President Buhari has arrived in Paris for the African Finance Summit. I hope his shopping list looks something like this

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Nigeria needs French automobile companies Citroen and Renault to come and open manufacturing and assembly plants in Nigeria as Peugeot did 

[2] Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi should come and open a facility in Nigeria to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine 

[3] French creditors should wipe off all Nigeria’s public debts 

[4] France should grant 50% tax rebates to any of its companies that invests in excess of $1bn in Nigeria

 
[5] French agricultural companies Agrocomm, the Soufflet Group and Louis Dreyfus Company should each commit to opening a mega cattle ranch in Nigeria 

[6] Power giant Électricité de France (EDF) should commit to building a 10,000MW hydro-electric power plant in Nigeria 

[7] French banking giant Crédit Agricole should offer Nigerian farmers, food processors and exporters loans at rates no higher than 5%

[8] Consumer goods company L'Oréal should open a manufacturing facility in Nigeria large enough to serve the entire African market

 
[9] The Mouvement des entreprises de France should set its members a target of investing at least $10bn annually in Nigeria 

[10] The Mouvement des entreprises de France should also commit to training at least 5,000 Nigerian workers and professionals annually under an industrial exchange training programme