By Ayo Akinfe
With Igbo traders now returning to their bases across Nigeria, it is time to cash in on this mass movement. I expect Peter Obi to come up with a plan that looks something like this
[1] Get Innoson to purchase the rights of The Beetle from Volkswagen so it can manufacture electric cars in Nnewi
[2] Establish a massive cattle ranch in Abia State to supply the leather for a shoemaking conglomerate in Aba
[3] Get a pharmaceutical giant like Pfizer to open a plant in Owerri or Orlu
[4] Expand on Rochas Okorocha’s statue parks across Imo State to quadruple Nigeria’s tourism revenue
[5] Convert the old Enugu Coal Mine into a conference centre, tourist attraction, restaurant hotel, theme park and underground swimming pool
[6] Build the Third Niger Bridge from Illah to Nzam. I want to see something dramatic like the world’s first river crossing that is also an aquarium
[7] Dredge the port of Onitsha and converting it into a massive inland port. I want to see a container port the size of say Felixstowe
[8] Industrialise the Uburu salt lakes. I want to see manufacturing plants there that mass produce salt for the global market
[9] Manufacture bomb-proof vehicles at the Ohafia military facility. In Afghanistan, the US is now using armoured personnel carriers that are IED-proof. There is no reason why we should not be their major supplier
[10] Turn the Umuahia War Museum into an international tourist attraction like the Nazi Concentration Camps. Do you know how many people visit Treblinka every year?
