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
Nigeria needs French automobile companies Citroen and Renault to come and open manufacturing and assembly plants in Nigeria immediately as Peugeot did. We need them to make Nigeria the centre of electric car manufacturing
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi should come and open a facility in Nigeria to manufacture a coronavirus...
Ayo Akinfe
Host a meeting of the South East Governors Forum in Akwa. At this summit, I want to see him sell the others the idea of floating a finance house called Ogbunigwe Bank. It will hand out loans to small businesses across Igboland with a maximum interest rate of 5%
Sign a deal with Innoson Motors under which...
Ayo Akinfe
President Buhari was at another investment summit in Saudi Arabia this week. I am yet to hear of him signing any major Islamic finance deal while there
Upon assuming office in 2015, President Buhari actually enjoyed a lot of international goodwill with Nigeria being invited to every capital in the world. However, all...
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
Nigeria needs French automobile companies Citroen and Renault to come and open manufacturing and assembly plants in Nigeria as Peugeot did
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi should come and open a facility in Nigeria to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine
French creditors should wipe off all Nigeria’s public debts
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Ayo Akinfe
(1) Sell it to a steel company at a giveaway price to convert it into a manufacturing plant. Just imagine how Corus Steel would love the gift of a readymade plant
(2) Invite oil companies to come and buy it and convert into a facility that can rival Dangote’s Lekki plant. Dangote’s facility can meet all Nigeria’s...