Four years ago, we promised Nigerians real change – in what we do and how we do it. Nigerians sent a clear message in the last election, and our platform offered a new, ambitious plan for a secure, prosperous and corruption-free country. We have worked hard to fulfill our promises – and while the road may have been difficult, over the last three and a half years, we have laid the foundations for a strong, stable and prosperous country for the majority of our people. Foundational work is not often visible, neither is it glamorous – but it is vital to achieving the kind of country we desire. Judging by the prior depth of decay, deterioration and disrepair that Nigeria had sunken into, we are certain that these past few years have put us in good stead to trudge on the NEXT LEVEL of building an even stronger nation for our people.
First things had to come first. We were a nation at war – but we delivered on our commitment to secure the territorial integrity of our nation in the face of a raging insurgency that devastated many parts of the North East. We liberated 17 Local Government Areas from the grip of insurgency.
Brokering and sustaining peace in the
Niger Delta has also been crucial to stabilizing the polity. Despite the difficult circumstances presented by weak oil prices and reduced oil production, we delivered on our commitment to make public investments to spur economic growth, job creation, and broad-based prosperity.
Agriculture continues to expand our economic base, as do our investments in our deficient infrastructure across the length and breadth of this nation.
We implemented a responsible and transparent fiscal plan for the challenging economic times that saw us doing more even with lesser oil revenues.
The past history of grand-scale corruption perpetuated by the highest office in the land has been nipped in the bud just as the Treasury Saving Account has made it more difficult for ministries, departments and agencies to exercise the unrestrained liberties that helped foster a climate conducive to corruption. Now,
for the first time, investments in capital projects to expand infrastructure continue to connect people, goods and opportunities by rail, road and air.
The Federal Government supported state governments with a bailout that enabled them to pay workers on their payroll.
We took an unprecedented step towards creating a fairer and more equitable society by implementing
Africa’s biggest social investment programme. Through the National Social Investments Programme, we are providing direct support to over 12 million Nigerians who need it by giving relief and assistance to unemployed youth, our children, the weak and vulnerable as well as small and medium businesses.
But even as we lay the foundation for a stable and prosperous nation, we acknowledge there
is still much work to build on. The next level of effort has an immense focus on job creation
“We implemented a responsible and transparent fiscal plan for the challenging economic times
that saw us doing more even with lesser oil revenues.”
across various initiatives. From an enlargement of the N-Power programme to investing in technology
and creative jobs to Agriculture and others, there is scope for 10 million new jobs.
The march away from a mono-economy must continue with our focus on an industrialisation
plan coming to fore. With specific plans underway to exploit the comparative advantage of the geo political zones and different states by developing 6 Industrial Parks and 109 Special Production and Processing Centres (SPPCs) across each senatorial district, our incremental move away from oil dependence is assured. In addition, our development of the Special Economic Zones will quickly concretise our Made in
Nigeria for Export (MINE) plan. To sustain food production and value addition, our mechanisation
policy for agriculture will make tractors and processors easily accessible and available for farmers across Nigeria. We will continue a wide scale schilling policy, prioritising technology to reach the demography of young people within the productive sector on a massive scale even as we create jobs and growth within our economy.
We believe that our people who are still in poverty have a direct way out and up through our expanded National Social Investments Programme.
We believe we can implement the painstaking and comprehensive work we have done to bring an end to the perennial conflict between farmers and herders- a conflict which is heightened by a struggle for land, water and pasture and the effects of climate change and every now and then, opportunistic and cynical
manipulation by political actors. We are implementing
a blend of measures that ensures that justice, order, modernisation and new economic paradigms emerge.
Perhaps our biggest ambition yet is the overhaul of our education sector. Every child counts – and simply, whatever it takes to prepare our teachers, curriculum and classrooms to attain the right
educational goals that grow our country, will be done. We will remodel 10,000 schools every year and retrain our teachers to impart science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics
using coding, animation, robotics to re-interpret our curriculum.
We know that, to succeed, moral integrity and conscience must continue to form the dominant character of our nation and its leadership. Corruption is an existential threat to Nigeria. Despite
the gains we have made in closing the gates, we know that there is still much ground to cover to stop systemic corruption. We are committed to deepening the work we started this first time
such that the nation’s assets and resources continue to be organised and utilised to do good for the majority of our people.
The next four years will be quite significant for our country. Nigeria is faced with a choice to keep building a new Nigeria- making a break from its tainted past which favoured an opportunistic few. Our choices will shape us – our economic
security and our future prosperity. Nigeria, more than ever before, needs a stable and people-focused government to move the agenda for our country forward.
Join us on this journey to the NEXT LEVEL of a prosperous, strong and stable Nigeria!
“…to succeed, moral integrity and conscience must continue
to form the dominant character of our nation and its leadership.”
1: Jobs
Next Level is to engage 1,000,000 N-Power graduates Skill up 10 million Nigerians under a voucher system in partnership with private sector
2: Jobs- Agriculture
Anchor Borrowers Scheme to support input and jobs to 1 million farmers.
Livestock Transformation Plan to create 1.5 million jobs along dairy, beef, hide & Skin, blood meal, crops.
Agriculture Mechanization Policy with Tractors and Processors to create 5 million jobs.
3: Jobs- Tech & Creative
Provide USD500m innovation fund to tech and creative sector to create 500,000 jobs Train 200,000 youth for outsourcing market in technology, services and entertainment
4: Industrialisation & Jobs
6 Regional Industrial Parks and Special Economic Zones,
Next Level of 109 Special Production and Processing Centres (SPPCs)
to spur production and value additive processing.
Tractors and Processors Plan in Each Senatorial District Extra Jobs
Created
5: Jobs in School Feeding
Jobs- Increase Children fed from 9.2 million to Next Level of 15 million
300,000 Extra Jobs created for Vendors & Farmers
Next Level- Jobs
Roads and Bridge
Complete the 2nd Niger Bridge
Complete the phased works on roads in each state
of the federation.
Rail
Complete Lagos- Ibadan-Kano Rail
Complete Eastern Rail (Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri)
taking the network through Aba, all South East state
capitals, Makurdi, Jos, Bauchi and Gombe.
Complete Coastal Rail (Lagos-Calabar)
Broadband Infrastructure
Treat Broadband as Critical Infrastructure.
After addressing uniform Right of Way charges, Next Level is to move broadband coverage to 120,000 km of fibre network across Nigeria.
After partnering with Google for free Internet access in key locations, next level will priortise access to Internet to education, primary health care, markets, business clusters.
6: Next Level- Infrastructure Roads, Rail & Broadband
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Generation
A minimum of 1,000 MW New Generation incremental Power capacity per annum on the Grid;
7: Next Level- Power
Distribution
Distribution to get to 7,000 MW under Distribution Expansion programme
Off-Grid Power
Energising Schools- 9 Universities will have uninterrupted power next when we complete the First Phase of 37
Off-Grid Power
Energising Markets- Next level moves from 16 markets such as Sura, Ariaria to lighting up 300 markets and clusters with clean, uninterrupted off-grid power
Establish People Moni Bank
Soft Loans of up to N1million to small traders, artisans (carpenters, tailors, mechanics, hairdressers, barbers, plumbers, vulcanisers etc) and commercial drivers (Taxis, Keke and Motorcycles)
Consolidate
Next level will take current number of 2.3 million traders, farmers, artisans under Trader Moni, Market Moni and Farmer Moni schemes to 10 million Nigerians under the People Moni Scheme
Assist
Help beneficiaries to remove restraints such as skills, government bureaucracy and others
8: Next Level- People Moni Bank
9: Next Level- The Entrepreneur Bank
Debt and Equity Support for
Young Entrepreneurs
Soft loans to support business ideas across different business value chains
Business Planning Support
Profiling and tailored advisory services for entrepreneurs
Technology Enabled
Online Bank: Account Opening, Credit Rating done with technology
Skills & Capacity Building Support
Help with capacity development where needed
Next Level- Policy
In spite of the crash in oil prices, diminished oil production, and reduced revenues, we kept most of our promises. We are set for the Next Level
1: Ease of doing Business
Legislate and enforce deadlines for issuance of Government licences and Permits.
Simplify investments, customs, immigration, trade and production procedures
2: MSMEs
109 One Stop shops of all regulatory agencies (CAC, NAFDAC,
SON, etc) under one roof in each senatorial district as Next Level
for MSMEs (MSME Clinics) in each Senatorial District
3: Education
Every Child Counts will make our students digitally
literate in Science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics
All Teachers will be retrained to deliver digital
Literacy 10,000 schools per year will be remodeled and
equipped
10: Next Level- Health
Health Insurance for all
Using co-payments to share the cost between individuals, the private sector and government. The poorest 40% will be exempted from such co-payments.
N500 monthly contribution leads to 45% increase in the population covered by primary health care by 2023 up from the present 12.6%.
1% of Consolidated Revenue
Fund to Health
In compliance with National Health Act, we achieved this in 2018 building the backbone for primary healthcare centres
N-Power Medic
Pay young doctors to stay in rural areas
11: Inclusion in Government
To achieve 35% in female appointments.
More youth appointment for boards.
Special mentoring programme in governance with young graduates working with Ministers and other senior government appointees
