023 we will elect a president who will stop this division of Nigerians along ethnic lines. President Buhari is unique even by Fulani standards as neither presidents Shagari or Yar’Adua were this nepotistic 

(2) By 2025, Boko Haram would have been eliminated as what is currently lacking is the political will to take them on 

(3) Soon after the 2023 swearing-in, the new president will declare Macban a terrorist organisation and clamp down on Fulani herdsmen. This will go a long way to ending calls for the dismemberment of Nigeria 

(4) By 2025, we would have worked out some sort of fiscal federalism structure under which the current federal allocation regime will be abolished. I expect that to end all this secessionist agitation 

(5) By 2027, the new administration will have made some progress in diversifying the Nigerian economy. At the moment, crude oil exports account for over 90% of government revenue. I expect that to have fallen to about 60% by 2027

(6) At the moment, we generate about 7,000MW of electricity and can only distribute 4,000MW of it. By 2027, I expect us to generate and distribute at least 10,000MW

(7) By 2027, travel across Nigeria will have become a lot safer as the national railway network would have become functional 

(8) As we speak, the government has rice and sugar production expansion plans. By 2027, we should be self-reliant in these two products, bringing their prices down 

(9) No country can ever industrialise without steel. By 2030, I expect Ajaokuta and Aladja to be producing about 5m tonnes 

(10) By 2030, the Northern State Governors Forum should have established six mega ranches across Nigeria, turning the country into a major producer of milk, meat, leather goods and animal feed. These ranches will also have schools, literacy centres and vocational colleges who will help reduce illiteracy, banditry, terrorism, unemployment, etc