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Building on the back of our recent sporting successes, it is time for the government to set industrial targets too. Whether we like it or not, Nigeria needs to dramatically expand productivity. Let us start with these 2026 manufacturing targets

Ayo Akinfe

[1] 10m tonnes of steel

[2] 20m pre-paid electricity metres

[3] 5m electricity transformers

[4] 20m mobile phone handsets

[5] 2m automobiles must be assembled locally

[6] 10m flatscreen TV sets

[7] 10m tonnes of maize

[8] 5m tonnes of sugar

[9] 10 tonnes of rice

[10] 50m pairs of footwear

[11] 1,000 railway carriages

[12] 20bn kg of milk

[13] 2m tonnes of beef

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Ndidi set for medical with Turkish giants Besiktas this week after agreeing three-year deal

SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is all set to join Turkish giants Besiktas after his representatives and the club agreed on the details of a three-year contract following Leicester City's acceptance of a €9.5m for the anchorman.

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It is time to launch an ambitious investment-facing diaspora plan that will create jobs and also prevent Nigerians abroad from becoming embittered, lost and disillusioned like Kemi Badenoch

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Once a year, 500 diasporans will be invited to Abuja to rub minds with government ministers on investment, job creation and infrastructure development

[2] The presidents of the major diaspora organisations in four or five key countries worldwide will be granted observers status at Nigerian Governors' Forum meetings

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Ibadan kingmakers officially nominate former governor Rasheed Ladoja as new Olubadan

FORMER Oyo State governor Rasheed Ladoja has been nominated by the kingmakers body the Olubadan-in-Council to be the next monarch of Ibadanland to replace Oba Owolabi Olakulehin who passed away on July 7.

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There is an old saying that any PR is good PR, so I am hoping that we gain from the Kemi Badenoch debacle. I hope the focus on Nigeria as a result of her recent outbursts leads to more British FDI

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Let us not delude ourselves, Britain's elite still regards Nigeria as a nation of savages where people have only recently climbed down from tree tops. We need an aggressive enlightenment strategy to get them to start viewing Nigerians as equal human beings and subsequently an investment destination

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Leicester reject bid from Turkish giants Besiktas for Ndidi saying offer is too derisory

ENGLISH Championship side Leicester City have rejected a €7m bid for Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi from Turkish giants Besistas branding the offer derisory and well below their valuation of the midfielder.

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Who else would love to wake up tomorrow and hear that the ADC alliance has unveiled a railway policy that looks like this and is challenging the APC to adopt it too

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A national rail network will be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states, employing no less than 10m people. This will also involve the manufacturing of carriages, tracks, signal boxes, equipment, etc

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Trying to be more Catholic than the pope!

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I need to send this young lady a copy of Alex Hayley’s Roots to read. That book will open her eyes to a lot of things she is currently blind to

[2] For starters, that book deals extensively with the issue of Africans who act as the black faces of white supremacy

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Nigerian Army raids 13 Ipob/ESN camps in Delta State arresting 13 suspects in the process

                                                                           

NIGERIAN Army troops have mounted raids on the military camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) and its armed wing the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Delta State arresting 13 individuals in the process.

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These are the kind of policy debates that should be dominating Nigerian politics between now and 2027

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Health policy:

[1] 12 specialist hospitals shall be established in Nigeria with two in each geo-political zone. These shall include - Dermatology, optometrics, renal failure, cardialogy, neurology, ear/throat/nose, cancer, Hiv/Aids, orthopedia, rheumatics, tropical diseases and sickle cell anaemia

[2] Pharmaceutical companies will be given 10 year tax holidays if they establish manufacturing facilities in Nigeria

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