Know The 81 Campaign Promises Of President Buhari

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.

Which one of this campaign promises has been
fulfilled and which one of them do you think is
unrealistic?