Ayo Akinfe
Every year, Nigeria demands a minimum of $50bn in foreign direct investment. If the rest of the world is not prepared to put its money where its mouth is then they should not complain when Boko Haram do a Taliban on us
Before the end of 2021, at least one pharmaceutical giant must open a factory in Nigeria to produce a...
Ayo Akinfe
Cally Air, the state-own airline should be boosted into Nigeria's main domestic operator
Cally Air's headquarters should be in Calabar, designated as the country's aviation hub but it will also have an office in Obudu, where there will be a landing strip specifically built to cater for tourists and visitors to the...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Buying private jets when we do not have an aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) in Nigeria is just an act of economic sabotage as all is does is drain foreign exchange and enrich foreign aircraft manufacturers
(2) Buying generators when you could install solar panels on your roof is not only economically...
Ayo Akinfe
Lagos State: Our commercial capital currently accounts for about one quarter of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) and one third of non-oil GDP. However, we need to built on it and turn it into an international financial centre that matches London which generates $650bn a year or New York which generates $1.4trn a...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) US investigators will drop all charges against Air Peace chairman Allen Onyeama
(2) Air Peace will gravitate towards being Nigeria’s national carrier so will be offered landing rights in New York Washington, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami and Chicago airports
(3) US carriers...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Cross River is Nigeria’s second largest cocoa producing state with an annual crop of about 80,000 tonnes. It also has the advantage of bordering Cameroon which has an annual crop of 180,000 tonnes. Calabar should be a major chocolate processing centre with the likes of Mars, Cadbury and Nestle all owning processing...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) If Nigeria was a country that had any shame, we would be eternally embarrassed about the fact that the country does not have a single aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility
(2) MRO is an essential requirement to ensure that aircraft are maintained in pre-determined conditions of...
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