This year, Nigeria will be 65, while the United Nations will be 80. How about we celebrate our independence anniversary by inviting the whole world to Abuja to sign up to this Nigeria at 65 Plan

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Global investors must pledge to build two mega hydro electric power plants with a combined capacity of 50,000MW of electricity

[2] The international community must commit to spending whatever it takes to enable Nigeria eliminate Boko Haram and other terrorist groups

[3] International investors will provider funding for the establishment of six mega ranches. As part of this programme, all Fulani herdsmen will be disarmed and settled on ranches

[4] Global investors must commit to investing in Nigeria’s ambitious railway expansion project

[5] The world’s leading 10 automobile manufacturers must commit to opening at least one assembly plant in Nigeria

[6] All the leading pharmaceutical giants like Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Roche, Bayer, Roche, GSK, etc, must all commit to opening at least one manufacturing facility in Nigeria

[7] Without steel, no nation can industrialise. The international community needs to pledge that it will get the Ajaokuta and Aladja steel plants up and running producing 30m tonnes annually

[8] All Nigeria’s creditors like China, the IMF and the World Bank must commit to consolidate all Nigeria’s loans into one and use the capital for investment in key infrastructural development

[9] The G20 group of affluent nations must commit to investing at least $100bn in Nigeria annually

[10] Nigeria needs at least one shipyard. The global community must commit to investing in this mega manufacturing project in the Niger Delta

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