Politics Editor
Insight into the
style of governance and management of
the economy by the All Progressives
Congress ( APC ) President- elect , General
Muhammadu Buhari, has continued to
emerge.
President elect , Muhammadu Buhari ,
addressing his supporters in his house at
Daura Katsina State on Monday .
According to emerging facts , Buhari will
seek to fulfill his election promises of
improving security and employment by
pursuing an all -out offensive against
corruption in public life .
There are also plans to fully implement the
Steve Oronsaye Report in a bid to reduce
expenses and run a lean economy.
These facts, among others, emerged from
ex -governor of Ekiti State and Director of
Policy for the All Progressives Congress
( APC ) , Kayode Fayemi.
According to Fayemi who spoke at the
Lagos Business School ( LBS) breakfast at
the weekend , the new cabinet would be
announced within one week of
inauguration.
This is in line with the party’ s desire to hit
the ground running.
However , there will be no real action until
around October , partly because the 2015
budget is being run by the present
administration and may be fully approved
in before this month end.
Regardless , in pursuance of Buhari’ s zero -
tolerance for corruption, the new cabinet is
expected to be peopled by Nigerians seen
to have lived above board.
In addition, the new All Progressives
Congress ( APC ) government , plans to
merge and strengthen anti -graft bodies ,
while giving it full independence to operate,
so as to adequately police members of the
APC .
Continuing, Fayemi told his listeners that
the president - elect will rely on his deputy ,
Prof . Yemi Osinbajo , who has a track
record of judiciary reform to instigate the
judiciary along desired lines.
On the economic front , the new
administration may deregulate , regionalise
and privatise transmission of electricity in
order to break down centralised
transmission.
It may further address issues of gas supply
to electricity generation companies
( GENCO) but the new government believes
that distribution companies ( DISCOs) are
the biggest bottlenecks presently. The
government plan to add -on 4, 000
megawatts of power every year and expect
that the output will be a minimum of
12, 000 MW at the end of term of this
mandate.
Curiously, the new administration is
targeting N 3 trillion savings by plugging
leakages in the economy, just as it would
rely on free market economy and private
sector led employment drive. dailyindependentnig.com