COMPILED: THE 45 CAMPAIGN PROMISES OF ATIKU ABUBAKAR
COMPILED:
THE 45 CAMPAIGN PROMISES OF ATIKU ABUBAKAR
For posterity sake, SaharaReporters has
studied the documents and extracted all the promises, 45 in all. Just in case
Atiku wins and someone needs to hold him to account in the future, look no
further than this piece!
Former
Vice President and People’s Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on
Monday launched his 2019 presidential campaign with the unveiling of his policy
documents, which contain his "vision to get Nigeria working again".
He tagged the documents “The Atiku Plan”.
For
posterity sake, SaharaReporters has studied the documents and extracted all the
promises, 45 in all. Just in case Atiku wins and someone needs to hold him to
account in the future, look no further than this piece!
1. A
firm commitment to the promotion of a private sector-driven, competitive and
open economy supported by efficiently run public institutions
2.
Promoting economic diversification and linkages between agriculture, industry
and micro and small enterprises all three of which have great prospects for
employment generation and poverty reduction.
3 A
supportive enabling business environment
4 A
stable macro-economic environment: We shall deepen monetary and fiscal reforms
to promote a stable macro-economic environment
5.Increasing
the flow of direct foreign Investment(FDI) into the non-oil sector
Working
towards achieving the lowest corporate income tax rate in Africa, in order to
make Nigeria one the most attractive destinations for foreign direct investment;
Agriculture
6. Strengthen
the markets for agricultural commodities through the establishment of private
sector-led commodities exchanges around the major crop production regions of
Nigeria.
7.
Encourage investment in agro-processing cluster by offering concessional
financing, tax breaks and seed funds for upgrades or construction of access
roads, embedded power plants and water/waste management systems
8.
Support women engaged in agricultural activities
On Manufacturing
9
Achieve a sustained increase in manufacturing output. By 2025, the
manufacturing sector's output shall be expanded from 9% to 30% of GDPAchieve a
diversified production structure with more processing of domestic raw
materials, a select list of light, intermediate and heavy goods industries and
a substantial complement of manufactured exports.
On Oil And Gas Sector
10. By
2025, Nigeria shall produce a minimum of 5 million per barrels per day
Increase
the contribution of the downstream sector to GDP from <0.5% to at least 2%
by 2025 by increasing the quantity of petroleum being refined, consumed and
exported. Also, expand domestic gas production to meet power generation and
manufacturing demand.
11. To
improve domestic supply of refined petroleum products government will
incentivize those investors that are willing to cite modular refineries in the
North to source crude from neighbouring Niger and Chad via pipeline to be
constructed under Public Private Partnership
12. We
shall embark on the digitalization of the internal processes of the NNPC.
Similarly, we shall ensure timely publication of revenue earnings from
Petroleum operations by CBN and Federal Ministry of Finance
13. We
shall deal decisively with security issues, pipeline vandalism and crude oil
theft. We shall, deploy modern technology in pipeline surveillance.
14. We
shall intensify our engagement with local communities in the oil production
zones to understand their grievances and workout best ways to ameliorate their
social and economic conditions
On Expanding Nigerian Export Base
15. As
we double our refining capacity to 2 million barrels of crude daily, we shall
aspire to export 50% of that capacity to ECOWAS member states.
16.
Mandate the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), the Nigeria investment
Promotion Council (NIPC) and other stakeholders to develop a strategy for
engaging in preferential and beneficial economic and trade relations with a
post BREXIT United Kingdom, without the ambiguity that comes with negotiating
with the EU. Under our administration, Nigeria shall take maximum advantage of
and improve our existing trade agreements for the benefit of Nigerians.
17.
Substantially increase the manufactured export funding window (the Export
Stimulation Fund) currently, N700 billion to N1.5 trillion to enhance access to
credit by manufacturers of finished, non-oil products.
On Public-Private Sector Partnership
18. The
privatization of State-Owned Enterprises including all three government-owned
refineries and the concession of Nigeria's sea and airports to reputable,
strategic, and technically sound buyers and
19. The
liberalization of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry to, among
others, allow market-determined prices for Petrol Motor Spirit (PMS) and
eliminate subsides for its consumption.
20. Set
up a Special Purpose Fund for the utilization of all monies saved from subsidy
removal in building infrastructure in education, health and the empowerment of
women and youth
21.
Accelerating the privatization and decentralization of the Transmission Company
of Nigeria (TCN)
22.
Concessioning segments of the national grid to the private sector
On Youth Empowerment
23.
Creation of up to 3 million self-and wage-paying employment opportunities in
the private sector annually, across all the economic sectors, including
agriculture, manufacturing, MSMEs, ICT and Sports and Entertainment
24.
Champion the repositioning and streamlining the activities of the existing
Federal and State Government Job Creation Agencies to ensure that their
objectives are harmonized, and efforts and resources are better
25.
There will be established a system of payment of feeding stipends during the
training period either by direct cash payment or by use of a food voucher
system in order to support indigent trainee-beneficiaries
26.
Lift at least 50 million people out of extreme poverty by 2025
27. An
estimated 1,000,000 youth shall benefit annually from our apprenticeship scheme
in the informal sector
On Transportation Infrastructure
28.
Construction of up to 5,000 Km of modern railway lines
29.
Develop the Lagos – Abuja rail network on the standard gauge system
30.
Undertake immediate operational improvements to significantly decongest Lagos
ports.
31.
Define timelines for completion of concessions granted from inland/dry port
development
On Power Infrastructure
32.
Ensure effective regulatory environment to deliver contract-based electricity
market compliant with market rules
33.
Intensify rural electrification projects to ensure electricity access to over
80 million Nigerians currently without access to grid electricity
34.
Create an environment that will enable distribution companies recover full
costs for power supplied to their consumers with firm commitment to a metering
program for all customers
Refinining and Petrochemical Infrastructure
35.
Prioritize investment in nameplate capacity and ensure that Nigeria starts to
refine 50% of its current crude oil output of 2 million bpd by 2025
36. To
increase the nation's refining capacity, we shall privatize all
four-outstanding government owned refineries to competent off-takers with
mandates to produce agreed levels of refined output.
The Management Of Economic Resources
37.
Slow down the rate of debt accumulation by promoting more Public Private
Partnerships in critical infrastructure funding and identify more innovative
funding options.
38.
Review the current utilization of all borrowed funds and ensure that they are
deployed more judiciously.: Specifically, we will ensure that all borrowed
funds are for priority infrastructure projects that would generate income,
boost output and put the economy on the path of sustainable growth.
39.
Intensify efforts to enhance the internal revenue generating capacity of all
three tiers of government
40.
Quantify budgetary leakages and redirect to priority savings to priority areas
(education, health, funding of revised compensation structure). Based on the
above, deliverables can be specified and monitored accordingly
On Niger Delta
41.
Relocate the Niger Delta Ministry from Abuja to the region to enable it become
closer to the stakeholders and beneficiaries of the initiatives
On Restructuring
42.
Local Governments shall remain as independent tier of government. Grassroots
development requires the recognition of the Local Governments as independent
structures of government not as appendages to the office of the State
Government
43.
Governments shall remain as independent tier of government. Grassroots
development requires the recognition of the Local Governments as independent
structures of government not as appendages to the office of the State Governor
44.
Once power over minerals and mines is devolved to the concurrent list, states
where deposits of mines and mineral resources are found will have control over
those resources and only pay royalties to the center.
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