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Ayo Akinfe

[1] Officially known as the European Recovery Programme, the Marshall Plan was an American initiative launched in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. Basically, the US transferred $13.3bn (equivalent to $173bn in 2023 to Western European economies at the end of World War Two to help them rebuild

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Cotton production will be expanded to match Pakistan’s 2.3m tonnes through the provision of single digit loans and hybrid seedlings to farmers. Nigeria currently produces only 105,000 tonnes of cotton, which is not enough to sustain a local manufacturing industry

[2] A Nigerian Tailors Guild will be formed as part of a regulatory regime. Only registered members will be authorised to sew clothes for members of the public

SUPER Eagles fullback Bright Osayi-Samuel looks set to come to England during the forthcoming January transfer window as several Premier League and Championship clubs have stepped up their pursuit of him over the last few weeks.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I foresee an African giant of a nation with a landmass of about 3m square kilometres. This will include about 800,000 sq kilometres of Sahara Desert

[2] I envisage a socialist secular nation with a population of 1bn people where power is devolved to the federating units

[3] I dream of a gross domestic product of about $30trn putting this mega African nation in sharp competition with China, India, the US and a United States of Europe

FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has rounded off 2023 brilliantly by winning his last fight of the year knocking out Otto Wallin in a high profile bout in Saudi Arabia.

In the fight which took place yesterday, Joshua won his third fight of this year in a bout that was billed as the main event of the Day of Reckoning card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Earlier in 2023, Joshua secured victories over Jermaine Franklin in April and Robert Helenius in August.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every year, Nigeria demands a minimum of $50bn in foreign direct investment. If the rest of the world is not prepared to put its money where its mouth is then they should not complain when Boko Haram do a Taliban on us

[2] Before the end of 2024, at least one pharmaceutical giant must open a factory in Nigeria to produce a Covid-19 vaccine to be distributed across Africa

FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has regained his freedom after he was released from the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja following the meeting his of bail conditions.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] By the end of 2024, we will abolish the federal allocation regime compelling all 36 states to generate their own revenue

[2] Before the end of the year, we will have equipped the Nigerian military with the capacity to wipe out Boko Haram and all other terrorist groups operating in the northeast

[3] Get every single cattle herdsman in the country operating from a dedicated and secure animal ranch before the end of 2024

ENGLISH Premier League giants Aston Villa are looking to sign Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho from Championship side Leicester City during the forthcoming January transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2024 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn

[2] Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive quarters shall be dissolved and incorporated into one of its neighbours