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Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by bishophenry(m): 10:34pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
Some of the promises , in no particular order include: 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. [In another policy document by the APC] We will 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 our economy one of the fastest- growing emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually. [In another instance, the APC promised 10-12% annual GDP growth] 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 source:http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/some-campaign-promises-of-president-buhari-and-the-apc/210854/ 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by Nobody: 10:39pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
Promise and fail things |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by Mogidi: 10:40pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
Buhari is busy denying all his campaign promises with the added belief his supporters are too silly to remember what he promised. |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by moderation2020: 10:43pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
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 yearly (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 fivethousand 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 N300 billion regional
growth fund (average of N50 billion 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 N30 billion 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 N10 million.
59. Requiring full disclosure in media outlets,
of all government contracts over N100 million
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
connections 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. |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by yanabasee(m): 10:53pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
Too much of this media noise won't do us any good.... All we're saying here is nonsense... How can we all be here to criticise Buhari and yet do nothing... This man is making life miserable for most poor people in this country... There is no money circulation... Things are getting hard... Armed Robbery everywhere... Cultism killing and robbing people as well... Some sectional NASU chapters have gone on a warning strike... No salary! No nothing... Is this what we voted for? Is this what we need as a government? If fighting corruption is to shield ur supporters alone then u're fighting ur enemies and not corruption! Ever since buhari swore the oath... Things have really change from management to worst... 1 Like |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by Trut(m): 11:12pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
OP arrange the promises accordingly, they are scattered. |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by bishophenry(m): 1:19am On Nov 06, 2015 |
* Imagine a elected president used his mouth to say the largest GDP in africa is. broke. * No long terms Agenda. * 6months is enough to prove anything. * A president that ruled my grandparents,came back and promise to lead this time but ended up ruling me.(possible) my children. * leadership is not occupying a seat but make a feet. * comes 2019: vengenance is a dish that is best serve cold. |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by jamallusty(m): 1:26am On Nov 06, 2015 |
True talk |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by fistonati(m): 2:38am On Nov 06, 2015 |
someone will say it's all JUST campaign Promises, bt what do you expect when grandpa promises. He's likely to forgot because of old age . pls remind him of his promises though he didn't have manifesto. WAIT O, I think he promised fertility drug to d needy too. LAI REPUBLIC [apc dogs][i][/i] over to you |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by fistonati(m): 2:40am On Nov 06, 2015 |
we shall remind him of his promises in 2019 bishophenry: |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by fistonati(m): 2:44am On Nov 06, 2015 |
his Bluetooth is always on when he's not in Nigeria bishophenry: |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by neuroneXY(m): 3:13am On Nov 06, 2015 |
bishophenry:Buhari will still be re elected... Nigeria's political re election is not about good governance joor,it is about sweet mouth, convincing the needed geo-political zones I pophesy passing of the bill of gay marriage and signing it into law. lolz 1 Like |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by bishophenry(m): 7:11am On Nov 06, 2015 |
fistonati:if he really knows what bluetooth=Old man |
Re: Some Campaign Promises Made By Pres. Buhari. by bishophenry(m): 7:14am On Nov 06, 2015 |
neuroneXY:believe me his promise about change has worked on u and ur kind. Backward minded Nigerians like u. |
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