GOVERNORS from across Nigeria's northeast geo-political zone have agreed to float a regional security outfit similar to the Amotekun Corps in the southwest of the country in a desperate attempt to combat growing insecurity.
Northeast Nigeria is the epicentre of insecurity in the country as terrorist sect Boko Haram has been...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Let us all hope that when our mega cattle ranches are fully operational, we dramatically increase the number of cows in Nigeria from the current 20m to say the 189m produced in India today. This expansion in output will automatically present a new set of challenges which will need to be addressed. Will the Fulani be the...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Disarmament centres will be established in every one of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas where illegal weapons will be handed in without any prosecution
(2) As from April 1 2021, it will be illegal for anyone to own an automatic weapon like an AK47. Anyone caught with one...
Ayo Akinfe
Yam - 47.9m tonnes
Cassava - 59m tonnes
Kolanuts - 140,000 tonnes
Shea nuts - 303,000 tonnes
Melon seeds - 606,000 tonnes
Bitter Leaf - No production figures available although Nigeria is believed to account for about 50% of global output
Cocoyam - 5.38m tonnes
Air potato vine (monkey yam) - No production...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) In Niger State, Governor Mohammed Bello Niger is sitting on a total land mass of 76,363 square kilometres. He should open a ranch that straddles Mokwa and Mashegwu local government areas that have a combined acreage of 13,520 square kilometres. Its headquarters should be in Mokwa where a feed compounding plant...
Ayo Akinfe
We are shamelessly a net importer of milk at the moment. In 2019, Nigeria only produced a paltry 523,599 tonnes of milk domestically.
We consume about 1.3bn tonnes of milk annually, so spend between $1.2bn and $1.5bn annually to bridge the gap between production and consumption. Once we have these mega ranches in place,...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Governors of the six largest states in the country - Niger, Borno, Taraba, Kaduna, Yobe and Bauchi are all mandated to immediately set aside 5,000 sq kilometres to be used to construct mega ranches to accommodate Fulani herdsmen
(2) Each geo-political zone is to establish a regional security network...
VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has announced ambitious plans to ensure that about 30% of Nigeria's electricity supply is generated from clean energy and renewable sources by 2030 as part of the nation's contribution to cutting greenhouse gases.
Nigeria is a signatory to the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change...
OVER two thirds of Nigeria's 36 states did not attract one dollar in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the course of 2020 as a new National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) survey shows that 26 of them were investment-free zones during the year.
A mono-economy wholly dependent on the sale of crude oil for her survival,...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) With the casualty rate from the herdsmen saga growing by the day and the number of farms destroyed by roaming livestock on the increase, something drastic needs to be done immediately. This is not just a law and order issue, Nigeria needs to tackle it from an economic angle too. What happens when food...
