President-elect Muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed his displeasure at the military’s inability to secure the life and property of its citizens.

“The military has never been so incapacitated like now. It’s a shame that the military cannot secure 14 of Nigeria’s local governments out of the 774 local governments in the country,” he said.

According to the president-elect, what is more worrisome is the fact that Nigeria’s military has to rely on South African mercenaries before it could gain recent success in the war against Boko Haram.

General Buhari, who made the above comment in Kaduna while playig host to the national executive council of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) described the development as “shameful and unacceptable.”ACF

“My administration will concentrate on three major areas on assumption of office; that is insecurity, the economy/unemployment and corruption. We will ensure we nip insecurity in bud.

“The Nigeria Army could not do small thing, they have to bring in South African mercenaries to enable them record the recent gains in the North East,” Buhari stated.

Speaking on governance, the president-elect said his administration would make sure that every Nigerian lives within his honest earnings, adding that “a situation where people live above their earnings will not be tolerated.”

In his address, the ACF chairman, Ibrahim Ahmadu Coomassie, a former inspector-general of police, had told the president-elect that Nigerians voted for him because they believe in his integrity, transparency, accountability, honesty and commitment to the security of life and property.

Coomassie noted Nigeria had never experienced the level of decay, the collapse of moral values and the high level of corruption, crime and impoverishment of the citizenry like in the last six years.

The ACF leader said: “Security has been the major concern, especially in the North-East region which has been devastated by the insurgency caused by the Boko Haram; and the energy, which is the source of power and main driver of the economy, requires serious and urgent attention. “

The former IGP further told Buhari that Nigerians are eagerly waiting for him to solve the problems facing them and to also free them from the shackles of poverty, ignorance, corruption and insurgency.

He advised the president-elect to restrict the powers of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF).

He said, “The current situation when SGF operates above ministers offends the laid-down principles of accountability in governance.”

APC holds forum on policy direction for new government

Ahead of the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) central government in the country, the roadmap for the policy direction of the Muhammadu Buhari –led administration would be unveiled during a two-day policy dialogue to be held in Abuja tomorrow and Thursday.

The policy dialogue, with the theme, “Implementing Change: From Vision to Reality,” is being organised by the Policy, Research and Strategy Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council.

Briefing journalists in Abuja yesterday, the deputy head of the directorate and former minister of youth and sports, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, said the president-elect would declare the dialogue open while the vice-president-elect, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), would chair it.

Former British prime minister, Mr Tony Blair, is the keynote speaker at the dialogue where input to the roadmap for the actualisation of the policies of the incoming administration would be made by experts drawn from different fields and members of the public.

Abdullahi identified the core areas of focus in the two-day dialogue to include the economy, governance, job creation and security in line with the APC manifesto.

According to him, topics for discussion include: Improving the National Economy for Shared Prosperity; Repositioning Agriculture for Job Creation and Economic Prosperity; Developing Infrastructure for National Development; Achieving Sustainable Reforms on Oil/Gas Sector; Reducing Inequality and Achieving Sustainable Human Development; Achieving Holistic and Sustainable Reforms in the Education Sector; Developing an Education System Relevant to Nigeria’s Developmental Aspiration, and Achieving Qualitative and Affordable Healthcare.

Others include: Achieving Diversity and Inclusion in Public Life; Exploring Sports, Tourism and Creative Industry for Job Creation; Governance and Improved Efficiency in Public Service; Tackling Corruption in Public Sector and Foreign Policy and Agenda for Change.

Some of the speakers and discussants expected at the dialogue include Ms Ifueko Omogui-Okauru, former FIRS chairperson; Dr Rilwan Babalola, former minister of power; Dr Tajudeen Umar, former country chair, Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Authority; Prof Niyi Ayoola Daniels, president, International Institute for Petroleum Energy Law and Policy; Mr Tunde Ahonsi, resident representative, UNFPA, Ghana, and Major-General Ishola Williamsn (retd).

Others include : Prof Pai Obanya, WAEC chairman; Dr Ayo Teriba, CEO, Economic Associates; Prof. Bolaji Aluko, vice chancellor, Federal University, Otuoke; Prof Mohammed Tabia, Department of Islamic Law, Bayero University, Kano; General Abdulrahman Dambazzau , former Chief of Army Staff; Prof Ibrahim Gambari, former Nigerian permanent representative, United Nations; Mr Fola Arthur-Worrey, former solicitor-general, Lagos State; Ms Bolanle Onagoruwa, former director-general, BPE; Mr Wale Fapounda, of Legal Resources Consortium, and Prof Etannibi Alemika, chairman, CLEEN Foundation.

The programme will also mark the winding down of activities of the Policy, Research and Strategy Directorate of the APC Campaign Council, Abdullahi added.

Source:http://leadership.ng/news/434164/ill-concentrate-on-3-major-areas-buhari

K

Three major areas: insecurity, economy/UNEMPLOYMENT, and corruption.

So happy the president included unemployment in his major areas, i think with unemployment included and peradventure he succeeds, he don try, make state governors look into the minor areas abeg...

My amiable President MUHAMMADU BUHARI.

May God see you through your four 1st years and deliver real dividend of democracy to NIGERIA.

It's ok, it's only over a week away. Just hold it in please you'll have all the time to do what you want ok.

But no excuses.







ThefakeStan

Power should be his utmost priority, lots of businesses are collapsing because of this, our homes..., we are really suffering in this country

na only power we need oo

All we need is EMPLOYMENT, SECURITY AND LIGHT

Don't forget N1=1$ o else you didnt achieve anything!

What about Electricity ? Electricity is very important, you cannot combat unemployment with Electric Power [size=36pt][/size]

First na Chad and Cameroon dey fight boko haram on our behalf

Nw itz south Africa mercenaries
This baba needs padlock in his mouth

What about Electricity ? Electricity is very important, you cannot combat unemployment with Electric Power [size=24pt][/size]

Ezedon:
All we need is EMPLOYMENT, SECURITY AND LIGHT

Light is very important, should be number two after security. Stable & constant light will even create a lot of employment on its own with little or no government intervention. With Security and light, investors will naturally flood in and that will provide the employement

tunde82seidat:
na only power we need oo

Light is very important, should be number two after security. Stable & constant light will even create a lot of employment on its own with little or no government intervention. With Security and light, investors will naturally flood in and that will provide the employement

Dharniel:
Three major areas: insecurity, economy/UNEMPLOYMENT, and corruption.

So happy the president included unemployment in his major areas, i think with unemployment included and peradventure he succeeds, he don try, make state governors look into the minor areas abeg...

Light is very important, should be number two after security. Stable & constant light will even create a lot of employment on its own with little or no government intervention. With Security and light, investors will naturally flood in and that will provide the employement

Chiaka:


Light is very important, should be number two after security. Stable & constant light will even create a lot of employment on its own with little or no government intervention. With Security and light, investors will naturally flood in and that will provide the employement

miss, the way i see it, if unemployment would be tackled as a major problem in Nigeria, then automatically power would be stable alongside some others, it's no magic, it's a phenomenon...

We keep hearing the same story from Alhaji Buhari. "I will tackle corruption" and bla bla bla... How will you do that? Will you do that hypocritically by absolving the incorruptible Sanusi, Atiku, Obasanjo, Tinubu, Sylva, Abachas, Danjuma Goje, Saraki, Amaechi, Bagudu etc while running after Alison, Oduah, Iweala, GEJ etc?

How will Buhari tackle unemployment because so far I am yet to see any proposed policy on that. Will he tackle unemployment by dishing out 5000 naira to unemployed or will he empower relevant sectors of the economy(which I'm yet to see in his plans).

As for insecurity, does Buhari still believe that "attacking boko Haram is attacking the north"? Or will he negotiate with them and grant them amnesty?

It is very clear that the Niger Delta development is the least on Buhari's mind. In fact, Sylva a member of APC transition committee in his interview said "he doesn't know Buhari's plan for South South".

Buhari should spare us his rhetoric and prpare for what is ahead of him.

electricity or power should be first on the list .

This man should mind the way he criticise the military.

He needs to provide power and look for the antidote to this new trekking caused by mad cow disease.

Let's listen to what Mr Solomon below me has to say

“The Nigeria Army could not do small thing, they have to bring in South African mercenaries to enable them record the recent gains in the North East,” Buhari stated.

And BabaOneChance believe SA Mercinaries are fighting bH. What an incoming Commander-in-Chief that will not give credit to the army despite their gains. #BabaOneChance!

Win the war on corruption and all other things will fall in place, by default.

Buhari,Electricity should first on the list o

K

Hmm. Ride on baba. We are right behind you. Abeg reintroduce WAI!

We need a WAI officer on Nair a land to help me deal with all these disgruntled......... fill in the rest

Only three? This man dey drink?

Just carry on Baba we trust u!

What of power?

?i am where
?page front
it believe can't I

I am a muslim from the northern part of nigeria (borno state), sometimes i cry and ask myself why God made me to become a notherner, our people are very ignorant and uneducated.. i wish i'm from the west, east or south

iamrealdeji:
Buhari,Electricity should first on the list o

I wonder...though it may come under employment.

wow but education and power supply should follow closely behind...

HzRF:
First na Chad and Cameroon dey fight boko haram on our behalf

Nw itz south Africa mercenaries
This baba needs padlock in his mouth

All happened under Johnny Goode....unless you want to tell me Buhari has been president since 2011....