Ayo Akinfe
I have always dreamt of Nigeria being part of a nation that accounts for about 20% of global food production
We are already the world’s sixth largest farms goods producer and have a key advantage when it comes to producing tropical crops
As we speak we are the world’s number one producer of cassava, yam, shea...
Ayo Akinfe
We have a 60% literacy rate today. At independence, I doubt if up to 5% of the population was literate. I am sure that for many middle aged Nigerians today, their parents were the first people to get an education in their families
Nigeria currently has 150 universities. At independence we only had one because the...
Ayo Akinfe
Tell all the state governors that as from October 1, we plan to scrap the federal allocation regime. They thus have to get their states self-reliant
Scrap government subsidies on all religious pilgrimages. If you want to go to Saudi Arabia or Israel, you are on your own
Scrap all government payments to traditional...
Ayo Akinfe
Yam - 80m tonnes
Onions - 10m tonnes
Coconuts - 10m tonnes
Groundnuts - 5m tonnes
Cocoa - 2m tonnes
Kolanuts - 300,000 tonnes
Cassava - 80,000 tonnes
Millet - 20,000 tonnes
Sorghum - 20,000 tonnes
Whether we like it or not, we have to become a major manufacturer in the agro-allied sector. We need...
Ayo Akinfe
I would tell all the state governors that as from October 1, we plan to scrap the federal allocation regime. They thus have nine months to get their states self-reliant
I would scrap government subsidies on all religious pilgrimages. If you want to go to Saudi Arabia or Israel, you are on your own
I would scrap all...
Ayo Akinfe
Nigeria will establish at least one new technical vocational training college in each local government area of the 19 states of the country that have indigenous Fulani populations
Every Fulani man who hands in his weapons and arms will be granted automatic admission into one of these technical colleges where...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) On February 4, 1931, at the beginning of the Soviet Union’s rapid industrialisation campaign, Joseph Stalin told the the First All Union Conference of Leading Personnel of Socialist Industry: “We are 50 to 100 years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in 10 years. Either we do it, or...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Maize - We currently produce about 11m tonnes. We need to up this to about 20m tonnes to have enough maize to feed livestock commercially
(2) Palm kernels - We are currently producing about 1.3m tonnes a year but need to increase this to at least 5m tonnes as we consume about 2m tonnes...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Coconuts
(2) Cashews
(3) Cocoa
(4) Palm oil
(5) Plantain
(6) Groundnuts
(7) Neem
(8) Gum arabic
(9) Millet
(10) Sorghum
As part of the post-coronavirus economic recovery plan, we should build a food processing industry around these crops. This should involve the construction of processing plants, railway...
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