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NIGERIA'S federal government has initiated ambitious wheat production plans centred around the empowerment of 12,000 farmers in Adamawa State in the northeast of the country as part of a programme to reduce imports.

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

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2025 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

NIGERIA-eligible goalkeeper German Noah Atubolu could be set to come to the English Premier League during the forthcoming January transfer window as West Ham are looking to purchase him from Bundesliga side Freiburg.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Minister of Education

With 13m out-of-school kids, Nigeria is the truancy capital of the world. We have become a nation of dropouts. Our minister has to set himself a target of at least halving this by 2027. Can he please build at least two primary schools and one secondary school in each of our 774 local government areas

[2] Minister of science and Technology

Ayo Akinfe

[1] My government plans to combat the rising spate of insecurity across the country

[2] My administration intends to reduce the ratio of government revenue that accrues from crude oil exports to 20% from the current 90% through an economic diversification programme

[3] My administration plans to add value to every single agricultural good we produce before exporting it

NIGERIANS in the UK were treated to an unprecedented mixture of entertainment and culture on Saturday December 14 when the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) held its annual gala dinner.

Ayo Akinfe

Fellow Nigerians,

[1] We shall be opening one mechanised division of the Nigerian Army in each of the 19 states of northern Nigeria to combat insecurity, terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and the murderous Fulani herdsmen

NIGERIA has called US president-elect Donald Trump's bluff by ignoring his threat to sanction countries that embraced Brics with the federal government applying for full membership of the group.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] At the moment, Nigeria is the UK’s fastest growing export market. She should draw up plans that stipulate that she wants to see this grow dramatically with an annual foreign direct investment (FDI) target of $1bn for British investors in Nigeria