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Baba, now that you have finally settled in Aso Rock

Punish people who make inciting statements. Let people like Asari Dokubo, Tompolo, Junaid Muhammed, Adamu Ciroma and the likes be publicly disgraced and sent to prison for inciting people to violence. And they should not be given special cells either; they should be made to suffer immensely for each careless word they uttered and for every time they had a god-complex with their followers.

 

  1. Overhaul the Economy

The economy is your biggest problem, not because of the slump oil prices took recently but because Nigeria is not an innovative nation; we do not create anything. You need to instill in us the desire to create things from the vast resources we have. This is where you need to work closely with the governors of each state. An overview of ALL the natural resources in each state should be properly documented. After that, each governor should have think-tanks with researchers who know their onion on how many products can be retrieved from refining or processing each of the said raw materials/resources and how those products can be use to generate revenue. Let us then focus on building industries (where possible) or inviting investors to come and do so. There are two things:

  • Building industries: I realize that we have many financial issues ranging from a huge deficit, dwindling foreign reserves, poor internally generated revenue and in your own words, ‘an almost empty treasury’. Because of this, I do realize that building industries may be hard but you can do it. Look at it as a long term investment by the government to cushion for the rainy day and provide for the future. This will fall in line with your plans of creating at least twenty thousand jobs per state.
  • Inviting Investors: you can borrow a leaf from Fashola’s developmental book. Get investors to come in and build the factories/industries. Then pay them over time by taxing the citizens. No company wants a charity case. So prepare a strategic plan for revenue generation that will furnish whatever capital the investors are putting up to bring our development up to speed.

All sectors in Nigeria are a potential source of revenue; from the rice paddies in Adamawa to the markets in Aba, we have it all. Get ministers who know what to do and how to do it. Let them get down and dirty with their minds as well as their strength. Find out what we need to export as a whole or in part. Let us move from a consumer nation to a producer nation. Why do I believe you can do that? Quite simple! You have EVERYTHING to lose. Your campaign was built on how you intend to do all this and this call is just a reminder that you promised.

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  1. Interesting,informative and an educative(forgive me grammar) article,you write very well. I pray that H.E makes use of your advice and I pray that Nigeria as a nation move forward,amen.

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