Our ankara and adire materials are perfectly suited to making Father Christmas costumes so there is no reason why Nigeria should not be generating at least $50bn every December

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria should have the world's largest Xmas tree plantation

[2] By now, we should have patented a special red ankara Father Christmas suit

[3] All of Africa's poor should get a special Xmas hamper with Nigerian palliatives

[4] By now, there should be a special Jollof Rice Christmas meal available in all the world's retail stores

[5] Why do we not have a special Xmas palm wine drink

[6] Our Fulani cattle herdsmen should be breeding a special kind of antelope to be used as reindeers

[7] Given our penchant for religion, we should have a company that manufactures a special white luminous angelic garment made from adire or guinea brocade

[8] By now, we should be the world’s largest manufacturer of Christmas lights and export them everywhere

[9] Why is no poultry farmer in Nigeria breeding a special large genetically modified Xmas turkey bigger than any existing species, with a higher meat content and much cheaper. It would provide jobs for all those unemployed Fulani herdsmen with expertise in the meat trade

[10] We should also manufacture a special motorised vehicle that gets adopted worldwide as the official Father Christmas sledge

As a people we have to start thinking like this, especially in these dire post-coronavirus times. It can no longer be business as usual, waiting for the government to bail us out. Nigerians need to elevate their level of thinking!