1. The AKK Pipeline will take gas from the SS to Kaduna and Kano. This creates cheap power for the northern industrial estates. This alone will revive Nigeria’s textile industry and create jobs for millions
2. A coastal railroad from the West of Nigeria with spurs to the southeast. This rail links the ports on the Atlantic to the manufacturing centres of Lagos, Ogun, Onitsha, and Aba and connects to the PH to Maiduguri railway.
3. Link the Itakpe railway to the Abuja rail line. This connects the port of Warri to Kaduna. Think of imports and exports via the North via Warri
4. Dredging the River Niger to Baro. This creates an inland port in Baro, allowing container barges to be transhipped from ports on the Atlantic to inland Kogi State
5. Green Wall of Nigeria, essentially building a massive natural barrier of green trees along the Sahel border of Nigeria to stop wind erosion and turn the vast deserts of the north into fertile land for farming. This, together with modern irrigation
6. Gasing the East: this will tap the abundant gas in Imo State to power the SME clusters in Nnewi, Aba, and Onitsha and support the fledging automotive and plastic subsectors there
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