(Beginning May 29, 2015).
1. CORRUPTION & GOVERNANCE
I pledge to:
Publicly declare my assets and liabilities.
Encourage all my appointees to publicly declare their assets
and liabilities as a pre-condition for appointment. All
political appointees will only earn the salaries and
allowances determined by the Revenue Mobilization and
Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMFAC)
Personal leadership in the war against corruption.
Inaugurate the National Council on Procurement as
stipulated in the Procurement Act. The Federal Executive
Council, which has been turned to a weekly session of
contract bazaar, will concentrate on its principal function of
policy making.
Review and implement audit recommendations by Nigeria
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative including those
on remittances and remediation.
Work with the National Assembly towards the immediate
enactment of a Whistle Blower Act
Work with the National Assembly to strengthen ICPC and
EFCC by guaranteeing institutional autonomy including
financial and prosecutorial independence and security of
tenure of officials. Make the Financial Intelligence Unit of
the EFCC autonomous and operational.
Encourage proactive disclosure of information by
government institutions in the spirit of the Freedom of
Information Act.
Ensure all MDAs and parastatals regularly comply with their
accountability responsibilities to Nigerians through the
National Assembly.
All political officer holders earn only the salaries and
emoluments determined and approved by the Revenue
Mobilization and Fiscal Commission RMFAC.
Work with the leadership of the National Assembly and the
Judiciary to cut down the cost of governance.
I will present a National Anti corruption Strategy
2. INSURGENCY & INSECURITY
I have had the rare privilege of serving my country in the
military in various capacities and rose to become a Major
General and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. I
defended the territorial integrity of our nation.
I pledge to:
As Commander-in-Chief, lead from the front and not behind
in the comfort and security of Aso Rock to boost the morale
of fighting forces and the generality of all Nigerians.
Give especial attention to the welfare of our armed forces
and their families; lost heroes and their families and the
victims of insurgency.
Boost the morale of the men and women in the field by
public recognition of their efforts through memorabilia,
stamps, statues, regular rotation, regular payment of
allowances, regular communication between the men and
officers of security agencies, provision of best health care
and housing for families of deceased comrades.
I will present a marshal plan to the nation that will combat
insurgency, ethnic and religious violence, kidnapping and
rural banditry.
Provide the best and appropriate military and other materials
the country needs to combat insurgency, ethnic and
religious violence, kidnapping and rural banditry.
Establish personal relationship with governors of the
affected states by insurgency, with leaders of the countries
in the region and with leaders around the world to
coordinate efforts to combat insurgency, oil theft, piracy and
criminality.
Restore confidence in the bilateral and multilateral
partnerships in addressing insurgency including
procurements.
Activate regular meetings of the National Police Council to
ensure the discharge of its true constitutional role in a
transparent and accountable way.
As a father, I feel the pain of the victims of insurgency,
kidnapping and violence whether they are the widows and
orphans of military, paramilitary, civilians and parents or the
Chibok girls. My government shall act decisively on any
actionable intelligence to # BringBackOurGirls
3. NIGER DELTA
I pledge to:
Restore the integrity of the Niger Delta by implementing
relevant sections of the Ledum Technical Committee on
human capital development, resource management and
distribution, governance and rule of law, reclamation and
environmental and sustainable development.
Commit myself and my administration to the phased
implementation of the United Nations Environment
Program’s(UNEP) recommendations on Ogoniland.
Unveil a marshal plan for the regenerative development of
the Niger Delta.
4. DIVERSITY
Diversity refers to the inherent complexities of the variations
in the social fabric of a people. Elements of poorly managed
diversities include absence of cohesion, low capacity or
political will to address resulting tensions, weak institutions
of the state, in-equalities in every facet, impunity,
breakdown of mutual trust, rising incidences of violence and
total breakdown of law and order. To quickly reverse this
observable trend in our society:
I pledge to:
Continually acknowledge and consciously equality and
equity in all government businesses and activities.
Implement the National Gender Policy including 35% of
appointive positions for women.
Work with National Assembly to pass a National Disability
Bill, which I shall immediately assent, into Law.
Immediately charge relevant MDAs to implement new
building codes to ensure that people with disability have
easier access.
I will lead the campaign for restoration of mutual trust and
cohesion for nation building, while also working with the
National Assembly to make appropriation to strengthen
institutions and platforms promoting dialogue and inclusion.
I will promote amendment to the provisions of section 14:3
of the Constitution to give effect to the expansion of the
scope of representation to include women and persons with
disabilities.
Work with National Assembly to pass the National Disability
Act and the Equal Opportunities Bill.
5. HEALTH
I pledge to:
Implement the National Health Act 2014,which guarantees
financial sustainability to the health sector and minimum
basic health care for all and ban medical tourism by
government officials.
Launch special programme to improve availability of water
and sanitation.
Review occupational health laws and immediately
commence enforcement of the provisions to reduce hazards
in the work place.
Unveil a health sector review policy to ensure the efficient
and effective management of our health systems.
Mobilize the health workforce needed for the all-round
implementation of our primary health programmes for rural
communities.
6. AGRICULTURE
I pledge to:
Make pronouncement to make agriculture a major focus of
the government and lay the institutional foundation to
attract large-scale investments and capital into the
agricultural infrastructural sector
Launch a massive agricultural infrastructural investments
plan that will focus on production, transportation
infrastructure and marketing logistics across Nigeria
Launch a massive, well-coordinated and innovatively funded
Youth in Commercial Agribusiness Programme.
Establish agricultural produce pricing and marketing
mechanism and institutions
Work with State and Local Governments to launch
Agricultural Support Programmes that will drive state level
massive agricultural land development and mechanization
agenda
Revamp, revitalize and continuous improvement on the
national agricultural extension and rural support service
system
Initiate a holistic project aimed at promoting and securing
access of standardized agricultural products to both local
and international markets
Lay the groundwork for a standardized market uptake and
aggregation outlets for specific agricultural produce
Initiate a comprehensive revamp of key development banks
(Bank of Agriculture, Bank of Industry and Nigeria Import &
Export Bank) operations to fund inclusive agricultural value
chain operations
Lay the groundwork for an ambitious, massive, seamless,
accessible single-digit agricultural value-chain finance
programme
Initiate the process to appropriately liberalise and expand
agricultural and rural insurance system with premiumlol
subventions support to farmers
Revamp the agricultural cooperative system to drive rural
agriculture and improves stakes for smallholder farmers
Launch appropriate tariff rectification instrument to support
import-export anomalies.
7. MANAGEMENT OF THE ECONOMY & PROSPERITY
Every Nigerian deserves to benefit from the running of our
collective resources. We promise not to leave any Nigerian
behind in our determination to create, expand and ensurei
equitable and effective allocation of economic opportunities.
No matter the amount of funds we generate, unless there is
an efficient and effective utilization, it will only create few
billionaires. Unless we fight corruption, the economy will
only benefit the greedy in our society.
I pledge to:
Work with the legislature to strengthen constitutional
provisions to make the meetings of the National Economic
Council more periodic and predictable and its decisions
more binding.
Present annual report on the state of the economy to the
National Assembly and the Nigerian People.
The Preparation of Medium Term Expenditure Framework
(MTEF) and annual Budget will be guided by job creation
projections.
Negotiate rule-based oil revenue management process, and
adopt a rule based excess crude account management
process, which will entail a fixed percentage (e.g. 10% or
20%) of oil revenue each year, and also set clear rules about
where the proceeds will be domiciled, when the savings can
be used, by whom, and what the savings can be used for.
Work with the National Assembly to adopt a rule based,
realistic and predictable oil benchmark as a basis for a more
transparent management of federation account revenue and
excess crude account.
Launch a Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme in
partnership with Commercial Lenders to improve access to
finance for SMEs.
Automate the business registration process to ensure sole
proprietorships can be opened within 24 hours and
incorporated business within 5 days.
Reduce the cost of company registration to a maximum of
N10,000 for sole proprietorships to encourage
formalization.
Review and regulate import duty waivers to promote
transparency and accountability;
Forge partnerships with state and local governments and
private sectors to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and
cottage industries;
Work with the National Assembly to review and finalize work
on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB);
Boost community and local participation in downstream
through expansion and promotion of local content
development;
Commence organizational reforms to curb corruption in
NNPC and its subsidiaries
8. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
I pledge to:
Give political force to collective bargaining in all sectors of
the economy, revive Tripartite Committee of Government,
employers and workers organisations, whose task would be
to constantly review matters of labour relations and the
practice of industrial relations.
Undertake to institute an annual statutory tripartite body
contribute towards formulation and implementation of broad
macro-economic policies.
Reposition Ministry of Employment, Labour and Productivityj
and all relevant agencies mandated to manage labour
dispute and grievance handling process to ensure pre-
emptive strategies to halt the current frequent incessant
strikes phenomenon.
9. POWER
The power sector has become a monstrous demonstration
of corruption. Despite investment of more than X there is
nothing to show but few fat cats.
I pledge to:
War against corruption in the power sector
Tackle the issue of gas availability for the proposed power
plants
Emphasize alternative sources of power such as small,
medium and large hydro plants (Mambilla has capacity for
4,700 megawatts), wind, coal and solar. Efforts will be
geared towards smaller and potable power supply.
Start an accelerated training of human resources for the
power sector.
Work with PenCom to consider giving soft loans to power
sector operators.
10. YOUTH & ICT DEVELOPMENT
The youth are the salt of the nation. More than 60% of our
population is categorized as being of youth age. The future
of the nation depends on the brains of the youth and not on
what is buried under the ground.
I pledge to:
Declare support for the appointment of young people with
requisite qualification into key political offices to begin the
incubation and mentoring for a successor political
generation.
Unveil a policy that all federal contractors must employ at
least 50% young people.
Work with the private sector to establish innovation fund for
young people.
Encourage that girls’and boys’ education is prioritized in
states where this is established to be a big problem.
Review and make pronouncements, with attendant political
will and commitment, on the full implementation of the
national youth policy.
Establish innovation centers in conjunction with proposed
National Science Foundation and the private sector.
Include vocational skills in the curriculum of Almajiri
schools so that they become self-employed.
Unveil a policy that will begin to multiply the efforts and
effects of technology incubation centers to at least establish
two of such centers in each of the geopolitical zone.
Establish a free-tuition and scholarship scheme for pupils
who have shown exceptional aptitude in science subjects at
O/Levels to study ICT-related courses.
Immediately establish linkages with friendly names to
champion exchange programmes for the acquisition of IT
related skills.
Extend the local content policies to cover software and
hardware developments in the youth-driven markets. Put in
place a quality assurance mechanism to ensure that
standards are met and adhered to and make it a policy for
companies to procure a % of their ICT needs from the local
market.
Hold a summit of all ICT service providers, OEMs, etc bothk
local and foreign that are doing business in Nigeria to
device concrete skills transfer and capacity building models
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I saw it coming. Change is here!

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You can never debate the sheer force of patriotism flowing through this man's veins.

We are now in good hands!