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DUCHESS of Sussex Meghan of Markle has written thank you letters to several of the Nigerian dignitaries who treated her and her husband Prince Harry during their recent trip to Nigeria promising to return to the country in the future.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Set Nigeria an annual target of producing 35m tonnes of steel. This will match Brazilian output and put us on the same trajectory as sister developing nations like Mexico, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam

[2] Announce a radical scrap metal collection programme. This will involve using all the money collected from corrupt officials to buy scrap metal. Maybe call it the Industrial Trader Metal Money Programme

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Pass a bill to bring back the 1958 Lancaster House Agreement under which the federating units will control all the resources within their domain, remitting 50% to the centre

[2] Pass a bill compelling our states to meet their own running cost at the very minimum. In 1959 for instance, the Balewa government passed a federal budget of £50m but the Awolowo government in the old Western Region passed a budget of £55m

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I would set an income tax revenue target of $50bn by 2030

[2] I would forward proposals to the National Assembly introducing a regime whereby no public official will receive more than four times the national minimum wage

[3] I would peg the salaries of the president, governors, senators, ministers, commissioners, members of the House of Representatives, state assembly members, etc to grades in the Nigerian civil service

ZAMFARA State is paying each of the 1,718 pilgrims going on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia this year a sum of $100 to augment their basic travel allowances (BTA) after currency fluctuations eroded the amounts paid them by the federal government's hajj commission.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Unveil a nationwide rail haulage network. You cannot run a modern economy moving all your goods by road. Trailers are also very accident-prone

[2] Peg lending rates for industrial purposes at 5% maximum

[3] Create a special industrial wing of the EFCC to combat corruption in business and industry

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) football officials have announced plans to step up talks with Crystal Palace playmaker Michael Olise in a desperate bid to get him to play for the Super eagles following his omission from France's Euro 2024 squad.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] It is the rainy season in Nigeria again and as ever, we are once more subjected to annual flooding. Can we just put things into perspective, it is not as if we suffer from Monsoon storms or La Niña, it is just that there is no drainage to carry away excess water. Our villages, towns and cities only get something like a 20% increase in water during the rainy season

SUPER Eagles head coach Finidi George has invited 23 players to camp for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Benin Republic taking place next month with the only major shock being the dropping of veteran goalkeeper Francis Uzoho.