Given that she is an ordained clergywoman, I think Oluremi Tinubu should take up the position of chief executive of Man of God PLC Ltd and establish it as the bellwether of the Nigerian economy

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria desperately needs a national private sector giant that will serve as the bellwether of her economy. For instance, Samsung accounts for 20% of South Korea’s economic output

[2] Every serious nation has once such company, be it San Miguel in the Philippines, Fiat in Italy, Toyota in Japan, Siemens in Germany, Skoda in the Czech Republic, etc. A private sector operator that is a mass producer of consumer goods for the local market and export

[3] Nigerians are shameless eternal importers and parasitic consumers which no plans to manufacture what we use. Where is our pride as a sovereign nation when we cannot even manufacture arms to defend ourselves or ordinary analgesics to treat headaches

[4] To address this crisis, I think our general overseers must combine all their commercial operations into one conglomerate called Man of God PLC and agree to invest at least $5bn a year in the Nigerian economy. Oluremi Tinubu would be the ideal candidate to serve as its chief executive

[5] To get the company going, our pastorprueners must sell off their fleets of private jets and use the proceeds to buy passenger planes. Man of God PLC will use such aircraft to run a commercial airline. If it grows significantly it may even become our national carrier

[6] Given that power supply is our main headache in Nigeria today, Man of God PLC must pledge to invest in power generation plants and electricity transmission and distribution companies

[7] Given the deep pockets of these pastorprueners, they must agree to consider investing in all those areas of our economy desperately needing private capital. These include railway lines, sea ports, our comatose steel mills, food processing, etc

[8] Man of God PLC must also commit to investing significantly in tourism. I find it totally unacceptable that despite Nigeria’s large religious following, the tombs of Samuel Ajayi Crowther and Usman Dan Fodio are not major tourist attractions. We have to bring the two of them up to the level of the Taj Mahal at the very least

[9] If Man of God PLC choses to invest in healthcare by building hospitals and providing drugs and treatment, delivery must be free. The government will pay the company annually for this from our health budget

[10] Likewise, the government will reimburse Man of God PLC for any scholarships it offers to poor students. As part of this deal, any exceptionally bright youngster who gains admission must be admitted and under no circumstances must anyone be denied an education for being poor