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 five thousand 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 homeowners 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. (Ike Chidolue gave credit to Comrade Ikem
Anthony Kalzeeni)
Which one of this campaign promises
has been fulfilled and which one of them do you think is unrealistic?
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