Last night, I dreamt of 2025 and beyond. In my dream, I was taken to the mountain top and saw the Promised Land. Here is what I witnessed when I looked down on Nigeria

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A nation of 42 states with each of them generating at least $10bn in wealth annually

[2] A country accounting for 50% of global animal feed production with cassava and yam serving as the two main ingredients

[3] A country that had emerged as the world’s largest chocolate producer

[4] A health service that served as the world’s undisputed leader of tropical medicine

[5] All of the countries’ 774 local government areas were linked up by a double gauge railway network. There were then 12 high speed railway lines linking the major commercial centres

[6] A nation that accounted for 10% of global manufacturing. This included electric automobiles, aircraft, railway carriages, TV sets, fridge-freezers, washing machines, laptop computers, mobile phones, etc

[7] A very green nation in which less than 10% of the public used private cars. Trains, buses and bicycles were the most common form of transport. The country was littered with green open spaces

[8] A nation that is a maritime power with six shipbuilding yards along its Atlantic coastline

[9] A nation with a 95% literacy rate. Each one of its 774 local government areas had at least one university, polytechnic and technical college

[10] A nation at ease with itself where ethnic group, gender, religion, sexual orientation or place of birth plays no role in how you are treated.

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