Immediately after next year’s elections, whoever becomes president should summon all 36 governors to Aso Rock and get them to all agree to a national blueprint that looks like this

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[1] Every governor should attract at least $10bn worth of foreign direct investment annually

[2] Every governor must generate, distribute and transmit at least 1,000MW of electricity within his or her state

[3] Every governor must inaugurate a power transmission and distribution company in their state. It could be a PPP joint venture, wholly state-owned or a private concern but it must be able to electrify the whole state

[4] Every state must remit at least $5bn into the federation account annually under a new resource control arrangement that will replace federal allocation formula

[5] Every state government must build and run an least one vocational technical college in each of its local government areas

[6] Every state governor must generate at least $1bn annually in export earnings annually

[7] Literacy levels must never drop below 80% in any state. If they do, a state of emergency will be declared

[8] Every state must initiate a public works programme that employs at least 500,000 people

[9] Every governor must ensure that there is a functioning general hospital in each local government area of his state

[10] At least one third of every state cabinet must be women. Any state government that does not reflect this will not be recognised

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