In CPC, it’s just not a manifesto but “OUR COMMITMENT TO NIGERIA”.

O u r C o m m i t m e n t



To Change
Politics and Governance
Security and Conflict Resolution
The Economy & Infrastructure Base
The Society & Human Capital Development
The Environment
With The Congress for Progressive Change

` Please visit www.buhari4change.com

our commitment to Nigeria

Preamble
1. Every country has its ‘lost generation’. Some were stolen away by war, some by economic downturns, and some by visionless governments. Nigeria is perhaps the only one stolen by too much power, money, leisure and privilege. When Britain’s colonial administrators lowered the Union Jack in Lagos on October 1, 1960, Nigeria was Africa’s great hope. Its pool of talent, mass of fertile land and newly discovered oil promised economic transformation and a role leading independent Africa onto the global stage.
2. Fifty years on and despite our vast wealth – abundant natural resources, talents and human capacity (at home and abroad) with which we are endowed , we as a nation continue to struggle with the most basic needs (food, shelter, water and sanitation, electricity, etc) – paralyzed by : wide spread poverty, endemic corruption; high levels of unemployment; impoverished education, decaying health and social care systems, chaotic transport, communications and other essential infrastructure; less than adequate institutions of government at all levels; broken down system of law, order, security of life and property; weak, fragile and unstable economy, financial systems and institutions etc.
3. Today, gun wielding policemen still openly collect bribes; hospitals and universities are struggling as much as ever; crime is rampant – kidnapping, has now turned into a cottage industry, For the common man, things have never been so bad; for the politician, things have never been so good.
4. Many Nigerians have completely lost faith in the country’s ability to govern itself not just because of the problems facing the country but due to a fundamental lack of faith in the leaders at the helm of affairs. Without confidence in the system and its leaders, democratic principles are eroded, further jeopardizing the country’s future.
5. Angered by failures of corrupt and poor leadership; frustrated by economic policies that did not deliver, impatient to recover from lost civil rights; worn out by conflicts, Nigerian people are now striving for a fresh start. The start must come from a new team committed to acceptable and sustainable reforms. The mood now in Nigeria is changing as people begin to speak out more confidently against corruption, human rights abuses and criticise the unpopular policies of government. In every corner now in Nigeria, there is no debate on what is critical to the future of the country: CHANGE
6. What is certain in Nigeria today is that almost everything needs to be fixed. Nigeria today has all the ingredients for both success and failure. Skewing the role of the State towards serving special interests; division of its citizens along ethnic and religious lines and trapping generations in poverty all stubbornly remain in place. Changing the nation for good is no longer a question of choice but that of will and courage.
7. The challenge, perhaps, facing all Nigerians (at home and abroad) is whether there is enough will and courage among Nigerian citizens to unite, commit and resolve to radically reform, modernise and move the nation forward –not looking backward to the failed policies and practices of the past.
8. As a nation and Sub Saharan Africa’s leading energy producer, we are in danger of squandering another opportunity to upgrade our infrastructure, revive public services and secure the good of the individual.

Our commitment to change Nigeria

The nation goes into general elections in April 2011, with trust in politics, politicians and the leaders at an all-time-low. We can understand why: years of broken promises; corruption; the feeling that politicians have become too remote from the people, etc. Many Nigerians have completely lost faith in the country’s ability to govern itself not just because of the problems facing the country but due to a fundamental lack of faith in the leaders at the helm of affairs.
The challenge, perhaps, facing all of us as Nigerians is whether there is enough will and courage amongst us as citizens to unite, commit and resolve to radically reform, modernise and move the nation forward –not looking backward to the failed policies and practices of the past. It’s no longer a question of choice but that of will and courage! This document sets out our side of the bargain: the things we want to do to change Nigeria. We cannot do it on our own. We will only get our economy moving, mend our broken infrastructure and society, reform our rotting political system if we all get involved, take responsibility, and work together.


On Politics and Governance




CPC believes that our politics is broken. Our nation urgently needs fundamental political reform and improvement in governance to make it more transparent and accountable. If you elect us in April, we will:
Initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to states and local governments in order to entrench Federalism and the Federal spirit;

Strengthen INEC to reduce/ eliminate electoral malpractices;

Attract the best and brightest into our politics and public service by aggressive recruitment of private sector people, academics and professionals within Nigeria and in the Diaspora through internships, fellowships, executive appointments and special nomination to contest elective offices;

Prevent abuse of executive, legislative and public offices through greater accountability, transparency and strict enforcement of anti-corruption laws whilst strengthening the EFCC and ICPC;

Amend the Constitution to remove immunity from prosecution for elected officers in criminal cases;

Restructure government for a leaner, more efficient and adequately compensated public service;

Require full disclosure in all media outlets of all government contracts over N100m prior to award and during implementation at regular intervals;

Reform and Strengthen the Justice System for efficient administration and dispensation of justice along with the creation of special courts for accelerated hearing of corruption, drug trafficking, terrorism and similar cases of national importance;

Enact the Freedom of Information Bill so that government held data sets can be requested and used by the public, and then published on regular basis;

10. Seek to amend the Constitution to require local governments to publish their meeting minutes, service performance data and items of spending over N10M.


On National Security and Defence, we will:


Urgently address capacity building of law enforcement agents in terms of quantity and quality as this is critical in safeguarding the sanctity of lives and property;

Establish a well trained, adequately equipped and goals driven Serious Crime Squad to combat kidnapping, armed robbery, militants, ethno-religious and communal clashes nationwide;

Begin widespread consultations to amend the Constitution to enable States and Local Governments to employ State and Community Police to address the peculiar needs of each community. This would mean setting boundaries for Federal, State and Community Police through new Criminal Justice legislation to replace the Criminal Code, the Penal Code and the Police Act.

Push for more support in the security and economic stability of the sub-region [ECOWAS] and AU as a whole and maintain a strong, close and frank relationship with West Africa, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, and other African countries.
On Conflict Resolution, National Unity and Social Harmony, we will
Establish a Conflict Resolution Commission to help prevent, mitigate and resolve civil conflicts within the polity;

Bring permanent peace and solution to the Niger Delta and other conflict prone areas such as Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and Abia in order to engender national unity and social harmony;
Initiate policies to ensure that Nigerians are free to live and work in any part of the country by removing state of origin, tribe, ethnic and religious affiliations and replace those with state of residence
On Foreign Policy, we will


Make regional integration a priority within ECOWAS including free trade with a view to ensuring that common tariff and currency are achieved by 2015 under Nigeria's guidance and leadership;

Maintain a strong, close and frank relationships within the Gulf of Guinea, the Commonwealth, South Africa and the rest of the world;

Establish a new special relationship with the leading emerging markets like Brazil; Russia, India and China (BRIC) and other strategic partners around the world.
the Economy,



Maintain sound macro-economic policy environment, run an efficient government and preserve the independence of the Central Bank;

Restore financial confidence by putting in place a more robust monitoring, supervising and regulating of the financial institutions;

Make our economy one of the fastest growing emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually;

Embark on vocational training, entrepreneurial and skills acquisition scheme for graduates along with the creation of Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme to create at least 2 million new jobs by 2015;

Integrate the informal economy into the mainstream and prioritize the full implementation of the National Identification Scheme to generate the relevant data;

Expand domestic demand and consider undertaking associated public works programmes;

Embark on export and production diversification including investment in infrastructure; promote manufacturing e.g through agro based industries and expand sub-regional trade through ECOWAS and AU;

Make Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment key drivers of our economy;

Balance the economy across regions by the creation of 6 new Regional Economic Development Agencies (REDAs) to act as champions of sub-regional competitiveness;

10. Put in place a N300bn regional growth fund (average of N50bn in each geo-political region) to be managed by the REDAs, encourage private sector enterprise and support to help places currently reliant on the public sector;

11. Amend 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;

12. Create additional middle-class of at least 2 million new home owners by 2015 by enacting a national mortgage system that will lend at single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses.

On Agriculture,
Modernize the sector and change Nigeria from being a country of self-subsistence farmers to that of a medium/commercial scale farming nation/producer;

Create a nationwide food inspectorate division with a view to improving nutrition and eliminating food-borne hazards;

Inject extra N30bn to 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;

Guarantee a minimum price for selected crops and facilitate storage of agricultural products as and when necessary.
On Infrastructure; we will:

Undertake an urgent review of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) enabling environment with a view to addressing the legal, regulatory and operational challenges including introducing enabling legislation where necessary. In addition, we shall create a National Infrastructural Development Bank to provide loans at nominal interest rates exclusively for this sector;

Generate, transmit and distribute from current 5,000 – 6,000 MW to at least 15,000 MW of electricity by 2015 and increasing to 50,000 MW by 2019 with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power supply by 2019 whilst simultaneously ensuring development of sustainable/renewable energy.

Embark on a National Infrastructural Development Programme as a PPP that will ensure the (a) construction of 3,000km of Superhighway including service trunks and (b) building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one third to be completed by 2015;
Enact new legal and regulatory frameworks to establish independent regulation and incentives to accelerate public and private sector investment in seaports, railways and inland waterways;

Embark on PPP schemes with a view to ensuring that at least one functioning airport is available in each of the 36 states.
On the Oil and Gas Industry, we will:
1. Make the industry and Nigeria one of the world leading/cutting edge centres for clean oil and gas technologists, scientists, mega structure installation, drilling, processing, production engineers supported with best services and research facilities;
Fully develop the sector’s capacity to absorb more of the nation’s new graduates in the labour market. The sector will produce more home-grown world class engineers and scientists;

Modernise the NNPC and make it the national energy champion. Consider breaking it up into more efficient, commercially driven unit and strip it of its regulatory powers and enable it tap into international capital market;

Enforce the government master plan for oil companies to end flaring that pollutes the air and damages people’s health and ensure that they sell at least half of their gas production within Nigeria;

Speedily pass the much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and ensure that local content issues are fully addressed;

Make Nigeria the world’s leading exporter of LNG through the creation of strategic partnerships.

On Education, we will

Fully implement and enforce the provisions of the Universal Basic Education Act with emphasis on gender equity in primary and secondary school enrolment whilst improving the quality and substance of our schools;

Targeting up to 15% of our annual budget for this critical sector whilst making substantial investments in training quality teachers at all levels of the educational system;
Implement performance based education as against the current certificate based qualification;
Enhance teacher training and improve the competence of teachers along with vigorous national inspection;

Make learning experiences more meaningful for children and make education more cost-effective;

Develop and promote effective use of innovative teaching methods/ materials in schools;

Ensure a greater proportion of expenditure on university education is devoted to Science and Technology with more spaces allocated to science and technology oriented courses;

Establish at least six new universities of science and technology with satellite campuses in various states;

Establish technical colleges and vocational centres in each state of the federation;

10. Provide more conducive environment for private sector participation in all levels of education;

11. Establish six centres of excellence to address the needs of special education;

On Healthcare, we will:


Prioritize the reduction of the infant mortality rate by 2015 to 3%; reduce maternal mortality by more than 70%; reduce HIV/AIDs infection rate by 50% and other infectious diseases by 75%; improve life expectancy by additional 10 years on average through our national healthy living program;

Increase the number of physicians from 19 per 1000 population to 50 per 1000; increase national health expenditure per person per annum to about N50,000 (from less than N10,000 currently);
Increase the quality of all federal government owned hospitals to world class standard by 2015;

Invest in cutting edge technology such as tele-medicine in all major health centres in the country through active investment and partnership programmes with the private sector;

Provide free ante-natal care for pregnant women, free health care for babies and children up to school going age and for the aged and free treatment for those afflicted with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS;

Boost the local manufacture of pharmaceuticals and make non adulterated drugs readily available.

On Youth, Sports and Culture, we will

Provide the opportunities for youth to realize, harness, and develop their full potentials and to facilitate the emergence of a new generation of citizens committed to the sustenance of good governance and service to the people and the country;

Establish world class sports academy and training institutes and ensure that Nigeria occupies a place of pride in global sports and athletics;
Revive the Nigerian football league and put incentives in place to make it as competitive as other national leagues;

Put in place measures to identify talents early and ensure their participation in local and international games to enable them become professionals;

Mandate schools and communities to create playgrounds / sports centres with needed equipment to develop skills;

Assist Nollywood to fully develop into world class movie industry that can compete effectively with Hollywood and Bollywood in due course.
Women Empowerment, we will
Ensure the rights of women are protected as enshrined in our Constitution;

Guarantee that women are adequately represented in government appointments and provide greater opportunities in education, job creation and economic empowerment;
Recognize and protect women empowerment and gender equality with special emphasis on economic activities in development and in rural areas;

Promote the concept of reserving a minimum number of seats in the National Assembly for women.
On the Environment, we will
Ensure compliance with policies and measures to halt the pollution of rivers and waterways in the Niger Delta and other parts of the country;
Create shelter belts in states bordering the Sahara Desert to mitigate and reverse the effects of the expanding desert;

Support and accelerate the implementation of regional water transfer initiatives across the country;

Adopt a holistic approach to erosion and shoreline protection across the country;

Create teams of volunteers to plant and nurture economically viable trees in arid regions;

Restructure the Ecological Fund Office to enable it meet today’s environmental challenges;

Regulate the timber industry to ensure that double the number of trees felled are planted by the loggers;

Ensure full compliance with town-planning and environmental laws and edicts.

In CPC, it’s just not a manifesto but “OUR COMMITMENT TO NIGERIA”.

O u r C o m m i t m e n t



To Change
Politics and Governance
Security and Conflict Resolution
The Economy & Infrastructure Base
The Society & Human Capital Development
The Environment
With The Congress for Progressive Change

` Please visit www.buhari4change.com

our commitment to Nigeria

Preamble
1. Every country has its ‘lost generation’. Some were stolen away by war, some by economic downturns, and some by visionless governments. Nigeria is perhaps the only one stolen by too much power, money, leisure and privilege. When Britain’s colonial administrators lowered the Union Jack in Lagos on October 1, 1960, Nigeria was Africa’s great hope. Its pool of talent, mass of fertile land and newly discovered oil promised economic transformation and a role leading independent Africa onto the global stage.
2. Fifty years on and despite our vast wealth – abundant natural resources, talents and human capacity (at home and abroad) with which we are endowed , we as a nation continue to struggle with the most basic needs (food, shelter, water and sanitation, electricity, etc) – paralyzed by : wide spread poverty, endemic corruption; high levels of unemployment; impoverished education, decaying health and social care systems, chaotic transport, communications and other essential infrastructure; less than adequate institutions of government at all levels; broken down system of law, order, security of life and property; weak, fragile and unstable economy, financial systems and institutions etc.
3. Today, gun wielding policemen still openly collect bribes; hospitals and universities are struggling as much as ever; crime is rampant – kidnapping, has now turned into a cottage industry, For the common man, things have never been so bad; for the politician, things have never been so good.
4. Many Nigerians have completely lost faith in the country’s ability to govern itself not just because of the problems facing the country but due to a fundamental lack of faith in the leaders at the helm of affairs. Without confidence in the system and its leaders, democratic principles are eroded, further jeopardizing the country’s future.
5. Angered by failures of corrupt and poor leadership; frustrated by economic policies that did not deliver, impatient to recover from lost civil rights; worn out by conflicts, Nigerian people are now striving for a fresh start. The start must come from a new team committed to acceptable and sustainable reforms. The mood now in Nigeria is changing as people begin to speak out more confidently against corruption, human rights abuses and criticise the unpopular policies of government. In every corner now in Nigeria, there is no debate on what is critical to the future of the country: CHANGE
6. What is certain in Nigeria today is that almost everything needs to be fixed. Nigeria today has all the ingredients for both success and failure. Skewing the role of the State towards serving special interests; division of its citizens along ethnic and religious lines and trapping generations in poverty all stubbornly remain in place. Changing the nation for good is no longer a question of choice but that of will and courage.
7. The challenge, perhaps, facing all Nigerians (at home and abroad) is whether there is enough will and courage among Nigerian citizens to unite, commit and resolve to radically reform, modernise and move the nation forward –not looking backward to the failed policies and practices of the past.
8. As a nation and Sub Saharan Africa’s leading energy producer, we are in danger of squandering another opportunity to upgrade our infrastructure, revive public services and secure the good of the individual.

Our commitment to change Nigeria

The nation goes into general elections in April 2011, with trust in politics, politicians and the leaders at an all-time-low. We can understand why: years of broken promises; corruption; the feeling that politicians have become too remote from the people, etc. Many Nigerians have completely lost faith in the country’s ability to govern itself not just because of the problems facing the country but due to a fundamental lack of faith in the leaders at the helm of affairs.
The challenge, perhaps, facing all of us as Nigerians is whether there is enough will and courage amongst us as citizens to unite, commit and resolve to radically reform, modernise and move the nation forward –not looking backward to the failed policies and practices of the past. It’s no longer a question of choice but that of will and courage! This document sets out our side of the bargain: the things we want to do to change Nigeria. We cannot do it on our own. We will only get our economy moving, mend our broken infrastructure and society, reform our rotting political system if we all get involved, take responsibility, and work together.


On Politics and Governance




CPC believes that our politics is broken. Our nation urgently needs fundamental political reform and improvement in governance to make it more transparent and accountable. If you elect us in April, we will:
Initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to states and local governments in order to entrench Federalism and the Federal spirit;

Strengthen INEC to reduce/ eliminate electoral malpractices;

Attract the best and brightest into our politics and public service by aggressive recruitment of private sector people, academics and professionals within Nigeria and in the Diaspora through internships, fellowships, executive appointments and special nomination to contest elective offices;

Prevent abuse of executive, legislative and public offices through greater accountability, transparency and strict enforcement of anti-corruption laws whilst strengthening the EFCC and ICPC;

Amend the Constitution to remove immunity from prosecution for elected officers in criminal cases;

Restructure government for a leaner, more efficient and adequately compensated public service;

Require full disclosure in all media outlets of all government contracts over N100m prior to award and during implementation at regular intervals;

Reform and Strengthen the Justice System for efficient administration and dispensation of justice along with the creation of special courts for accelerated hearing of corruption, drug trafficking, terrorism and similar cases of national importance;

Enact the Freedom of Information Bill so that government held data sets can be requested and used by the public, and then published on regular basis;

10. Seek to amend the Constitution to require local governments to publish their meeting minutes, service performance data and items of spending over N10M.


On National Security and Defence, we will:


Urgently address capacity building of law enforcement agents in terms of quantity and quality as this is critical in safeguarding the sanctity of lives and property;

Establish a well trained, adequately equipped and goals driven Serious Crime Squad to combat kidnapping, armed robbery, militants, ethno-religious and communal clashes nationwide;

Begin widespread consultations to amend the Constitution to enable States and Local Governments to employ State and Community Police to address the peculiar needs of each community. This would mean setting boundaries for Federal, State and Community Police through new Criminal Justice legislation to replace the Criminal Code, the Penal Code and the Police Act.

Push for more support in the security and economic stability of the sub-region [ECOWAS] and AU as a whole and maintain a strong, close and frank relationship with West Africa, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, and other African countries.
On Conflict Resolution, National Unity and Social Harmony, we will
Establish a Conflict Resolution Commission to help prevent, mitigate and resolve civil conflicts within the polity;

Bring permanent peace and solution to the Niger Delta and other conflict prone areas such as Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and Abia in order to engender national unity and social harmony;
Initiate policies to ensure that Nigerians are free to live and work in any part of the country by removing state of origin, tribe, ethnic and religious affiliations and replace those with state of residence
On Foreign Policy, we will


Make regional integration a priority within ECOWAS including free trade with a view to ensuring that common tariff and currency are achieved by 2015 under Nigeria's guidance and leadership;

Maintain a strong, close and frank relationships within the Gulf of Guinea, the Commonwealth, South Africa and the rest of the world;

Establish a new special relationship with the leading emerging markets like Brazil; Russia, India and China (BRIC) and other strategic partners around the world.
the Economy,



Maintain sound macro-economic policy environment, run an efficient government and preserve the independence of the Central Bank;

Restore financial confidence by putting in place a more robust monitoring, supervising and regulating of the financial institutions;

Make our economy one of the fastest growing emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually;

Embark on vocational training, entrepreneurial and skills acquisition scheme for graduates along with the creation of Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme to create at least 2 million new jobs by 2015;

Integrate the informal economy into the mainstream and prioritize the full implementation of the National Identification Scheme to generate the relevant data;

Expand domestic demand and consider undertaking associated public works programmes;

Embark on export and production diversification including investment in infrastructure; promote manufacturing e.g through agro based industries and expand sub-regional trade through ECOWAS and AU;

Make Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment key drivers of our economy;

Balance the economy across regions by the creation of 6 new Regional Economic Development Agencies (REDAs) to act as champions of sub-regional competitiveness;

10. Put in place a N300bn regional growth fund (average of N50bn in each geo-political region) to be managed by the REDAs, encourage private sector enterprise and support to help places currently reliant on the public sector;

11. Amend 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;

12. Create additional middle-class of at least 2 million new home owners by 2015 by enacting a national mortgage system that will lend at single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses.

On Agriculture,
Modernize the sector and change Nigeria from being a country of self-subsistence farmers to that of a medium/commercial scale farming nation/producer;

Create a nationwide food inspectorate division with a view to improving nutrition and eliminating food-borne hazards;

Inject extra N30bn to 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;

Guarantee a minimum price for selected crops and facilitate storage of agricultural products as and when necessary.
On Infrastructure; we will:

Undertake an urgent review of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) enabling environment with a view to addressing the legal, regulatory and operational challenges including introducing enabling legislation where necessary. In addition, we shall create a National Infrastructural Development Bank to provide loans at nominal interest rates exclusively for this sector;

Generate, transmit and distribute from current 5,000 – 6,000 MW to at least 15,000 MW of electricity by 2015 and increasing to 50,000 MW by 2019 with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power supply by 2019 whilst simultaneously ensuring development of sustainable/renewable energy.

Embark on a National Infrastructural Development Programme as a PPP that will ensure the (a) construction of 3,000km of Superhighway including service trunks and (b) building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one third to be completed by 2015;
Enact new legal and regulatory frameworks to establish independent regulation and incentives to accelerate public and private sector investment in seaports, railways and inland waterways;

Embark on PPP schemes with a view to ensuring that at least one functioning airport is available in each of the 36 states.
On the Oil and Gas Industry, we will:
1. Make the industry and Nigeria one of the world leading/cutting edge centres for clean oil and gas technologists, scientists, mega structure installation, drilling, processing, production engineers supported with best services and research facilities;
Fully develop the sector’s capacity to absorb more of the nation’s new graduates in the labour market. The sector will produce more home-grown world class engineers and scientists;

Modernise the NNPC and make it the national energy champion. Consider breaking it up into more efficient, commercially driven unit and strip it of its regulatory powers and enable it tap into international capital market;

Enforce the government master plan for oil companies to end flaring that pollutes the air and damages people’s health and ensure that they sell at least half of their gas production within Nigeria;

Speedily pass the much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and ensure that local content issues are fully addressed;

Make Nigeria the world’s leading exporter of LNG through the creation of strategic partnerships.

On Education, we will

Fully implement and enforce the provisions of the Universal Basic Education Act with emphasis on gender equity in primary and secondary school enrolment whilst improving the quality and substance of our schools;

Targeting up to 15% of our annual budget for this critical sector whilst making substantial investments in training quality teachers at all levels of the educational system;
Implement performance based education as against the current certificate based qualification;
Enhance teacher training and improve the competence of teachers along with vigorous national inspection;

Make learning experiences more meaningful for children and make education more cost-effective;

Develop and promote effective use of innovative teaching methods/ materials in schools;

Ensure a greater proportion of expenditure on university education is devoted to Science and Technology with more spaces allocated to science and technology oriented courses;

Establish at least six new universities of science and technology with satellite campuses in various states;

Establish technical colleges and vocational centres in each state of the federation;

10. Provide more conducive environment for private sector participation in all levels of education;

11. Establish six centres of excellence to address the needs of special education;

On Healthcare, we will:


Prioritize the reduction of the infant mortality rate by 2015 to 3%; reduce maternal mortality by more than 70%; reduce HIV/AIDs infection rate by 50% and other infectious diseases by 75%; improve life expectancy by additional 10 years on average through our national healthy living program;

Increase the number of physicians from 19 per 1000 population to 50 per 1000; increase national health expenditure per person per annum to about N50,000 (from less than N10,000 currently);
Increase the quality of all federal government owned hospitals to world class standard by 2015;

Invest in cutting edge technology such as tele-medicine in all major health centres in the country through active investment and partnership programmes with the private sector;

Provide free ante-natal care for pregnant women, free health care for babies and children up to school going age and for the aged and free treatment for those afflicted with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS;

Boost the local manufacture of pharmaceuticals and make non adulterated drugs readily available.

On Youth, Sports and Culture, we will

Provide the opportunities for youth to realize, harness, and develop their full potentials and to facilitate the emergence of a new generation of citizens committed to the sustenance of good governance and service to the people and the country;

Establish world class sports academy and training institutes and ensure that Nigeria occupies a place of pride in global sports and athletics;
Revive the Nigerian football league and put incentives in place to make it as competitive as other national leagues;

Put in place measures to identify talents early and ensure their participation in local and international games to enable them become professionals;

Mandate schools and communities to create playgrounds / sports centres with needed equipment to develop skills;

Assist Nollywood to fully develop into world class movie industry that can compete effectively with Hollywood and Bollywood in due course.
Women Empowerment, we will
Ensure the rights of women are protected as enshrined in our Constitution;

Guarantee that women are adequately represented in government appointments and provide greater opportunities in education, job creation and economic empowerment;
Recognize and protect women empowerment and gender equality with special emphasis on economic activities in development and in rural areas;

Promote the concept of reserving a minimum number of seats in the National Assembly for women.
On the Environment, we will
Ensure compliance with policies and measures to halt the pollution of rivers and waterways in the Niger Delta and other parts of the country;
Create shelter belts in states bordering the Sahara Desert to mitigate and reverse the effects of the expanding desert;

Support and accelerate the implementation of regional water transfer initiatives across the country;

Adopt a holistic approach to erosion and shoreline protection across the country;

Create teams of volunteers to plant and nurture economically viable trees in arid regions;

Restructure the Ecological Fund Office to enable it meet today’s environmental challenges;

Regulate the timber industry to ensure that double the number of trees felled are planted by the loggers;

Ensure full compliance with town-planning and environmental laws and edicts.

why copy and paste it twice? To make it look plenty??

Restructure government for a leaner, more efficient and adequately compensated public service;

would be interested on how they want to do the bolded.

Pasting 2wice was an error. Pls forgive me


Am sure they won't have as many advisers, assistants, adies in waiting,etc as d present govt has that will be. A starr