To prove that you know, and you are not shouting based on personality, religion, ethnicity and otherwise of the three major contestants in the coming election, let us see the significant difference or differences in what each of these three people is offering us and the way they want to tackle the following:

Economy

Power

Education

Corruption

Agriculture

Foreign Policy.


Lets see the significant differences in what Ribadu, Jonathan and Buhari is offering.

I bet not many people know really- we all seem to be shouting based on personality, ethnicity or religious belief of the contestant, if not, then lets see what you know and why you think what one is offering is better than the other.

and for once, all is quiet in nairaland,

Beaf:
I almost laughed my head off - you had to resurrect this your ID today - is it a sympathy seeking week or a protest week

Here is Buhari/Bakere Manifesto - the best ever (simple, practical and precisely what the goal is and how to achieve it). Enjoy


Politics and Governance
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:
1. 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;
2. Strengthen INEC to reduce/eliminate electoral malpractices;
3. 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;
4. Prevent abuse of executive, legislative and public offices through greater accountability, transparency and strict enforcement of anticorruption laws whilst strengthening the EFCC and ICPC;
5. Amend the Constitution to remove immunity from prosecution for elected officers in criminal cases;6. 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;
8. 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;
9. 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.

Security and Conflict Resolution
On National Security and Defence, we will:
1. 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;
2. 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.4. 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:
1. Establish a Conflict Resolution Commission to help prevent, mitigate and resolve civil conflicts within the polity;
2. 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;
3. 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 residenceThe Economy & Infrastructure Base.

On the Economy, we will:
1. Maintain sound macro‐economic policy environment and run an efficient government and preserve the independence of the Central Bank;
2. Restore financial confidence by putting in place a more robust monitoring, supervising and regulating of the financial institutions;
3. Make our economy one of the fastest growing emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually;
4. 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;
5. Integrate the informal economy into the mainstream and prioritize the full implementation of the National Identification Scheme to generate the relevant data;
6. Expand domestic demand and consider undertaking associated public works programmes;
7. 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;
8. Make Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment key drivers of our economy;
9. 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 Infrastructure; we will:
1. 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;
2. 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.
3. Embark on a National Infrastructural Development Programme as a Public Private Partnership 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;4. 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;
5. Embark on PPP schemes with a view to ensuring that at least one functioning airport is available in each of the 36 states.

On Healthcare, we will:
1. 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;
2. 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);
3. Increase the quality of all federal government owned hospitals to world class standard by 2015;4. Invest in cutting edge technology such as tele‐medicine in all major health centers in the country through active investment and partnership programmes with the private sector;
5. Provide 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;6. Boost the local manufacture of pharmaceuticals and make non adulterated drugs readily available.

Reference -   http://buhari4change.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CPC-OurCommitmentToNigeria.pdf