Rather than congregate to celebrate IBB's pack of lies and arrogant refusal to accept responsibility for his past sins, Nigeria's elite should encourage the publishing of a book with futuristic plans that look like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will build a nation of 42 states, seven in each geo-political zone, with each of them generating at least $10bn in internal wealth annually

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

[3] Nigeria will become a country that is the world’s largest chocolate producer

[4] We will have a health service that serves as the world’s undisputed leader of tropical medicine

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

[6] Nigeria will become a nation that accounts for 10% of global manufacturing. This will include automobiles, aircraft, railway carriages, TV sets, fridge-freezers, washing machines, laptop computers, mobile phones, etc

[7] We will be a very green nation in which less than 10% of the public use cars. Trains, buses and bicycles will become the most common form of transport. Our country will also be littered with green open spaces

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

[9] Nigeria will also become a nation with a 95% literacy rate. Each one of its 774 local government areas will have at least one university, polytechnic or technical college

[10] We will build a Nigerian nation at ease with itself where ethnic group, gender, religion, sexual orientation or place of birth play no role in how you are treated

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