I am hoping that when President Tinubu returns from his holiday he announces an Independence Day package that looks like this for unveiling on October 1

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will establish a special anti-kidnapping division of the Nigeria Police Force headed by a deputy inspector general of police with a mandate to eliminate what has become a banditry pandemic of late. We will have zero tolerance for banditry and kidnapping

[2] We will build the world’s largest hydro-electric power plant at Lokoja with a capacity to generate 15,000MW of electricity

[3] A 10th mechanised division of the Nigerian Army will be established in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. It will be a specialist anti-terrorist division

[4] As from October 1 2025, the federal government will no longer subsidise religious pilgrimages to Israel and Saudi Arabia

[5] As from January 1 2026, open grazing of cattle will be illegal across Nigeria. All cattle must be moved to secure ranches by this date or they will be seized

[6] Domestic airlines led by Air Peace have been invited to take a 30% in the new proposed national carrier Air Nigeria. Foreign airlines will have a 20% stake, Ethiopian Airways will have a 20% stake and the federal government will have a 20% stake

[8] On October 1 2035, Nigeria will abolish its current federal allocation formula. Between now and then, there will be a gradual move towards resource control

[9] Nigeria’s federal government will begin accepting bids for the NNPC immediately. It remains an albatross around our collective necks as it bleeds the country dry with its petrol subsidies, so we will sell it off to those who can make it work and diversify the corporation into a multi-faceted manufacturing operation

[10] We shall be sending a bill to the National Assembly linking the salaries of senators, House of Rep members and governors to grades in the Nigerian civil service

ayoakinfe@gmail.com