I suspect that Tinubu will not return to Nigeria until after the coronation of King Charles. I thus hope he has drawn up audacious plans to woo British investors during his London visit 

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all, his entourage to London must include industrialists like Dangote, Adenuga, Otedola, Alakija, etc. Their jobs would have been to secure joint deals with British enterprueners like Richard Branson and Alan Sugar

[2] He should also take along a team of crack economists like Charles Soludo, Lamido Sanusi, Pat Utomi, Kingsley Moghalu, etc. Their job would be to set deal targets and then make sure these targets are met 

[3] Nigeria has annual budget of about $30bn. At the very least, his team to leave London with that amount in pledged foreign direct investment (FDI). If the economic team fail to hit the target, they should be refused entry back into Nigeria

[4] Governor Babajide Sanwooolu should also be on the team. His job should be to reach a $20bn deal for the construction of a Lagos Underground Network. Governor Sanwoolu would announce the deal by declaring that from henceforth, he will only travel by public transport

[5] I would have brought Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi Stare too and got him to negotiate a $10bn investment package for the construction of a mega hydro-electric power plant at Idah

[6] Governor Ben Ayade should he brought along too to seal a deal for the dredging of Calabar port and the construction of a railway terminal linking it with Abuja, Enugu, Lagos and Port Harcourt

[7] Whoever is Tinubu’s choice for transport minister is the key man on the team as rail should be the centrepiece of Nigeria’s pitch. There are 12m cars on Nigeria’s roads today and over eight years, the next transport minister’s job should be to halve that by constructing a national railway network that links up all our 774 local government areas

[8] Whoever is Tinubu’s candidate as minister for mines and power also has to be on the team. This person will be mandated to get the likes of Siemens, EDF Energy, Scottish Power, etc to invest in our cash-strapped electricity distribution companies. He or she should also not be allowed back into the country unless the person successfully woos at least three investors

[9] I would seek to bring the 5,000 staff of British Steel who face redundancy to Nigeria. Tata Steel no longer wants them as it is transferring production to India but Ajaokuta sure as hell needs them. I will sign them on a two-year deal with a mandate to train at least 5,000 Nigerians during that period

[10] Abia State’s incoming governors should also be on the team with a mandate to sign a deal with at least one fashion chain. This will mean Abia State supplying it with shoes, clothes, bags, belts, etc