Nigeria’s attorney-general Lateef Fagbemi should send a bill to the National Assembly creating the new offence of economic sabotage which punishes the following offences with at least 10 year jail terms

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Clergymen who refuse to remit 40% of their tithes as state taxes

[2] Those who import generator sets perpetuating our electricity crisis

[3] Those who own private jets at a time when Nigeria is struggling to get a national carrier off the ground

[4] Importers and distributors of luxury goods and items like Gucci and Louis Vuitton handbags that could easily be manufactured in Nigeria

[5] Public officials who go abroad for medical treatment. Being elected into office should come with a commitment to dying in Nigeria

[6] Citizens who go abroad to get treatment for ailments that can easily be treated in Nigeria

[7] State governors who fail to generate at least $1bn in foreign direct investment annually

[8] Officials who sign supply contracts with foreign companies without adding the caveat that the goods must be manufactured in Nigeria

[9] Local government chairmen who fail to open up at least one industrial park within their domains

[10] Exporters of primary products who fail to add at least 50% added value to their goods