The Grand Plan Series: The Grand Economic Policy
The Grand Infrastructural Policy: Prelude to the Industrial Age
In last week’s publication, I discussed the road to the Industrial Revolution, but that cannot occur without infrastructural and educational needs being met. Without the right infrastructure, it will be impossible to achieve an industrial state. There must be several variables that must be met and are necessary if we are to rapidly industrialise. In next week's articles, before we start delving into political plans and ideologies, we’ll go deep into the economic aspects of the grand plan, analysing how it will be funded and realised from an economic standpoint.
The infrastructure plan will run before and along with the industrial plans during the 5-year plan. All towns, cities and villages will be connected through roads and rails and will require significant manpower and resources. On the bright side, we’ll get our teeming population of idle youths to work, connect everywhere and exploit our resources to the maximum. Not only will it benefit our industrial drive, it’ll also benefit our agricultural drive. We can feed ourselves, and the agricultural plan will be to boost food production to self-sufficient levels, but without burdening the people. Collectivisation will play a huge role, and several local and central boards will set agricultural targets which must be met, without which there’ll be consequences.
For the road construction and rail linkage plan, we plan to connect every place in Yorubaland during the first phase of the industrial plan. We’ll build over 60,000km of roads, which will probably cost in the range of $70 - $90 billion.
With respect to rail, we’ll be building standard gauge rails, which will address industrial, agricultural and transportation needs. Over 5,000km of standard-gauge rail tracks will be laid and built. At least $130 -$150 billion will be needed to build a connecting rail across our entire territory.
Of course, there’ll be prioritisation and everything will be in phases and order of strategic and economic importance first, but all will be built for connectivity and access. Access has been our problem, and it’s playing a huge role in how economically unproductive we are. For instance, one should be able to go to Ilorin by rail in less than 4 hours, but the lack of connectivity has limited our progress and productivity.
To make these things cheaper, lots of materials will have to be sourced here; also, iron and steel, which are a major component of rails, will have to be built here, at least some percentage. Our steel industry will have to develop rapidly and massively to supply the needs of the infrastructural plan because not only would we need them for rails and roads, we’ll be needing lots of tons of steel for other infrastructural projects like power plants of all types, airports, power and the like.
Also, our several special economic zones will need to have seaports and airports for those without them. The special cities will also need to have airports for facilitation of movement and trade, as industrialisation and economic output and indices increase, people will have more money to spend, resulting in the use of so-called luxury but basic services such as planes for fast and cheap transportation. At least $10 - $20 billion will be needed to build world-class airports and seaports for this industrial drive.
Now, to talk about the major problem we have, which is electricity, without which our dream can never materialise. The first phase will be to chase uninterrupted electricity for all; 50,000MW will be earmarked for the first phase.
Since we’re a developing state, we’ll focus mostly on generating power from cheap gas, coal, hydro, thermal, nuclear and existing systems. We have enormous gas in Yorubaland from the Delta region, also we have neighbours with enormous gas reserves and production. It will be the major source of power, by up to 40%. Coal, meanwhile, will also be used; we cannot dismiss our energy need for a useless green initiative, even though I believe in climate change, we shouldn’t be burdened with exploring green initiatives we have neither money nor did we actively contribute to the problem. We should be able to get up to 24% of our power through coal, but if the West and others will help us, it will be diverted to explore the nuclear option.
With a view to tackling agricultural challenges, there will be investment in dams and hydroelectric power, it is a two-way solution for us and will be encouraged. Several dams will be built on lots of our rivers in Yorubaland and should help with 6% of our energy needs.
The nuclear power option is the most interesting and should be able to give us up to 10,000MW or more. There have been several advances in the design of safe nuclear reactors in major countries worldwide, and they’ll be very pleased to work with us. The nuclear option will mostly be through loans. If we can get it to 20,000MW, it’ll even be more beautiful.
Now, the thermal option and existing option we have should be able to provide up to 10% of our electricity needs. Other routes may be explored, but the basic sources have been listed. There’ll be no government interest in solar (a useless and overhyped source) nor wind (lack of efficiency), to cut costs and to expect something realistic and constant.
The electricity drive will need up to $75 billion or more. Transmission grids, substations, backup systems and others will be part of the electricity makeup.
To address infrastructural needs, there will be a need to improve our water and sanitation systems. It’s a shame and disgrace that we have no functioning water treatment and distribution facility in Nigeria; everyone gets their water from the ground, which shouldn’t be so. Boreholes and other types of water capture sources will be frowned upon and stopped immediately.
Rather, to ensure that we all have clean drinking water in Yorubaland during the first phase of the grand plan, there’ll be massive investment and work on water treatment, sanitation and supply.
Several mega dams (8-15) will be built on our major rivers, such as Ogun, Osun, Oyan and other major rivers (this will also boost electricity production and access in those areas, ultimately supporting our dual-drive). Also, more than 30 water treatment plants will be built with capacities of between 200,000–400,000 m³/day. Several high-capacity trunks will be created, also sewer networks for urban areas to prevent the bad sight of flooding and other issues. Several waste treatment plants and water recycling plants will also be built to handle sewage and industrial wastes.
For rural areas, small to medium dams will be built to handle their water needs. It’s important to have a layer of verifiability, which is why individual and community boreholes will not be used. Other systems will be created to ensure clean water is provided to rural areas. Modular treatment plants with up to 5,000–20,000 m³/day will be built for town clusters. Also, other infrastructure as needed will be built for each town cluster.
The water treatment plan will cost over $17 billion and will address our critical challenges in providing clean water to our population.
We’ll also ensure internet access and connectivity across regions, and it’ll be cheap with respect to elements of the infrastructure plan, at a cost of about $2 billion or slightly more, with more emphasis on laying fibre optics across our territory.
The housing plan will be the most important part of this infrastructural plan. The housing plan will be the most lucrative element of the infrastructural policy. We have lots of housing and developmental needs in major cities like Lagos, Ibadan and other cities. Also, the SEZs, open cities and research hubs will need quality, modern housing.
Lagos, for example, is underutilised and it’s not living to its potential; most of the houses are built foolishly, some without space for parking, too choked up, among others. There’ll be a new plan to build houses, with most of the houses built demolished and given to property builders with plans to build multi-story apartments.
We need to cater for everyone, so the plan will vary and will be set by the agency in charge of town planning and building. Also, all new houses will need to have natural gas pipelines running through, so cooking and other things will be easy. There will be different types of housing for different groups, and emphasis will be on quality. There will be new redevelopment, so various options for firms to profit from our real estate and property market.
Also, strict laws will be made against the indiscriminate buying of forests and farmlands. Every land will be allocated for a particular purpose only. The future of the real estate market is especially bright for developers, bankers and customers. It’ll free people from buying bush and get them into buying real properties, mostly on mortgage.
The infrastructure plan is the bedrock of the goal for industrialisation, and it will be a very costly but rewarding expenditure. We have every element we need to actualise this vision. Next week, we’ll be talking about the economic policy, but we could go straight into the political plan and the elements of grand replacement.
Writing these drafts of the soon-to-be grand plan is very emotional, dealing with doubts and seeing the massive cost of the project will be. Not only will the grand plan be expensive, but implementing it will also be very expensive. That cost scares me and makes it seem impossible. But impossibility doesn’t exist; if we can dream it, then we can do it. Seeking funds will not be a problem, but the main problem will be how the grand plan gets developed into a policy document like I want and as it should. It will take a few million dollars to get it done, but the entire cost will be justified by the implementation.
In due time, I’ll be making several videos and giving speeches concerning the Grand Plan and the political ideology of my movement. But, the grand plan has to precede as it is the goal that I am working towards, the future that I foresee. As we can see, the goal of the grand plan is wealth, a good life, and the ability to achieve your human potential. To call it “Grand” is because it is actually grand, a plan that will transform our lives forever. And I think we cannot rest and leave our futures to chance. And as I said in 2019 during a conference to inaugurate a certain movement, I said that “we (Youths) don’t have a future”. And I’m vindicated every day, and we can see that there’s no future for anyone in this evil fraud. So, this plan is the future borne out for you all, and I hope you all can see and picture this as you have been reading. It’s of no use if you cannot visualise what is being written. Then you’re unable to tap into that great dream and be committed to that great vision. For you must see, and if you didn’t, then read again and see for yourself, the future that the grand plan will bring. That vision will instil that great hope to not only believe but fight for your future.
How I wish this dream could be undertaken by Nigeria. But it is a fraud, a useless British experiment, filled with ethnic nationalities with competing interests, struggling for survival and a chance to oppress, suppress, subjugate and exterminate the others. It is a useless endeavour, even the politicians it produces are the same. We cannot leave our futures to chance, to men who care only about themselves and their families. Our population of youths nowadays are the worst of the worst, all engaging in scams and fraud. A nation does not develop by scammers and yahoo boys. The disturbing trend is the incorporation of rituals into their work, destroying every fabric of our society. Our society is fractured, destroyed and in a very horrible state, but there’s a hope, an option, a better alternative than the doom we’re headed for. That is the Grand Plan. We will meet with another issue next week. Thank you.
You can stay informed, collaborate and ask questions by writing to me at [email protected], and follow me on X: @bandojayy_hr. I welcome you all to dream and see the same vision I’m seeing, see the beauty, the greatness, the power and wealth we’ll be getting, and together we can make that a reality. Thank you!
