Barely a month after President Muhammadu Buhari became
Nigeria’s President, many Nigerians are already reminding
him of his campaign promises.
It would be recalled that the former Head of State was
sworn in as Nigeria’s President on May 29, 2015, after he
defeated former president Goodluck Jonathan.
Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari
In this regards, a famous social commentator, Ike Chidolue,
on Saturday, went on his Facebook account to post 81
campaign promises made by Buhari.
Below are the campaign promises as posted by Chidolue:
1. Public declaration of assets and liabilities
2. State and community policing
3. Ban on all government officials from seeking medical
care abroad
4. Implementation of the National Gender Policy, including
35% of appointive positions for women
5. Revival of Ajaokuta steel company
6. Generation, transmission and distribution of at least
20,000 MW of electricity within four years and increasing to
50,000 MW with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted
power supply within 10 years.
7. Empowerment scheme to employ 740,000 graduates
across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
8. Establishment of a free-tuition and scholarship scheme
for pupils who have shown exceptional aptitude in science
subjects at O/Levels to study ICT-related courses.
9. 720,000 jobs by the 36 states in the federation per annum
(20,000 per state).
10. Three million Jobs per year
11. To embark on vocational training, entrepreneurial and
skills acquisition schemes for graduates along with the
creation of a Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme to
create at least 5 million new jobs by 2019.
12. Churches and Mosques would not pay taxes under
national laws, but if they engage in businesses, the
businesses would pay tax.
13. Provision of allowances to the discharged but
unemployed Youth Corps members for Twelve (12) months
while in the skills and entrepreneurial development
programme
14. Making the economy one of the fastest-growing
emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth
averaging 10% annually.
15. Creation of a Social Welfare Programme of at least Five
Thousand Naira (N5000) that will cater for the 25 million
poorest and most vulnerable citizens upon the
demonstration of children’s enrollment in school and
evidence of immunisation to help promote family stability
16. Recruitment and training of at least 100,000 officers into
the Nigerian police force and establish a Federal Anti-
terrorism Agency.
17. One free meal (to include fruits) daily, for public primary
school pupils
18. Building an airport in Ekiti State
19. Eradication of state of origin, replacing that with state of
residence to ensure Nigerians are Nigerians first before
anything else.
20. Establishment of Crime Squad to combat terrorism,
kidnapping, armed robbery, militants, ethno-religious and
communal clashes nationwide
21. Working with the National Assembly towards the
immediate enactment of a Whistle Blower Act
22. Economic stability for the ECOWAS nations and
maintaining a strong, close and frank relationship with West
Africa, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, and other African
countries
23. Establishing a conflict resolution commission to help
prevent, mitigate and resolve civil conflicts within the polity.
24. All political office holders earn only the salaries and
emoluments determined and approved by the Revenue
Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission RMFAC.
25. Permanent peace in the Niger Delta and other conflict
prone areas such as Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and
Abia.
26. No plans to Islamise Nigeria.
27. Nationwide sanitation plans to keep Nigeria clean
28. Preserving the independence of the Central Bank
29. Simplifying immigration process to foster faster visa
processing at points of entry.
30. Special incentives to facilitate the education of the girl
child
31. Full implementation of the National Identification
Scheme to generate the relevant data.
32. Making Information Technology, Manufacturing,
Agriculture and Entertainment key drivers of our economy
33. Balancing the economy across regions by the creation
of six new Regional Economic Development Agencies
(REDAs) to act as champions of sub-regional
competitiveness
34. Putting in place a N300bn regional growth fund
(average of N50bn in each geo-political region) to be
managed by the REDAs.
35. Amending the Constitution and the Land Use Act to
create freehold/leasehold interests in land along with
matching grants for states to create a nationwide electronic
land title register on a state by state basis.
36. Reviving and reactivating the minimally performing
Refineries to optimum capacity.
37. Creating additional middle-class of at least two million
new home owners in the first year in government and one
million annually thereafter.
38. Creating an additional middle class of at least four
million new home owners by 2019 by enacting national
mortgage single digit interest rates for purchase of owner
occupier houses as well as reviewing the collateral
qualification to make funding for home ownership easier,
with 15 to 30 year mortgage terms.
39. Enacting a national mortgage system that will lend at
single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier
houses.
40. Injecting extra N30bn into the Agricultural sector to
create more agro-allied jobs by way of loans at nominal
interest rates for capital investment on medium and
commercial scale cash crops.
41. You farm, government buys, guaranteeing a minimum
price for selected crops and facilitate storage of agricultural
products as and when necessary.
42. Creating a national infrastructural development bank to
provide loans at nominal interest rates exclusively for this
sector.
43. Construction of 3,000km of Superhighway including
service trunks.
44. Building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one
third to be completed by 2019.
45. At least one functioning airport is available in each of
the 36 states.
46. Ending gas flaring and ensuring sales of at least half of
gas produce, within Nigeria.
47. Speedily passing the much-delayed Petroleum Industry
Bill (PIB) and ensuring that local content issues are fully
addressed.
48. Establishing at least six new universities of science and
technology with satellite campuses in various states.
49. Establishing six centres of excellence to address the
needs of special education.
50. Prioritising the reduction of the infant mortality rate by
2019 to 3%.
51. Reducing maternal mortality by more than 70%.
52. Reducing HIV/AIDs infection rate by 50% and other
infectious diseases by 75%.
53. Improving life expectancy by additional 10 years on
average.
54. Increasing the number of physicians from 19 per 1000
population to 50 per 1000
55. Increasing national health expenditure per person per
annum to about N50,000 (from less than N10,000 currently)
56. Increasing the quality of all federal government-owned
hospitals to world class standard within five years.
57. Ensuring timely payment of retirement benefits for all
pensioned senior citizens and creating a poverty safety net
for all aged citizens above the age of 65.
58. Amending the Constitution to require Local
Governments to publish their meeting minutes, service
performance data, and items of spending over N10M.
59. Requiring full disclosure in media outlets, of all
government contracts over N100m prior to award and
during implementation at regular interval.
60. Amending the Constitution to remove immunity from
prosecution for elected officers in criminal case.
61. Initiating action to amend the Nigerian Constitution with
a view to devolving powers, duties, and responsibilities to
states in order to entrench true federalism and the federal
spirit.
62. Reforming and Strengthening the Justice System for
efficient administration and dispensation of justice with the
creation of special courts for accelerated hearing of
corruption, drug trafficking, terrorism and similar cases of
national importance.
63. Establishing world-class sports academy and training
institutes and ensure that Nigeria occupies a place of pride
in global sports and athletics.
64. Reviving the Nigerian football league and putting
incentives in place to make it as competitive as other
national leagues.
65. Putting in place measures to identify talents early and
ensuring their participation in local and international games
to enable them become professionals.
66. Assisting Nollywood to fully develop into world class
movie industry that can compete effectively with Hollywood
and Bollywood in due course.
67. Ensuring that the rights of women are protected as
enshrined in our Constitution.
68. Guaranteeing that women are adequately represented in
government appointments and providing greater
opportunities in education, job creation and economic
empowerment.
69. Promoting the concept of reserving a minimum number
of seats in the National Assembly for women.
70. Free maternal and children healthcare services.
71. Stabilising the naira.
72. Targeting up to 20% of our annual budget for this critical
sector whilst making substantial investments in training
quality teachers at all levels of the educational system
(Some other APC policy documents had 15%).
73. Ensuring compliance with policies and measures to halt
the pollution of rivers and waterways in the Niger Delta and
other parts of the country.
74. Adopting a holistic approach to erosion and shoreline
protection across the country.
75. ECOWAS currency by 2020 under Nigeria’s guidance
and leadership.
76. Maintaining strong, close and frank relationships within
the Gulf of Guinea, the Commonwealth, South Africa and the
rest of the world.
77. Establishing a new special relationship with the leading
emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)
and other strategic partners around the world.
78. Government intends to commission a sociological study
to determine Boko Haram’s origins, remote and immediate
causes of the movement, its sponsors, the international
connexions to ensure that measures are taken to prevent a
recurrence of the evil.
79. Strengthening INEC to reduce, if possible, eliminate
electoral malpractices in Nigerian’s political life
80. Improving operational and legal mechanisms so that
disciplinary steps are taken against proven human rights
violations by the Armed Forces.
81. Free education at primary, secondary and tertiary
institutions for Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) and Education.
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Long list

81 "one chance" promises; only a fool will be hoping that all these will be fulfilled.

d Daura President fool was jux playing politricks wit d fools dat were asking 4 change.

Buhari and APC Presidential Campaign Team deserve jail term for gross dishonesty.


Haba, just to unseat Jona boy?

This list is much oooooooo though I am an APC fan but baba is being too slow......please opposition help with constructive criticism to ensure these targets are achievedv

Shee u won kill buhari. He no fit do 1 quarter of this agenda that one sure me die

The worst of PMB is 50 times better than uncle jona 6years of impunity, recklessness and insensitivity.




What did uncle jona achieved in 6years?


Nothing but backwardness, more backwardness

And most backwardness.
Tanoids stop being pessimistic, but
Be optimistic for Ur own good and Ur familymembers. This word is sufficient for d wise

Daura President u don put hand for tortoise yansh.

83. Making #1 equals $1
84. Stablizing global oil price.

Lol I remember seeing no. 7

“Out of work?.

Try CHANGE

Immediate creation of 740,000 jobs"

It's 'virtually' achievable and 'somewhat' possible.

Interesting

Hehehehehehehe.... if I hear.

Him na babalawo