Desperate situations sometimes call for desperate measures. Should Nigeria take a leaf out of China's book and introduce internment and labour camps to boost industrial output?

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[1] I recently found out that one of the key factors in China’s growing manufacturing prowess is the fact that it runs Gulag prisoner camps where hardened criminals are made to work in a productive manner, churning out industrial goods

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Nigeria initiates ambitious plan to expand wheat production in bid to reduce imports

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.

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I would love to see our National Assembly pass a bill compelling the presidency to set annual national production targets like this every New Year’s Day

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

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On June 7 1776, 53 people signed the US Declaration of Independence. How about we get 53 people to sign the Nigerian declaration of Economic Independence on December 25 2024. Here are the kind of things I would like to see in this document:

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

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Nigeria-eligible keeper Atubolu could come to England as West Ham step up pursuit of him

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.

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10 ministers who really need to up their game big time come 2025 if Nigeria is to get out of her current rot and realise the dream of becoming an industrialised nation by 2030

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[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

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Nigerians need to have have faith and believe that on Christmas day, they will wake up to hear this message. Consider 2025 the start of a new beginning

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[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

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Canuk end-of-year gala dinner sets a precedence in terms of culture and entertainment

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.

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I am sure we would all love to wake up to this Christmas Day speech from President Bola Tinubu on December 25

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

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Nigeria calls Donald Trump's bluff by continuing with its pursuit of Brics membership

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.

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