A prominent policy hub, the Galadiman Ruwa Centre for Strategic Leadership and Communication (GCSLC), has called on President Bola Tinubu to breathe life into Nigeria’s long-neglected sovereign industrial assets, describing them as a goldmine left to gather dust.
The Centre argued that reawakening these idle assets could open a clear road to sustainable economic expansion and enduring national wealth.
The appeal was made by the Chairman and Founder of GCSLC, Dr Ja’afaru Sa’ad, in an open strategic memo addressed to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
Sa’ad likened the moribund assets to Nigeria’s “Hidden NNPCLs,” insisting that, with proper restructuring and smart coordination, they could blossom into self-sustaining, multi-trillion-naira enterprises.
He maintained that Nigeria’s economic troubles are not rooted in a lack of resources, but in poor institutional harmony and the chronic underuse of what the nation already owns.
According to him, the global economic compass is steadily swinging away from oil and gas toward green energy and chemical-based industries, sectors sitting at the heart of a $124 trillion global economy.
Sa’ad said Nigeria is well positioned to compete strongly in both green energy and chemical-driven industrial value chains.
He revealed that the Centre had identified five dormant sovereign industrial foundations, often dismissed as liabilities, yet rich in embedded intellectual property and long-term economic value.
If revitalised, he said, these assets could power economic growth without dragging the country deeper into debt.
As part of its recommendations, the think tank proposed a Determinant-2 (D2) Economic Reset aimed at slashing import dependence through local production of critical chemicals and green-energy inputs.
It also advanced a Determinant-5 (D5) Resuscitation Strategy built around an “8R Stealth Paradigm,” which Sa’ad said could jolt dormant assets back to life, generate mass youth employment and reinforce Nigeria’s Roadmap 2050 development vision.
The Centre was careful to stress that its proposal is not a call for privatisation of national assets.
Instead, it advocated a Determinant-8 (D8) Sovereign Retention model through what it termed “clinical restructuring,” ensuring that revived enterprises remain permanently in the hands of the Nigerian people.
Sa’ad concluded that the blueprint is already on the table, urging the Federal Government to intentionally design prosperity rather than simply firefight economic headwinds.
