The Programs of Akah National Union, USA

Preliminary Steps to Actualizing Akah Investment Project (AIP) 
 

First Step: To determine the actual population of Akah people in the U.S. by March 2007.

The objective is to maintain an up to date database of all Akah origins including their children and use the information for determining the ability of ANU to engage in the investment project. All branch presidents should maintain a database of all Akah people in their regions, updated quarterly, and make their listing available to the national body.

Second Step: To Collect a One-time Investment Contribution from Members

The objective is to maximize the benefit of the population of Akah people in the U.S.

All sons and daughters of adult ages (working adults of 25 years old and above) will be required to make a one-time investment contribution of an amount to be determined towards the seed money for the startup of the investment program between January and September 2007. An invitation might be extended to all Akah origins resident in other countries like Canada, S/A, Britain, Nigeria, etc. to participate in the one time investment contribution. A crowd is the pride of a king. A larger number of participation/membership reduces the burden of investment. The proposal will be circulated in Akah forum, inviting interested parties to submit their interest/contributions.

Akah Investment Program (AIP)

Akah people in the U.S. have learned that investment is the key to wealth. The Jews are what they are today because they learned very long ago to put investments into action. Investment provides the investor with wealth. With investment, ANU has got money, and will as a result gain worldwide Economic Power, Political Power, and Social Power.

The simplest strategy with long-term results is to use our numerical strength to raise the seed money for initial investments in commercial properties in the USA.

How? Assume a population of 1000 sons and daughters of Akah people in the  USA/elsewhere

      A one-time Levy of $1000 to $1,500

      Total Startup Capital of $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 will be raised

General Benefits of AIP

With $1,000,000 (U.S. Dollars), ANU will own economic and political properties in U.S. and in Nigeria with positive cash flow and growth potentials

ANU will begin to influence the world economy and politics

ANU can flex its muscles in the U.S. politics with possible appointments

ANU can then flex its muscles in the Nigerian politics

ANU can finance home purchases at lower interest rates for members

ANU can assist members with business loans

ANU can bring any number of Akah citizens to the U.S.

ANU can insist that Akahland should become the next capital of Nigeria

ANU can boast of giving jobs to its members

ANU can turn the Akahland into a modern Sacramento, Baltimore, or Dallas of Nigeria,

ANU will have a direction to grow bigger and bigger

Benefits to Members

Members who buy interest in the AIP by making a one time contribution of an amount yet to be determined are titled to specific benefits.

To be a member of the Akah Investment Project (AIP), an Akah citizen or any other person or organization must have paid a one-time contribution of an amount to be determined based on the population of Akah people in the US. A member must have been vested in the investment project prior to enjoying the benefits of the project. To be vested means that a member has made the one-time contribution at least six months earlier.

The ANU Investment Program may make a personal or business loan to a member by holding a lien on the member’s asset(s). The maximum amount of such a loan shall not exceed $50,000. No member shall owe the Program an amount in excess of $50,000 at any one time. Such loans will depend on availability of funds at the application time.

Small loans in the maximum amount of $2000 to $5000 may be extended to a member who is in an urgent need for cash. The term for such a loan shall be no more than 180 days at an interest rate of 50 percent of the going rate.

ANU Investment Program may at its discretion enter into a partnership with a member or any other person or organization in a business that is overseen by any tier of the government (County, State, or Federal), if such a person or organization presents a clear and convincing business plan that indicates a high potential for success.

Organizing our services to our communities in program formats will help in solving the problems our people have been facing, and offer them in return quality lifestyles and longevity. I therefore plead for your moral and material support so that in the end, we shall all tell our stories about how our land became modernized, peaceful, and united.

Akah National Union Primary Programs

Among the primary programs ANU will develop and implement as tools to combat poverty, illiteracy, and to modernize the rural communities of Akah are Micro lending; Vocational, Business, and Technology Education; and Modernization programs. Described below are the three primary goals and objectives of the ANU programs:

Goal #1: To Provide Micro Capital to Mom and Pop Businesses

Objective: To combat poverty. Consistent with the saying “teach them how to fish…” is the concept of making micro enterprise loans (microcredit) to the poor members of Akah communities who have no access to bank loans. The micro loan system could be implemented with as little as $10,000 for providing business capital in the amounts of $50 to $100 to members of the community who already have a business or know what business to engage in, but due to lack of a mini capital, they sit idle and end up as beggars. About a year ago, a young man approached me while I was on a visit in Nigeria for an assistance of 1,500 Naira ($12.00) to repair his commercial vehicle that was grounded for over two months because of a minor mechanical problem. This young man made no income for the two to three month period. He has five children and his wife has been deceased .Young adults of 18-30 years of age who would have chosen to engage in violent activities and/or joined gangsters would benefit from such a program. As part of the micro lending program, training in entrepreneurship and marketing will be offered. That way, young adults would be presented with life of hope and opportunity. Several jobless university graduates will be trained to be consultants and sales persons.

Goal #2: To Equip the Youth with Survival Skills

Objective: To reduce, if not, eliminate Ignorance and instill good citizenry values among children and young adults in the communities of Akah using vocational, business, and technology training as tools. ANU will set up a center where vocational, computer, a business training will be offered to the youth ranging in ages of 15 -30 years of age. The curriculum will include masonry, painting, landscaping, entrepreneurship, computer hardware repair and maintenance, typing and use of various types of software. Also, training in business organization, management and leadership will be among the areas to be emphasized. Scholarship will be awarded to qualified participants, while others will be charged nominal fees for the program. This objective includes replacement of inefficiency with modern leadership and management techniques within the region of Akah. For example, training community leaders, business owners, and students on planning, transparency, and accountability will be made a core part of the curricula.

School outreach will be used in visiting area schools and interacting with students in elementary and high schools. Such areas as patriotism, moral issues, and civics will be the center of discussions with students.

While it takes a village to raise a child, it equally takes the world to free a community from poverty, illiteracy, and “disdevelopment.” For this reason, ANU will attempt to gain all kinds of support from its home base, the United States of America, the World Bank, and the multinational corporations like Shell Development PLC of Nigeria and Exxon Mobil Oil Company. Once one community is emancipated from the menaces of poverty, illiteracy, and backwardness, the rest of the country of Nigeria will be set free on the basis of one community at a time.

Goal #3: To Make Akah Communities a Mini London

Objective: To modernize Akah land by changing the mindset of the people from that of consumption and extractive economy to productive and community-oriented mentality. ANU shall use its community development projects in implementing and/or installing such infrastructures as modern networks of roads, drainage systems, as well as community planning techniques. This objective will seek the support of government agencies like the local, state and federal governments. It is true the best thing to do for a hungry person is to feed the person first, and then give them hope that they will feed forever. Under this objective, training and school outreach and modernization of the community will result in multiplication of jobs. Retired teachers and civil servants and new school graduates will find jobs that will keep them busy and help them make positive contributions to the communities. Human flight or mass exodus of the youths to unknown foreign countries will reduce if it does not completely disappear.

Expected Outcomes

• Such social problems as smoking marijuana and using illegal drugs will be  reduced by over 30- 60% within the first 2 years of program implementation
• Over 45-64% of young adults in the communities will abandon membership in  violent gangs and/or other law-breaking groups or clubs
• Neighborhood robbery and violence will decrease by over 65%
• Awareness of government responsibility among members of the community will increase over 60%
• 40-65% of parents and families will reassume their responsibilities and roles of  guiding and directing their children to focus on good deeds and civic  responsibilities within the first 12 months of implementation of the programs
• The communities of Akah land will become self supporting and development and  real wealth will replace ill gotten riches and extractive practices.
• Peace among families, villages, and communities will rein within Akahland within  6 -18 months of implementation of the programs.
• Governments will become attracted to making investment in Akah communities.
• Good health and longevity will flourish in Akah