Ayo Akinfe

[1] If we do not accept our shortcomings, we are never going to overcome them. Our problems in Nigeria are multi-faceted but they can be narrowed down to three things - we produce too little, intellectual laziness and ostentation greed. In 1922, Frederick Lugard spotted all this and summed us up perfectly in his book Dual Mandate

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Steel - 10m tonnes

[2] Cocoa - 1.5m tonnes

[3] Natural gas - 100m cubic metres

[4] Rice - 10m tonnes

[5] Distributed electricity - 20,000MW

[6] Tarred roads - 200,000km

[7] Assembled automobiles - 500,000 units

[8] Bitumen - 10m tonnes

[9] Palm oil - 20m tonnes

[10] Clean energy - 5,000MW

NIGERIAN youngster Maxwell Mickie-Faseun has set a precedence in the English Premier League by becoming the first team mascot to appear wearing a Nigerian cap when he led Arsenal out against West Ham on December 28.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Africa is in the middle of earth, Nigeria is almost in the middle of Africa, so we are not just any nation. We should consider ourselves humanity's hope of the 22nd century. Let us start off buy aiming to be the world's largest manufacturer if electric cars by 2030. Let us come up with a revolutionary production regime that they will enable Innoson Motors to manufacture an electric 4x4 jeep for £5,000

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has released his list of 25 players for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations tournament starting in Ivory Coast next month with several surprises including recalls for old timers Ahmed Musa and William Ekong.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Pass a law making your state of birth your state of origin

[2] Pass a law making it compulsory to grant indigent status to anyone who has lived in a state for five years

[3] Categorise the use of the word tribe as hate speech. Only animals live in tribes. Europeans never refer to themselves as coming from tribes. Using the word tribe should attract a 12 month jail sentence

SOUTHERN African airline Taag Angola Airlines is to start a daily flight service to Nigeria with journeys between  Luanda and Lagos starting from January 8 as part of a plan to enhance continental travel and connectivity.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] The South West Governor Forum shall provide loans with interest rates of no more than 5% interest to anyone wishing to delve into agriculture. Such loans will be tailored towards buying hybrid seedlings, pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers and farming equipment like tractors, water tanks, silos and barns

CANADA has relaunched two programmes aimed at enabling migrant workers to gain entry into the country as caregivers and healthcare workers as part of a ongoing plan to boost its population through mass migration.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Build the world's largest cocoa plantation in Owena. Nigeria is currently the world's sixth largest cocoa producer with an output of about 245,000 tonnes and Ondo State is the largest producer in Nigeria. This Owena plantation should have an output of about 10,000 tonnes with the potential to rise to 50,000 tonnes