Letter to Diasporans and resident nigerians by Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 June 17 2026

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

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