Blogs

Nigeria’s National Assembly needs to pass annual target bills on January 1 each year. Let us start by making 2025 the year when we set ourselves the goal of going 365 days with no power cut

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We keep debating this issue of inadequate electricity supply in Nigeria but always come up short. It is not actually rocket science as our problems can be broken down into two. In the first place, we need about 50,000MW but only generate 7,000MW and to make matters worse, we can only distribute 4,000MW of this. All we have to do is address both issues

Share

English Championship side Watford consider signing Iheanacho from Sevilla to aid promotion

ENGLISH Championship side Watford have made a loan proposal to Spanish La Liga outfit Sevilla to try and sign former Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho during the currently January transfer window in a bid to help their Premier League promotion bid.

Share

If you ask me, there are five things Nigeria needs to focus on in 2025. These are security, electricity, steel, railways and manufacturing

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As an economy, Nigeria’s woes basically stem from the fact that we simply do not manufacture enough and as a result, import too much. This leads to balance of trade and balance of payment deficits. Once we start manufacturing, we will be on the road to recovery

[2] To become a manufacturing nation you need a large pool of workers, crude oil , steel and electricity. The first two we have in abundance, so need to work on the other two vigorously

Share

Kanu's family accuses Tinubu of reneging on deal to release Ipob leader if he gets elected

NNAMDI Kanu's family has accused President Bola Tinubu of reneging on an agreement he made with them during the election campaign in 2023 that the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader would be freed upon his assumption of office.

Share

How about the National Assembly gets this year off to a flying start by passing a bill declaring 2025 the Nigerian Year of Motorcycle Manufacturing

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If we were a right thinking people, we would have got the motorcycle to radically transform the Nigerian economy. By my calculations, Nigeria is the world's fifth largest user of motorcycles behind India, Vietnam, Indonesia and China

Share

President Tinubu said he wants to halve inflation in 2025 and bring it down to about 15%. To achieve this he should introduce a new transport policy that looks like this to reduce petrol demand

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A high speed rail network to be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states

[2] Road maintenance is to be given back to the states. The Federal Ministry of Works will ensure funds are disbursed to state governments to cater for stretches that fall within their domains

Share

Man City eye Ola Aina as a long term replacement for England international Kyle Walker

ENGLISH Premier league champions Manchester City are contemplating buying Super Eagles defender Ola Aina at the end of the season as a long tern replacement for England international Kyle Walker.

Share

How about the National Assembly gets the new year going with a bang by passing the Nigerian Religious Investment Act 2025

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that April 8 1802 is a historic day when it comes to the use of religious capital as on that day, the French Protestant Church became state supported and controlled. What this means was that on that day, the French government could access the funds of the Protestant Church for infrastructural uses and the development of France

Share

Nigerians need to make 2025 the year when they start thinking like the Chinese, Saudis and United Arab Emirates where we go for the biggest, tallest and fastest of everything. Let us start with these please

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Palm oil plantation

[2] Cattle ranch

[3] Coconut plantation

[4] Solar farm

[5] Electric car assembly line

[6] Transformer manufacturing factory

[7] Cocoa plantation

[8] Oilseed crushing plant

[9] Malaria pharmaceutical plant

[10] Solar panel assembly plant

Share

Tinubu hails the re-opening of Warri refinery as a step towards ending petrol scarcity and inflation

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has hailed the re-opening of the Warri refinery as a remarkable achievement that will help bring about an end to the current petrol scarcity in the country that has brought about hyper-inflation.

Share

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - blogs