I won’t leave the defence of Nigeria in the
hands of hunters, Children, Civilian JTF—
Buhari
on january 05, 2015 at 4:37 pm in news
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By Abiodun Alade, @biodunpen
All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential
candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd)
, has promised never to leave the defence of
Nigeria in the hands of hunters, children and
civilian JTF.
This was contained in his 18-pages manifesto
titled “Securing Nigeria’s Future” which is
available on his campaign website.
The former head of state pledged to urgently
address capacity building mechanisms of law
enforcement agents in terms of quantity and
quality, establish a well-trained, adequately
equipped and goals driven Serious Crime
Squad to combat insurgencies, kidnapping,
armed robbery, ethno religious and
communal clashes, nationwide.
He added that his administration will onsult
and amend the Constitution to enable States
and Local Governments to create city, Local
Government and State Policing systems,
based on the resources available at each
level, to address the peculiar needs of each
community.
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)
“We will therefore work with the National
Assembly to set and revise, when needed,
boundaries of operations, for Federal, State,
and Local Government policing units, through
new Criminal Justice legislation to replace the
Criminal Code, the Penal Code and the Police
Act.
We will push for more robust support in the
Security and Economic stability of the West-
African sub region and African Continent as a
whole. We will seek and maintain close and
frank relationship with ALL of West Africa;
Special relationship with South Africa and its
Sub-region, the rest of Africa; the UK, USA,
Canada,EU, Asia, and the Middle East,” he
said.
On the Economy, Buhari promises to
maintain sound micro and macro economic
policy environment, and run an efficient
government and preserve the independence
of the Central Bank; restore financial
confidence in the citizens and the world, by
putting in place a more robust monitoring,
supervising, and regulating of the financial
institutions.
“We will make our economy one of the
fastest growing emerging economies in the
world with a real GDP growth averaging at
least 10-12% annually,” the document
revealed.
He promises to tackle unemployment via
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.
“A Small and Medium Enterprises
Development Commission will be created for
this purpose. We will also encourage State
Governments to focus on employment
creation, by matching every one job created
in the same state 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
undertake associated public works
programmes to achieve this goal; embark on
export and production diversification
including investment in infrastructure;
promote manufacturing and transformation,
through Agro Based industries; and expand
and promote sub regional trade through
ECOWAS and the AU; create an additional
middleclass of at least 4 million new home
owners by 2019 by enacting national
mortgage single digit interest rates for
purchase of owner occupier houses as well as
review the collateral qualification to make
funding for home ownership easier, with 15
to 30 year mortgage terms”.
The document added that the administration
of Buhari/Osibanjo will create a Social
Welfare Program of at least Five Thousand
Naira (N5000) that will cater for the 25
million poorest and most vulnera ble citizens
upon the demonstration of children’s
enrolment in school and evidence of
immunisation to help promote family
stability. There will also be provision of One
Meal a day for all Primary school pupils.
On Education, Buhari pledeges to implement
a performance based education system,
predicated on outcomes, skills, and
competences as against the current certificate
based qualification; fully review provisions of
the Universal Basic Education Act with
emphasis on gender equity in primary,
secondary school enrolment whilst improving
the quality and substance of our schools,
through outcome based education.
“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; enhance teacher training and
improve the competence of teachers in the
light of the 21st; develop and promote
effective use of innovative teaching methods/
materials in our schools; establish at least six
new universities of Science and Technology
with satellite campuses in various states”.
The document noted that the administration
will generate, transmit and distribute
electricity on a 24/7 basis whilst
simultaneously ensuring the development of
sustainable/renewable energy, by 2019.
The presidential hopeful also vow to address
the infrastucture decay in the country, boost
agriculture, revive the oil and gas industry;
makes the health sector works among other
pledges.
In the preamble of the document Buhari
opined, “over fifty years of independence and
despite our vast wealth–abundant natural and
human resources, at home and abroad, we as
a nation continue to struggle with the most
basic needs (food, shelter, water, security
sanitation, and electricity, etc). As a nation,
we are paralyzed by wide spread poverty,
endemic institutionalised corruption; high
levels of unemployment; a near total
collapse of our educational system and
facilities, collapse and decaying health and
ineffective social services systems, chaotic
transportation and communications systems;
and other basic but essential infrastructure;
less than adequate institutions of government
at all levels, resulting to break down of law
and order, institutionalized insecurity to life
and property; and weak, fragile and unstable
economy, with non-functional financial
institutions, etc.
Nigerians of goodwill, are angered by failures
of corrupt and poor leadership. They are
frustrated by economic policies that did not
deliver on its promises. Nigerians are
therefore impatient and want
To regain their lost rights. Nigerians are worn
out by conflicts, all over the country.
Nigerians are now striving for a fresh start.
I, Muhammadu Buhari have now come to the
rescue. This is success by design. It will
overcome our failure by design matrix”.