USA Africa Dialogue Series - Power:on marble:from Guardian nigeria editorial. june 15 2026

"Nigeria’s electricity crisis is no longer merely an infrastructure problem; it is a national tragedy. It undermines industrial growth, destroys small businesses, discourages investment, increases unemployment and reduces the quality of life for millions. Hospitals struggle to function. Students read under candlelight. Factories spend fortunes on diesel. Citizens who faithfully pay electricity bills still endure endless blackouts."

From  the  editorial  of the  guardian newspaper nigeria June 15 2026 

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Letter to Diasporans and resident nigerians by Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 June 17 2026

Dear Diaspora nigerians  and Domiciled  nigerians 

Where were you when you  learnt  Elon musk  had become  the first  man in History  to make  a trillion dollar?.

 It could  be compared  or as significant  as the first  Black man to win the nobel prize for  literature  and this wole soyinka in 1986.40 years ago.  THE NOBEL  prize  for  literature is the most  prestigious of the  Nobel prizes. 

Dear  Diasporans I call for a patriotic  research  grant raised  by all of you  to the  values of 10 billion dollars.  For Nigerian men and women  in research. Development  and innovation. And commercialisation. 

You have done enough of  luxurious  property  development  with  3 milion of  these properties empty there in nigeria!! Few can afford  them.

It's now time to deploy your  22 billion dollars yearly 

To:

1 research  development  innovation..

2. Education  .primary. secondary  and tertiary. Including  out of school children. 20 million of them..

3 water  and sanitation for the  78 million  defecating  in the open.

4 potable  water for the  170 miliion  exposed  to killer water .out of a population  of 240 milion. 

5 library  development.  Publishing. Pulp and paper  production. Reading promotion. Numeracy abd literacy.  ADULT  EDUCATION. FARMERS EDUCATION. 

6 construction of a pharmaceutical  city. 80 per  cent of  medicines prescribed  by Doctors  are imported.this s not the WAY forward. We should  be self sufficient. 

7 medical  accessories and medical equipment industrial complex. 

8 investing  in youth  startups in nigeria. Early  stage  and late stage. Make portfolio  investment s.

9 equipment  and gadget for state police  and federal  police . Amotekun and  others security  outfits.

10 take to the whole  value  chain  of Agriculture aNd Agribusiness. 

If you do these your 10 bilion dollars  would reap  a trillion DOLLAR  fold

Signed 

Augustine togonu bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 June 17 2026 

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Bravo!!Research directors unite to boost innovation, funding, industrialisation on Timothy Adeola Odutola day by The Guardian newspaper june 16 2026 This report by Ernest Nzor is in deed a befitting way to mark the anniversary of the birth of Baba Agba Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola the prime minister of ijebu land in his day the ogbeni oja and the Asiwaju of ijebu Christians the first president manufacturers asssocistion of nigeria the president of the stock exchange.a a plantation lord and one of the first African entrepreneurs to be featured in the Time magazine. And one of the first African entrepreneurs to be subject of a case study at the harvard business school . The people of ijebu ode first and foremost a 1000 year old kingdom they ought to keep the factory flag flying .do not allow our factories to close down. That is Ijebu-Ode history closing down. factory close down means ijebu ode history close down

Bravo!!Research directors unite to boost innovation, funding, industrialisation on Timothy Adeola Odutola day by The Guardian newspaper june 16 2026 This report by Ernest Nzor is in deed a befitting way to mark the anniversary of the birth of Baba Agba Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola the prime minister of ijebu land in his day the ogbeni oja and the Asiwaju of ijebu Christians the first president manufacturers asssocistion of nigeria the president of the stock exchange.a a plantation lord and one of the first African entrepreneurs to be featured in the Time magazine. And one of the first African entrepreneurs to be subject of a case study at the harvard business school . The people of ijebu ode first and foremost a 1000 year old kingdom they ought to keep the factory flag flying .do not allow our factories to close down. That is Ijebu-Ode history closing down. factory close down means ijebu ode history close down

Baba kekere Alhaji jimoh Akitola Odutola  head of Muslims  in Ijebu-Ode the uncrown  king of  entrepreneurs  in the black world who died  june 19 2010 at 105 years  said  manufacturers  and merchants  make  a nation.  What's more Baba agba chief Timothy Adeola Odutola stated if you think education  is expensive  try ignorance.

 I want to challenge  nigerians  at home  and diaspora  to take  a cue from bukina Faso  which has just raised  a 250 miliion  dollars  patriotic loan  from those  at home  and diaspora. 

 We are nigerians! We can do  10 billion dollars  patriotic  research grant for the men and women of june 16 2026. As featured  in  the Guardian newspaper nigeria .

Look we built  we built 3 miliion houses that are now unoccupied. Why.?  They are si expensive. Unaffordable rent.  Or just plain unoccupied and Unaffordable. 

 Now is the time ti shun shortermisn and devote our 22 billion dollars yearly to the men and women of june 16 2026 as captured in the guardian newspaper .nigeria

Research output is the hard currency of any country and so strengthens the value of the Nigeria and ushers in shared prosperity by Translating macro economic growth into micro economics dividends  for all. 

Signed Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 .june 16  2026 

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