The Presidency has listed the achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration since 2015, noting that the President has broken many jinxes.

In a statement by Special Adviser on Media to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the Presidency noted that Buhari has ended tracks of erstwhile impossible, including signing the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law.

According to the statement, in his streak of firsts, President Buhari had recently declared a N287 billion profit after tax by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which was the first in the over 40 years of the corporation.

He said the Buhari administration launched the first National Social Investment Programme in the country’s history, which is second largest Social Investment Programme in Africa and one of the largest in the world.

He also mentioned the restoration of the federal budget to a January-to-December cycle after more than a decade.

On projects, he said Buhari is the first President to start and complete a rail project in Nigeria’s history, citing the Lagos-Ibadan rail project.
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He further said the President has completed 12 inherited Dam projects across the country, including Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, Taraba; Ogwashi-Uku Multipurpose Dam, Delta; Adada Dam, Enugu; Sulma Earth Dam, Katsina; Gimi Earth Dam, Kaduna; Amla-Otukpo Dam, Benue; Amauzari Earth Dam, Imo; Ibiono-Ibom Earth Dam, Akwa Ibom; Gadau/Lafia Zigau Dam, Bauchi; Alajue Small Earth Dam, Osun; Kampe Omi Dam, Kogi (Rehabilitation) and Kargo Dam, Kaduna (rehabilitation).

Adesina said: “More than 6 billion dollars of inherited Cash Call Arrears now being cleared by the Buhari Administration, since 2016. More than 3 billion dollars of the arrears (payments due to International Oil Companies) have since been paid.

“The Buhari Administration has overseen the first successful Marginal Fields Bid Round in almost 20 years.

“The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) was established in 2011, and for its first seven years did not have an enabling Act of the National Assembly — Until 2018 when President Buhari assented to the NCDC Act.


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