I am yet to hear one foreign policy pronouncement from any of our presidential aspirants. Were I running, my manifesto pledges would look something like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We will build a united Socialist Republic of West Africa with a population of 1bn people

[2] This super power will have a gross domestic product of $20trn and an annual budget of about $5trn

[3] English and French were its two official languages ala Canada

[4] This nation will have a military made up of 10m standing troops

[5] Starting off as Songhai, made up of current Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin Republic and Niger Republic, this nation will also have a nuclear capability

[6] It will ultimately have 50 aircraft carriers, 5,000 fighter jets, 200 submarines, 20,000 battle tanks, 100 navy Destroyers and a military helicopter fleet of 1,500

[7] This African super power must account for 50% of all global food production

[8] It must also account for 50% of all global steel production

[9] About 80% of the world’s tropical disease hospitals and research centres will be located in this Socialist Republic of West Africa. will also account for the production of 50% of the world’s pharmaceuticals

[10] In the sporting arena, it must reign supreme, always topping the Olympics table and winning one out of every two Fifa World Cups