Buhari should call an urgent meeting of Africa’s top 10 island states and draw up a continental post-Brexit tourist package for Boris Johnson

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Madagascar
(2) Seychelles
(3) Cape Verde
(4) St Helena
(5) Sao Tome & Principe
(6) Comoros
(7) Mauritius
(8) Reunion
(9) Canary Island
(10) Madeira

Their communique should be straightforward:

(1) Tourists will be offered a 10-island holiday involving spending at least one night in each location

(2) British tourists who want localised holidays in just one part of Africa, will be free to opt for that

(3) Air Peace will be responsible for all flights and transportation

(4) UK tourists will not need a visa for such holidays

(5) UK hotel chains, hospitality companies and restaurant chains will be given 50 year land leases to expand into these islands

(6) Nigeria will float a dedicated cruise company to facilitate this island-hoping holiday for those interested in making the trip by sea

(7) Tourists who come on holidays for five successive years will be granted automatic citizenship allowing them to settle in any of these islands if they so please

(8) British companies who hold annual general meetings or staff get-togethers on any of these islands will get a 20% discount

(9) Ship captains who operate this cruise line that services the islands will be licensed to conduct weddings aboard their ships

(10) One division of the Nigerian Army will be located to each island to offer security

All the participants then need to do is agree that all payments will go into a pot which shall be split 11 ways each month. Likewise, it is from this pot that money for investment will come.