10 things Nigerians would love to get in their Christmas hampers from the federal government

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and all its sister bodies are to be termed terrorist organisations as from January 1 2022

[2] As from January 1 2022, we shall initiate the gradual dismantling of the federal allocation formula and return to the 1958 Lancaster House Agreement under which federating units will control the resources within their domains

[3] Salaries of all senators will be reduced to those of permanent secretaries on Level 17 of the civil service

[4] Salaries of all members of the House of Representatives will be reduced to those of civil servants on Level 16 of the civil service

[5] We are placing a five year moratorium on government funding of religious pilgrimages abroad. Money saved will be invested in education instead

[6] A bill will be passed to the National Assembly compelling all states and the federal government to make at least one third of all elected officials and appointees female as from 2023

[7] Nigeria will be offering a 10-year tax holiday to any automobile company that is prepared to open a facility that manufactures electric cars in the country

[8] Child marriages will be designated as statutory rape with an accompanying punishment of 10 years imprisonment

[9] Nigeria will offer a five year tax holiday to any pharmaceutical company willing to open a facility that manufactures a Covid-19 vaccine in the country

[10] A bill will be sent to the National Assembly making it mandatory as from January 2022, that the federal and state governments all buy all their vehicles from Innoson Motors Nnewi