₦airaland Forum

joseph1832:
My argument is weak? Thats a matter of perspective. And of course anybody can say anything, it only takes somebody to prove what he says.

Yea "talk is cheap" but when that talk yields results by virtue of action its still cheap right?.

Brytawon:
Barely a month after Muhammadu Buhari,
became Nigeria’s President, many Nigerians
are already reminding him of his campaign
promises.
It would be recalled that the former head of
state was sworn in as the country’s President
on May 29, 2015, after he defeated former
president Goodluck Jonathan.

In this regards, a famous social commentator,
Ike Chidolue, on Saturday, June 27, went on
his Facebook page to post 81 campaign
promises made by Buhari.
Below are the campaign promises as posted
by Chidolue:
1. Public declaration of assets and liabilities
2. State and community policing
3. Ban on all government officials from
seeking medical care abroad
4. Implementation of the National Gender
Policy, including 35% of appointive positions
for women
5. Revival of Ajaokuta steel company
6. Generation, transmission and distribution of
at least 20,000 MW of electricity within four
years and increasing to 50,000 MW with a
view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power
supply within 10 years.
7. Empowerment scheme to employ 740,000
graduates across the 36 states and the
Federal Capital Territory.
8. Establishment of a free-tuition and
scholarship scheme for pupils who have
shown exceptional aptitude in science
subjects at O/Levels to study ICT-related
courses.
9. 720,000 jobs by the 36 states in the
federation yearly (20,000 per state).
10. Three million Jobs per year
11. To embark on 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.
12. Churches and Mosques would not pay
taxes under national laws, but if they engage
in businesses, the businesses would pay tax.
13. Provision of allowances to the discharged
but unemployed Youth Corps members for
Twelve (12) months while in the skills and
entrepreneurial development programme
14. Making the economy one of the fastest-
growing emerging economies in the world with
a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually.
15. Creation of a Social Welfare Programme
of at least fivethousand naira (N5000) that
will cater for the 25 million poorest and most
vulnerable citizens upon the demonstration of
children’s enrollment in school and evidence
of immunisation to help promote family
stability
16. Recruitment and training of at least
100,000 officers into the Nigerian police force
and establish a Federal Anti-terrorism Agency.
17. One free meal (to include fruits) daily, for
public primary school pupils
18. Building an airport in Ekiti State
19. Eradication of state of origin, replacing
that with state of residence to ensure
Nigerians are Nigerians first before anything
else.
20. Establishment of crime squad to combat
terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery,
militants, ethno-religious and communal
clashes nationwide
21. Working with the National Assembly
towards the immediate enactment of a
Whistle Blower Act
22. Economic stability for the ECOWAS
nations and maintaining a strong, close and
frank relationship with West Africa, South
Africa, UK, USA, Canada, and other African
countries
23. Establishing a conflict resolution
commission to help prevent, mitigate and
resolve civil conflicts within the polity.
24. All political office holders earn only the
salaries and emoluments determined and
approved by the Revenue Mobilisation and
Fiscal Commission (RMFAC).
25. Permanent peace in the Niger Delta and
other conflict prone areas such as Plateau,
Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and Abia.
26. No plans to Islamise Nigeria.
27. Nationwide sanitation plans to keep
Nigeria clean
28. Preserving the independence of the
Central Bank
29. Simplifying immigration process to foster
faster visa processing at points of entry.
30. Special incentives to facilitate the
education of the girl child
31. Full implementation of the National
Identification Scheme to generate the relevant
data.
32. Making Information Technology,
Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment
key drivers of our economy
33. Balancing the economy across regions by
the creation of six new Regional Economic
Development Agencies (REDAs) to act as
champions of sub-regional competitiveness
34. Putting in place a N300 billion regional
growth fund (average of N50 billion in each
geo-political region) to be managed by the
REDAs.
35. Amending the Constitution and the Land
Use Act to create freehold/leasehold interests
in land along with matching grants for states
to create a nationwide electronic land title
register on a state by state basis.
36. Reviving and reactivating the minimally
performing refineries to optimum capacity.
37. Creating additional middle-class of at
least two million new home owners in the first
year in government and one million annually
thereafter.
38. Creating an additional middle class of at
least four million new home owners by 2019
by enacting national mortgage single digit
interest rates for purchase of owner occupier
houses as well as reviewing the collateral
qualification to make funding for home
ownership easier, with 15 to 30 year mortgage
terms.
39. Enacting a national mortgage system that
will lend at single digit interest rates for
purchase of owner occupier houses.
40. Injecting extra N30 billion into the
Agricultural sector to create more agro-allied
jobs by way of loans at nominal interest rates
for capital investment on medium and
commercial scale cash crops.
41. You farm, government buys, guaranteeing
a minimum price for selected crops and
facilitate storage of agricultural products as
and when necessary.
42. Creating a national infrastructural
development bank to provide loans at nominal
interest rates exclusively for this sector.
43. Construction of 3,000km of superhighway
including service trunks.
44. Building of up to 4,800km of modern
railway lines – one third to be completed by
2019.
45. At least one functioning airport is
available in each of the 36 states.
46. Ending gas flaring and ensuring sales of
at least half of gas produce, within Nigeria.
47. Speedily passing the much-delayed
Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and ensuring
that local content issues are fully addressed.
48. Establishing at least six new universities
of science and technology with satellite
campuses in various states.
49. Establishing six centres of excellence to
address the needs of special education.
50. Prioritising the reduction of the infant
mortality rate by 2019 to 3%.
51. Reducing maternal mortality by more than
70%.
52. Reducing HIV/AIDs infection rate by 50%
and other infectious diseases by 75%.
53. Improving life expectancy by additional 10
years on average.
54. Increasing the number of physicians from
19 per 1000 population to 50 per 1000
55. Increasing national health expenditure per
person per annum to about N50,000 (from
less than N10,000 currently).
56. Increasing the quality of all federal
government-owned hospitals to world class
standard within five years.
57. Ensuring timely payment of retirement
benefits for all pensioned senior citizens and
creating a poverty safety net for all aged
citizens above the age of 65.
58. Amending the Constitution to require local
governments to publish their meeting minutes,
service performance data, and items of
spending over N10 million.
59. Requiring full disclosure in media outlets,
of all government contracts over N100 million
prior to award and during implementation at
regular interval.
60. Amending the Constitution to remove
immunity from prosecution for elected officers
in criminal case.
61. Initiating action to amend the Nigerian
Constitution with a view to devolving powers,
duties, and responsibilities to states in order
to entrench true federalism and the federal
spirit.
62. Reforming and strengthening the justice
system for efficient administration and
dispensation of justice with the creation of
special courts for accelerated hearing of
corruption, drug trafficking, terrorism and
similar cases of national importance.
63. Establishing world-class sports academy
and training institutes and ensure that Nigeria
occupies a place of pride in global sports and
athletics.
64. Reviving the Nigerian football league and
putting incentives in place to make it as
competitive as other national leagues.
65. Putting in place measures to identify
talents early and ensuring their participation in
local and international games to enable them
become professionals.
66. Assisting Nollywood to fully develop into
world class movie industry that can compete
effectively with Hollywood and Bollywood in
due course.
67. Ensuring that the rights of women are
protected as enshrined in our Constitution.
68. Guaranteeing that women are adequately
represented in government appointments and
providing greater opportunities in education,
job creation and economic empowerment.
69. Promoting the concept of reserving a
minimum number of seats in the National
Assembly for women.
70. Free maternal and children healthcare
services.
71. Stabilising the naira.
72. 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 (some other APC policy documents
had 15%).
73. Ensuring compliance with policies and
measures to halt the pollution of rivers and
waterways in the Niger Delta and other parts
of the country.
74. Adopting a holistic approach to erosion
and shoreline protection across the country.
75. ECOWAS currency by 2020 under Nigeria’s
guidance and leadership.
76. Maintaining strong, close and frank
relationships within the Gulf of Guinea, the
Commonwealth, South Africa and the rest of
the world.
77. Establishing a new special relationship
with the leading emerging markets like Brazil,
Russia, India and China (BRIC) and other
strategic partners around the world.
78. Government intends to commission a
sociological study to determine Boko Haram’s
origins, remote and immediate causes of the
movement, its sponsors, the international
connections to ensure that measures are
taken to prevent a recurrence of the evil.
79. Strengthening INEC to reduce, if possible,
eliminate electoral malpractices in Nigerian’s
political life.
80. Improving operational and legal
mechanisms so that disciplinary steps are
taken against proven human rights violations
by the Armed Forces.
81. Free education at primary, secondary and
tertiary institutions for Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and
Education.

source: www.naij.com/473147-know-the-81-campaign-promises-of-president-buhari.html?pk_campaign=ush

UncleJudax:
Which results? Don't jump the gun, bruh, his asset declaration was still made secretly...or you have the details?

hamzeiy:
i voted for buhari...nd i knw dia was no way he could fulfill all those promises nd if given the oppurtunity i wud vote fr him again...it is what we call politics nd he is still a bettr choice than the clueless one that has plunged our country into a financial and security mess.....haters shud go nd die

boujaye:
Buhari was only playing Nollywood scripts, he was never real, but viewers thought it was real

How can the manifestos become real with Saraki and Dogara's emergence?

Buhari's plans have already started failing with the emergence of the duo.

Buhari, has no plan B, the whole Nigeria must push that train if it must start.

pathetic

neocortex:
In other words you voted Buhari because he is your god.
From history, the only set of people who doesn't care about
what happens to them are the slave of conscience.

People like you think:
Even if he removes my two eyes...
Even if he starve me to death...
Even if he skin me alive ... , I will always worship him.

#I refusetobeslave

Emeskhalifa:
Atleast him don dey solve dem na.
Alot of ppl re givin testimonies bou the sudden improvment in the electricity already

hamzeiy:
if u like refuse to be a blackman...bt that will always be what u are....as i said earlier on a president buhari is by far bttr than the clueless one that has ran the nation fr 6 years nd dia is nothin to show fr it other dn debt,insecurity,ethnocentricity (whch ure sufferin frm)....haters shud go and die

sexaddict08:
don't worry , baba is on top.

luvinhubby:
Am telling you !

onyedikachukwue:
A government full of lies and deceit. A party dat won an election base on propaganda n lies. I know he can't achieve anything or fulfill dose promises. Empty promises from empty,certificateless,slowpoke,senile daura-dullard.

ukipet1:
tarh, which electricity? rain has starting falling and there is enough water in the damn to generate electricity hence what u are seeing now, is not any of Buhari's effort, infact if credit should be given it must be given to GEJ... baba has not started yet.