Ayo Akinfe
Under this scheme, the five states of the southeast geo-political zone will float a finance house called Ogbunigwe Bank. It will hand out loans to small businesses with a maximum interest rate of 5%
Every year, at least 200 Abriba and Ohafia cobblers will be sent to China to be trained on modern shoe production. The...
Ayo Akinfe
No none has said it but it is certain that one of the reason why Deborah's murderers were so enraged was because she was female. They were probably thinking: "How dare a common woman have the audacity to talk when we are discussing religion."
As we all know, women are the anchors and hubs of society. Without them, the...
Ayo Akinfe
An annual 30% tax of the value of every private jet in the country
A 50% tithe tax compelling all clergymen to hand over half of all they receive in offerings
A Dubai party tax that levies 50% of the value of any party Nigerians throw abroad
An Owambe tax which attracts a flat fee of around N50,000 per...
Ayo Akinfe
For starters, we need a database to determine what are luxury goods. This will include designer clothing, jewellery, automobiles, footwear and fashion accessories. All such items will be subject to a 20% luxury goods tax at the point of purchase
All private jets will be subject to an annual tax worth 40% of their...
Ayo Akinfe
On November 7 1916, Jeannette Rankin from Montana was elected to US Congress as its first ever woman representative. Nigeria is yet to elect a female governor. We have to correct this anomally come two years time
If you want to know how far mankind has come with the gender equality matter, do you know that on in...
Ayo Akinfe
Cotton production will be expanded to match Pakistan’s 2.3m tonnes through the provision of single digit loans and hybrid seedlings to farmers. Nigeria currently produces only 105,000 tonnes which is not enough to sustain a local manufacturing industry
A Nigerian Tailors Guild will be formed as part of a regulatory...
Ayo Akinfe
Last week, the whole of Nigeria was talking about the unique attire President Buhari wore during his one day official visit to Imo State. However, have we cashed in on it?
I am gobsmacked that nobody in Imo State, a part of the country renown for its commercial clout and industrial nature has spotted the opportunities...
Ayo Akinfe
First of all the military clampdown must end today. There are no Boko Haram or Iswap terrorists in the southeast, so all political prisoners should be released, all charges against Nnamdi Kanu should be dropped and Ipob should be recognised as a civil society agitation group. Southeast Nigeria is not Sambisa Forest or...
Ayo Akinfe
Increase the size of our gross domestic product to about $5trn
Become the world's largest manufacturer of electronic automobiles
Take a cue from India who pride themselves on being the Pharmacy of the World and become the largest manufacturer of tropical drugs
Overtake Vietnam as the world's largest...
Ayo Akinfe
Railway carriages
Steel rods
Electricity transformers
Mobile phones
Electric cars
iPads
Farming tractors
Power turbines
Gucci and Lui Vitton handbags
Microphones and loudspeakers
Is there any reason why Nigeria should not aim to be the world’s number one manufacturer of all these products by 2030? We...
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