Our Pact With Nigerians - Creating A New Nigeria

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OBI / BABA-AHMED’S
PACT WITH NIGERIA
obi/baba-ahmed pact with Nigeria
Our Pact with Nigerians:

Creating a New Nigeria
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Our committment
To offer honest and competent
leadership to deliver our 7 priorities:
1. To secure Nigeria, end banditry and insurgency; and unite our dear
nation, to manage our diversity such that no one is left behind.
2. Shift emphasis from consumption to production by running a

production-centered economy that is driven by an agrarian
revolution and export-oriented industrialization.
3. Restructure the polity through effective legal and institutional

reforms to entrench the rule of law, aggressively fight corruption,
reduce cost of governance, and establish an honest and efficient
civil service.
4. Leapfrog Nigeria into the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), through

the application of scientific and technological innovations to create
a digital economy.
5. Build expansive and world-class infrastructure for efficient power

supply, rail, road and air transportation, and pipeline network,
through integrated public-private partnerships, and
entrepreneurial public sector governance.
6. Enhance the human capital of Nigerian youth for productivity and

global competitiveness through investment in world-class
scholarship and research, quality healthcare, and entrepreneurship
education.
7. Conduct an afro-centric diplomacy that protects the rights of

Nigerian citizens abroad and advance the economic interests of
Nigerians and Nigerian businesses in a changing world.
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obi - baba-ahmed pact with Nigeria
Our Action Plan

3.
As your President, I • Pursue holistic poverty

eradication with emphasis on
Peter Gregory agricultural revolution through
Onwubuasi Obi, my effective utilization of our vast
arable lands, particularly in
Vice President, Northern Nigeria, and erase
Nigeria’s categorization as the
Yusuf Datti Baba- poverty capital of the world.
Ahmed and our • Improve access to finance,
team pledge to: particularly to MSMEs, youths and
women, to significantly reduce
• Secure and unite our dear nation, unemployment and insecurity.
and manage our diversity such that
no one is left behind in Nigeria. • Ensure that in policy and practice,
governance will be made more
• Move Nigeria from consumption inclusive, cost-effective,
to production. transformative, and less
transactional. No more sharing of
• Embark on comprehensive legal the national wealth by a few.
and institutional reforms and
practicable restructuring measures, • Ensure that our diversity will be
to fight corruption; to ensure the leveraged to give women and
enthronement of the rule of law, youths, the aged and persons with
and decisively tackle all forms of disabilities, an unfettered voice in
corruption. governance, and a renewed sense
of patriotism and faith in Nigeria.
• Prioritize Human Capital
Development through robust • Ensure that Nigeria is
investments in STEM education, progressively better governed
health, and infrastructural through legislative, executive, and
development, with emphasis on judicial reforms, so that the
wealth creation, distribution and constitutional separation of powers
sustainable development. among the three arms of
government is entrenched and the
• Engineer the transition of Nigeria three tiers of government allowed
from fossil fuel dependency to to function independently and
climate and eco-friendly energy jointly for a more inclusive and
use. sustainable Nigeria.
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A New Nigeria is POssible

5.
A New Nigeria
is POssible
misery. We are building a society where citizens
are motivated to work hard, to innovate, to
invent, fully assured that they will enjoy the
fruits of their enterprise. We want to create
wealth for Nigeria and for every household
through diligence, frugality and enterprise. Our
new Nigeria is a country all Nigerians will be
proud to call home because it is an economic
giant that can feed its citizens, defend them
from any aggression and secure them in their
homes and businesses.
We are coming to run an entrepreneurial state

able to double Nigeria’s GDP in a short time and
abolish extreme poverty like China that
Our vision is a secure, united and prosperous removed 740m from poverty through
Nigeria that works for everyone and that economic policy that emphasized social
realizes the hope of black people of the world as market. Our focus is to ensure that wealth is
a city on the hill. We will run a government of created through sectors that improve the well-
national unity, bringing together for the task at being of all Nigerian citizens. Our theory of
hand, all competent, honest, and diligent change is DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP.
Nigerians, irrespective of their political Therefore, we will prioritize economic and social
affiliations. The new Nigeria we build will be truly rights under Chapter 2 of the Constitution and
“one nation bound in freedom, peace and implement these rights through social
unity” where “peace and justice shall reign.” programs and projects that empower the
people and mainstream the poor first in access
For long, the dream of a secure, united and to critical services. To ensure poverty-
prosperous Nigeria has been betrayed by those reduction, based on fast economic growth, our
who lack the character and competence to governance principles, priority projects and
achieve the dream. Now, a new generation of programmes will be anchored on the 17
Nigerian leadership has emerged, tested and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
tried, honest and dedicated, united in a
common mission to reverse the current ugly Securing and uniting Nigeria and growing her
trend of endemic poverty, insecurity, and economy requires steady and trusted hands. It
create a better future for every Nigerian, a is a full-time employment on behalf of Nigerian
future defined by widespread prosperity based people. It is not time for rent-seeking or
on high economic growth, equal access to absenteeism. It is time to pull the sleeves, bend
health and educational facilities, and justice down and lift the weight off the shoulders of
and fairness to all religious, ethnic, and social Nigerians.
groups.
I, Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi and my
The new Nigeria that we will build is a society running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed,
where political power will no longer be used to promise you that we will be the leaders you can
serve the interest of the ruling class and subject trust to be honest, diligent, and ever-present to
the people to chronic poverty and deprivation. work for you. This is our promise to you: we will
We will build a new social order where political work for you with ‘pure hearts and skillful
leaders will be PUBLIC SERVANTS working for hands”.
the good of the people and not predators,
flourishing in the midst of extreme poverty and So, help us God.
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The Context
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The Context
We are on a mission to disrupt the deterioration of our beloved country. We
want to end the race to extreme poverty and state collapse under mercenaries
who have posed as messiahs. Now is the time for new beginning. There is a
strong determination of Nigerian peoples, especially the youths, to create a new
future for themselves, a future of prosperity, safety, and freedom. The Obi-
Baba-Ahmed team is committed to this mission.
We want to heal Nigeria. But to solve a problem you must understand its
pathology. To heal Nigeria, we need a good diagnosis of its problems. The
problem with Nigeria is elite capture. Nigeria has been captured by an elite that
has shown no commitment to development. The result is that in spite of trillions
of naira from oil revenue and the abundant human and natural endowments, the
country has remained poor and unstable. This failure of development and
political stability has worsened since the return of democracy in 1999. Although
we made modest gains from 1999 to 2015, the culture of corruption, highlighted
by plundering of state resources and insensitivity to the suffering of the people,
continued to define statecraft and resulted in growth without development.
Since 2015, the crisis of leadership has worsened to the point that the Nigerian
state is now generally described as a failed or failing state. A sizeable portion of
Nigeria is under the control of either terrorists, bandits or insurgents. About 63%
of Nigerians (133m) are so poor that they do not have access to basic sanitation,
good nutrition, basic education and healthcare, or employment. In 2022 alone,
N5.1m Nigerians entered into acute poverty, bringing the number of extremely
poor Nigerians to 95m. The World Bank noted in its report on Nigeria that in
spite of several social and economic reforms of the government, no single
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The Context
Nigerian was lifted out of poverty, instead 5 million more Nigerians dropped into
poverty. The report notes that this failure has nothing to do with the global
health pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine war, but the failure of policy
formulation and administration by the government.
The perennial failure of economic and social policies to grow Nigeria’s economy
and transform the live of its people is not an accident. It is not a mere occurrence.
It is the expected result of a faulty political economy that has concentrated
political power in the hands of politicians who came to power through their
contrivances and not through the affirmation of the people, and therefore, do
not have the incentive to serve the people’s interest.
Nigeria failed to realise its potentials because its leaders are mostly its criminals.
In the 2023 presidential elections, we have to change this misfortune. We must
create a new political culture and leadership class to lead Nigeria to a new
direction. In the Obi-Baba-Ahmed movement we are committed to a new
politics that starts with the ethics of SERVANT LEADERS and founded on the
marriage of CLEAN HEARTS and SKILLFUL HANDS. We know that unless we
change our politics by changing our political leadership, we are stuck with this
terrible state of poverty and insecurity.
Our message to our fellow citizens is that Nigeria is endowed with talented men
and women who are champions and have created wealth and excellence across
the world. Nigeria is blessed with some of the most entrepreneurial youths in the
world, in science, in business, in art and entertainment. What remains is to
change the leadership class from predators to creators of values, from those
whose wealth and power derive from the destitution of the nation and its
peoples. Our message to the voters of Nigeria is that unless they use their votes
to elect those with clear commitment to change the political game and are
capable of doing things differently, Nigeria will continue in the path of failure.
The good news is that the Nigerian people, led by their youths brutalized by bad
leadership, are awaken and leading the movement to transform Nigerian
politics and restart the engine of economic growth and social stability. We count
ourselves honored to be trusted to lead this democratic revolution. We are
determined to do everything that needs to be done to reverse the curse and
lead our beloved country to prosperity, freedom and security.
We are preparing to deal with the crises that constrain Nigeria’s development.
We recognize that there are domestic and foreign challenges that we must
confront before we can achieve the dream of economic development and social
security. Domestically, we recognize that several years of self-serving and
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The Context
incompetent leadership has divided the nation and played up religious and
ethnic sentiment against nationalism and patriotism. Our diagnosis is that these
centrifugal forces are products of the manipulation of religion and ethnicity and
the failure of the Nigerian state to produce goods and services for its citizens.
The lack of economic development means that Nigerians are trapped in the
politics of competition for rents. This breeds resentment and conflict. The failure
of these transactional leaders to respect constitutional due process and
implement the federal character provisions has damaged trust in the Nigerian
state and set up different resistances and even rebellion against the state.
Although the Nigerian political class has applied authoritarian responses to
these agitations, they have failed to rise up to exemplary leadership which is the
panacea to distrust of the state.
We are a different breed. We are connected to the people. We are honest,

competent, and humble, but determined to lock hands together with Nigerians
and rebuild our economy, restore trust in government and give Nigerians reason
to love and adore their country again. We share the pains of Nigerian citizens
everywhere in Nigeria. Daily, we hear their stories of deprivation and
degradation. We know that every part of Nigeria is blessed with men and women
who can create wealth for themselves and for their society. We know that the
problem is not ethnicity or religion, the problem is not geography, the problem is
not our weather. The problem is leadership. The problem is a leadership that is
not attuned to the people, does not believe in the people, and will never serve
the people’s interest. Myself and my Vice President are a different breed. We are
honest. We are competent. We will save Nigeria from the slide, and we will
create prosperity and unity through exemplary leadership.
Through our dedicated action on the 7 priorities on governance and

development priorities that mainstream the principles of the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and the aspirations of the Fundamental Objectives
and Directive Principles of State Policy under Chapter 2 of our Constitution, we
will transform Nigeria and realize the hope of our founding fathers and the heros
and heroines of the nation.
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Securing and Uniting Nigeria

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1.
To secure Nigeria, end banditry

and insurgency; and unite our dear
nation, to manage our diversity
such that no one is left behind.
To secure Nigeria, We shall:
I. Deal decisively with insecurity by putting a permanent end to the incessant

banditry, insurgency, kidnapping and cross-border terrorism in our country
today.
II. To achieve this, we shall take the following immediate actions:

a. activate all the necessary regional cooperations and arrangements for
securing our borders with neighboring countries in west and central Africa,
particularly Niger, Chad, and Cameroun;
b. increase the personnel of our armed forces, police and other security
agencies and optimally equipp, train, and fund them to respond adequately
to security threats;
c. deploy state-of-the-art military technology to fight terrorists, bandits,
insurgents and kidnappers; and
d. recreate community relations with security agencies in order to increase
public trust and build human intelligence to restore law and order in the
communities
III. Pursue deliberately and proactively policies that will implement the
fundamental objectives and directive principles of state police in the
constitution so as to create a secured society that reduces the social pressure for
crimes and provides viable livelihood for the youths. This will be in fulfilment of
the obligation of government to ensure the ‘security and welfare of the people’.
IV. Engage, support, and partner, with national and subnational institutions
and governments and network them into an integrated and reinforced
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To secure Nigeria, end banditry and insurgency; and unite

our dear nation, to manage our diversity such that no one
is left behind.
onslaught against insecurity. This requires decentralized and professional
management of security institutions and the use of grant-in-aid to encourage
efficient criminal justice administration at subnational levels, namely, state, local
government and community security administration. To deal with cross-border
crimes, we will also adjust security modalities to address gaps and vulnerabilities
arising from our obligations under the ECOWAS Protocol on the Movement of
Persons.
V. Undertake institutional reforms to secure Nigerians ,which consists of four

initiatives pursued simultaneously:
a. reforming the security sector, with particular emphasis on re-focusing the
military on external threats and border protection, and the police on internal
security threats and law enforcement;
b. swift, firm and fair prosecution of criminals, bandits and terrorists to end
impunity;
c. enhanced coordination among security agencies to enhance operational
efficiency,
d. fair and transparent administration of justice hinged on the rule of law
VI. Improve the functioning and effectiveness of our security agencies

particularly the police, by strengthening their civilian oversight as well as
increasing their size, equipment, funding, and enhancing their professional
training.
VII. Strengthen the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Police Affairs, and
other regulatory and supervisory agencies to provide robust and regulatory
oversight and enhance coordination and performance of statutory mandates of
the security services.
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is left behind.
VIII. Ensure, in accordance with Section 33 of the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria (1999 as Amended), that every Nigerian life is protected at
all cost. The basic minimum of DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP is that every
Nigerian life is protected by the state. There shall be no more impunity. All
criminals are equal and will be equally prosecuted and punished. No
persecution; no privilege. The same law for the rich and the poor, the powerful
and the powerless.
In uniting Nigeria and running an all-inclusive government,

we shall:
I. Ensure that our administration’s pronouncements, policies, and conduct
reflect its strong commitment to fostering a united Nigeria, and the
reaffirmation that achieving that objective requires securing the lives and
property of Nigerians by creatively managing her diversity.
II. Make deliberate efforts to re-create a sense of patriotism, shared ownership,

and responsibilities in matters of nation-building, integration, and cohesion.
III. Ensure transparency and strict adherence to the dictates of our constitution
in all matters of governance and the allocation of resources and projects.
IV. Direct executive action and push for legislative mandate aimed at
formulating a policy on Common Regimentation Emolument Structure Table
(CREST) that will harmonize the wages of the federal public servants, so that
public servants (whether elected or appointed) are not ranked or earn higher
than career civil servants and the military such as those in the judiciary,
academia, para-military, and federal statutory agencies. Those in these cadres
should earn the same salary, and the same prescribed perquisites. This will aid in
cutting the cost of governance while promoting amity. It will also address the
incessant strikes that bedevil our country, particularly our tertiary institutions.
V. Resolve the national minimum wage problem by doing away with the extant
salary structure and introducing an hourly productivity-based national
minimum rate, by which public and private sector employers should pay
employees based on their actual productivity. We will drive the legislation to
retain a National Minimum Wage with a binding effect and application across all
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is left behind.
the States and Local Governments of Nigeria. This shall include the
criminalisation of non-payment of salaries, wages, pensions, entitlements,
benefits, and violation of collective bargaining agreements. This will reduce
poverty and inequality, and enhance social solidarity necessary for a
development bargain.
VI. Submit an Executive Bill to the National Assembly for a consolidated

Occupational Health and Safety Act to revamp and improve on the 2012 Labour,
Safety, Health, and Welfare (LSHW) Bill.
VII. Articulate a policy framework in line with the constitutional provisions of

the Federal Character principle that offers opportunities to all Nigerians to
serve in any capacity in the public sector anywhere in the country.
VIII. Operate a government of national unity by embracing competent

Nigerians at home and in diaspora with proven integrity, honesty, diligence and
commitment to governance irrespective of their political affiliation and
disposition. Our government will be a melting pot of Nigeria’s best and brightest
in character, competence and capacity.
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is left behind.
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is left behind.
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2.
Shift emphasis from consumption

to production by running a
production-centered economy that
is driven by an agrarian revolution
and export-oriented
I. In consideration of our current ranking as the least competitive economy in
Africa with very low total factor productivity (TFP) and export competitiveness
index (ECI), we will, with all sense of urgency, aggressively pursue policies and
programmes that enhance the productivity and competitiveness of all the
sectors of the Nigerian economy.
II. In addition to our strategic economic development plan, we have reviewed

and selectively adopted critical elements in previous economic development
plans in designing the bold and innovative development agenda for the new
Nigeria that we shall birth.
III. While acknowledging the critical situation with our food security, we will,
with the required sense of urgency, optimize all the comparative advantages of
our 36 states and the FCT, across all the agricultural value chains through
adequate and targeted investments, policies, and programmes. We shall
address the identified impediments (banditry, kidnapping, terrorism,
desertification, policies) and optimize the vast land and other resources in our
northern region in order to enhance food security and advance toward agro-
based industrialization.
IV. We shall grow the national economy quantitatively and qualitatively by

devising programmes for re-skilling our youths to achieve a greater synergy
between their skill-sets and our factor endowments; create mandatory national
certification for blue-collar artisans; strengthen some of the existing tertiary
schools of science and engineering to train the next generation of experts in the
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) field; and create a
venture capital-like fund for young entrepreneurs.
V. To ensure that the country’s economic production is equitably geared

towards the net-zero emissions drive, we shall re-design incentives for present
and prospective investors in the industrial sector coupled with an
apprenticeship system to provide a ready-made source of technical expertise in
the relevant areas.
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Shift emphasis from consumption to production by running a

VI. It is recognized that high logistics costs at our ports, borders and roads drive
the huge trade costs that make Nigeria’s business environment uncompetitive.
We will apply entrepreneurial governance to dismantle the impediments to free
trade and ease of doing business.
VII. We will strive towards a zero-based national budget to overcome the

mindset and reality of past non-performing national budgets that are routinely
hampered by budgetary deficit overhang. We will pursue an aggressive
technology-driven public sector financial management system anchored on a
reformed, well-trained, and motivated civil service. We will undertake public
sector reform as a priority in order to provide institutional support to
entrepreneurial governance that will drive up efficiency and public value.
VIII. We will implement radical economic policies that will drastically reduce
our debt-servicing ratio and debt to revenue ratio. Such a policy action is
imperative since we are aware that presently (as of April, 2022), Nigeria has
about 95 million people living below the poverty line; unemployment rate
hovers around 32% with the youth component at about 53.4%; and tax
contributes only about 6% to our GDP, well below the African average of 17%
Our national situation is made worse given that 116% of government revenue is
now devoted to debt servicing. This means that 116 kobo out of every Naira (100
kobo) collected by government goes toward servicing of the country’s debt
(which means the additional 16 kobo is borrowed to service debt).
IX. We shall aggressively prioritize the mechanization of the huge endowment

of arable land across our nation, particularly in our Northern region, to make
agriculture the new oil of a prosperous Nigerian economy.
X. It has been established that Nigeria is among the top 10 countries most
vulnerable to climate change, which poses the greatest economic, physical,
financial, security, and developmental risks. But it also offers an enormous
opportunity to unleash the green growth transition and boost prosperity. We
shall establish a Green Army tasked with identifying all opportunities to tap into
the 3 trillion dollars international climate finance to engineer economic growth
and employment for millions of our youths and transition our country to the
green epoch.
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XI. Although non-oil GDP has been marginally increasing in recent years, this
growth has not translated to increased non-oil exports despite various national
policies on economic diversification. We believe that diversification of the
economy can be attained through increasing the value addition and export
potential of our agriculture and natural resources value chain. We shall achieve
this through targeted export incentives and deliberate actions in:
a. Scaling up the development of manufacturing and processing

technological capabilities across the primary products value chains where
we enjoy comparative advantage;
b. A monitored scheme of targeted funding to entrepreneurs taking

advantage of the capacity development as outlined above.
c. A radical reform of our logistics and distribution systems including ports,

customs, and trade facilitation instruments to raise the competitiveness of
our products and ease of doing business and reduces high trade costs that
have impeded our non-oil export competitiveness.
d. Strengthening of product quality support to ensure our products are of

the right quality to gain market share with higher reputational advantage and
branding opportunities to capture more values within AfCTA and global
markets.
e. Incentivising and investing in agro-cluster and industrial cluster

development across our geo-resource zones to take advantage of
agglomeration and scale effects.
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XII. We will prioritize the exploration of the economic opportunities available
through oceanic and marine resources around our country. Nigeria possesses
one of the longest ocean lines in Africa, making it a littoral country endowed
with Blue Economy resources. The Blue Economy is the sustainable use of
ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs while
preserving the health of ocean ecosystems. It entails emerging renewable
energy, seabed extractive activities, marine biotechnology, and bio-
prospecting.
XIII. We will embark on radical reforms of our entire transport system including
logistics and distribution, ports, customs, and other agencies connected to
international trade. Conscious that when water, road and rail transport work
together, the comparative advantage of each mode can be exploited optimally,
our administration will build an integrated transport system; which will promote
ports, road, rail and inland water interconnectivity. We will eradicate the
practice of agencies in the sector operating in tight silos, working at cross-
purposes and frustrating trade facilitation. We will immediately address policy
incoherence and poor coordination among all the maritime and other agencies.
We are determined to take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade
Agreement (AFCFTA) and will deploy trade facilitation instruments to raise the
competitiveness of our products and ease of doing business, thus reducing high
trade costs that have impeded our non-oil export competitiveness.
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3.
Restructure the polity through

effective legal and institutional
reforms to entrench the rule of law,
aggressively fight corruption, reduce
cost of governance, and establish an
honest and efficient civil service.
To achieve these:
I. We shall strengthen our federalism by critically reviewing the 68 items on the

exclusive list of the Federal government and moving many items to the
concurrent list, to ensure effective public action for growth and sustainable
livelihood. Our drive towards restructuring of the federation shall follow a
determined, functional, approach for efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and
equity for a balanced national development where no component of the
federation shall feel short-changed. We realise that nothing can be achieved in
this area except we achieve a consensus. We understand that it is the
responsibility of the leadership to help to stimulate and attain a genuine and long-
lasting consensus on such matters.
II. Our determination to reduce cost of governance in Nigeria will start with the
immediate implementation of the Orasanya Report which recommended the
consolidation of agencies of government. This will be our top priority within the
first year of our administration. We will review the recommendations of that,
report while engaging with industry players to design the implementation of the
proposed reforms. While we are focused on cost reduction and streamlining of
government operations for efficiency and effectiveness, we will ensure that the
implementation of the reforms is pursued in a way that protects the livelihood of
our hardworking and efficient civil servants.
III. Pursue robust and aggressive reforms of our paramilitary agencies with a view
to improving their synergy and functional effectiveness. Key recommendations of
all previous reports on police and security sector reforms will be implemented. For
instance, the three-level policing – local, state, and federal – will be promptly
pursued with detailed guidelines to check abuse.
IV. Strengthen the supreme court of the federation by increasing the number of
judges and equipping them with the capacity to clear the backlog of cases and
enhance the speedy adjudication of cases.
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Restructure the polity through effective legal and

institutional reforms to entrench the rule of law,
aggressively fight corruption, reduce cost of governance,
and establish an honest and efficient civil service.
V. Review all the regulatory agencies of Nigeria with a plan to gradually move
away from a bureaucratic approach to incentive-based regulation that is based
on cost-benefit analysis. In this regard, we will establish the Office of
Regulatory Review in the Executive Office of the President to review and
harmonize proposed regulations to ensure they pass cost-benefit analysis, and
enhance economic efficiency and social justice before they are enacted.
VI. Pursue more inclusion of our customary laws (norms and values - with
respect to their compatibility with our constitution) in the contents of our formal
law and in the administration of justice. For instance, reforms will be pursued for
our traditional laws/rulers to be properly integrated in the formal
legal/governance system.
VII. Pursue aggressive digitization of all judiciary, government and regulatory

agencies to curb corruption and improve governance outcomes and service
delivery.
VIII. Establish the Office of Special Counsel to investigate and prosecute every
executive abuse of power and corrupt public practices that do not fall under the
prosecutorial power of existing agencies or are bureaucratically concealed. We
will seek constitutional amendment to exempt prosecution by the Special
Counsel from the exercise of the power of Nolle Prosequi of the Attorney
General of the Federation.
IX. With the view to fixing and cleaning up our broken politics and to empower
Nigerians to demand for political accountability, matters requiring legislative
attention will be pursued to include:
a. speedy adjudication of cases;
b. digitization of all court processes;
c. allowing Nigerians in diaspora to vote;
d. all election-related court cases to be concluded before swearing-in; and
e. continuous reform of our electoral processes.
X. We shall install a new budgeting system founded on the cardinal principles of

public accountability, objective setting, and program implementation. This is
against the extant budgetary principles of revenue mobilization, expenditure
allocation, borrowing, and lending, without emphasis on monitoring,
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evaluation, and feedbacking. We will enforce the principle of performance
auditing to ensure a greater fungibility of government deployment of resources
for projects and policies, and institutionalize monitoring and evaluation of the
entire public service delivery as the primary means of actualizing our vision of a
new Nigeria. This reform will institutionalize the personal involvement of the
President in setting budgetary objectives of MDAs, and monitoring and
evaluating the implementation process through the Office of Regulatory
Review in the Executive Office of the President, while the members of the
National Assembly control the discretion of the President in budgetary matters.
Budget monitoring and evaluation capacity will be strengthened
within the Presidency.
Macroeconomic Restructuring
XI.The following anomalies in the management of the macroeconomy have

progressively plagued the Nigerian economy :
a. The pursuit of multiple objectives by CBN, some of which appeared to be

in conflict with the Bank’s core mandate of controlling inflation and its
declared objective of achieving a measure of exchange rate stability;
b. The loss of fiscal viability by the Federal Government, as revenues are now
consumed entirely by debt service, whilst the cost of the inflated petrol
subsidy has risen to a level where it also threatens to consume the entire FG
revenue;
c. The financing of excessive fiscal deficits through Ways and Means
Advances in excess of N22 trillion as at August, 2022 i.e. a level well beyond
the statutory limits set in the CBN Act, has helped fuel the spike in the
inflation rate to close to 20 per cent per annum.
d. Exchange rate stability has also become a mirage, as foreign exchange
can only be accessed at the artificial official exchange rate by a handful of
privileged persons and businesses, whilst the generality of Nigerians can only
access forex via a parallel market in which the US Dollar now attracts a 75-
80% premium over the official rate. The multiple exchange rate regime that is
in place therefore presents a huge arbitrage opportunity for a few privileged
persons;
e. The prevalence of repatriation risks and other supply side constraints
have significantly dented investor confidence, whilst also encouraging
capital flight.
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Against this backdrop, the priority of our administration will be to quickly restore
fiscal viability by discontinuing unaffordable subsidies which have left a black-
hole in the government's finances. We will also seek a simplification of the
exchange rate regime, whilst seeking to also boost the supply side, rather than
continuing to concentrate exclusively on demand management.
Our administration will only support measures which ensure a level playing field
and are in line with global best practices. If the competitiveness of a sector is to
be boosted then that will be done via the enactment of transparent and
specially targeted fiscal and trade policies designed to stimulate investment
and growth. Revenue shortfalls and leakages such as oil theft will be dealt with
decisively by holding persons in positions of authority fully accountable.
Fiscal and monetary policy will therefore be properly coordinated with each
deploying conventional tools transparently instead of distorting markets to
favour a few privileged persons. For the avoidance of doubt, we will demand the
transparent liberalization of the foreign exchange market and the dismantling
of the opaque multiple exchange rate regime which effectively subsidises a few
privileged persons, whilst depriving government of badly needed revenues.
When unaffordable subsidies are removed, some carefully calibrated transfers
will be used to cushion any adverse impact on the economically weak.
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Fiscal Restructuring
XII. Governments at both federal and state levels are today plagued by the
revenue crisis where, despite huge endowment of both human and material
resources, they are unable to sustainably fund development or even pay salaries
in some cases. With federation revenues currently contributing 65% of the total
recurrent revenues of states, and the non-remittance by the NNPC to the
federation account this year due to ballooning fuel subsidy payments, policy
responses at both national and subnational levels have been severely
constrained by the revenue crisis.
There is now a consensus that our inability to achieve fiscal sustainability is

chiefly driven by our fiscal regime which is itself, the product of our political
structure that prioritises sharing – rather than baking - the pie. The result is a
perversive situation where neither the federal nor the states have strong
incentive to maximize effort in growing the size of the pie for shared and
inclusive prosperity.
We will functionally redesign our fiscal architecture such that revenue

mobilisation and allocation will be bottom-up like most federations across the
world, and the federal government will now rely on revenues from taxes
collected by states to drive the right incentive for efficiency and optimal
allocation of resources. This means restructuring the economic framework. It
will allow the states to leverage their comparative advantages and contribute to
national development thus, reducing states’ dependence on the federation
account to fund developmental projects, and empower them to become net
contributors to the national economy.
We will drive good and effective governance to create a culture that influences
the bureaucracy of government to support the private sector. We will instil a
culture of full implementation of government policies and plans to incentivise
the private sector and prevent activities that curtail the development of the
society.
The mechanism for accountability will be established with public ownership of

information, strong bureaucracy, high trust in government, and the right
societal culture among policymakers and citizens. This situation will allow for
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good governance through the pipeline of accountability. Long-existing
accountability institutions in Nigeria will be revitalised to meet the current
realities threatening the country. We will reactivate and digitalise this all-
important institution to drive responsible and accountable public financial
management in governance.
Our government will expand the country's tax net and base. The tax system and
database will be harmonised across states' internal revenue services and
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). This move will improve tax compliance
and efficiency in the country. In addition, the citizens will be educated and
oriented towards perceiving paying taxes as a contribution to the development
of the country. We shall vigorously explore every legitimate means to reduce
the incidences of tax evasion and improve voluntary tax compliance.
Rather than creating multiple taxation, our focus will be on widening the tax net,
which subsequently provides additional resources for states to embark on more
projects. To achieve this, we will:
a. Empower the federal and state ministries of finance to harmonise taxes

and the tax database.
b. Authorise the Joint Tax Board (FIRS and States’ IRS) to identify all payable
taxes and fees by companies and individuals;
c. Consolidate all tax databases into one centralised system;
d. Determine the tax delineation, i.e., which form of taxes is receivable by the
states or federal government.
e. Work with states and communities to effectively combat the nefarious
activities of non-state actors and institutionalised brigandage, notorious for
huge revenue leakages, expropriation, and exploitation which undermine
investment and development in the real sector.
Reducing the cost of governance is a necessary means to achieve fiscal

sustainability and therefore, we shall promptly review the recommendations of
the Steve Oronsaye Commission on the restructuring of the Federal Civil
Service for implementation.
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4.
Leapfrog Nigeria into the 4th

Industrial Revolution (4IR),
through the application of
scientific and technological
innovations to create a digital
economy.
I. Building on the gains of the agriculture-led manufacturing and export, we will
pursue the development of capacities to leverage on the emerging disruptive
digital technologies, automation, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence,
robotics, virtual reality, block chain technology, biotechnology and data
science, all of which are at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution.
II. While the 4IR thrusts us into a new dimension of competition, we appreciate
that our economy is still grappling with the challenges of fully leveraging the
technologies of the second Industrial Revolution such as electricity and rail
network in a multi-modal transportation system. While not losing sight of the
new demands for competitiveness in the disruptive new technologies, we shall
aggressively incentivise and facilitate investment to expand our power
generation, transmission and distribution. Being a crosscutting sector, Nigerian
Transport System will be remodeled to play a more important role in our efforts
towards achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). We will
benchmark progress across the five dimensions of sustainable transport –
access (to mobility of individuals, goods and for societies), affordability (of
transport for individuals, goods and society), safety, security and environmental
impact (of transport and on transport).
III. We will prioritize a structured approach to developing the digital skills of our
young population to give them the competitive advantage to receive offshore
jobs in the new gig economy, while also improving the efficiency and
productivity level of our economy.
IV. We will incentivize the mid-stream segment of the petroleum sector by

facilitating gas processing plants and privately-owned small and medium scale
boutique refineries, with a view to reducing importation of refined petroleum
products, and eliminating the petrol subsidy regime, which has become a huge
burden on the budget.
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Leapfrog Nigeria into the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR),

through the application of scientific and technological
innovations to create a digital economy.
V. Our government will pursue a combination of state-led and public-private
initiatives to drive the penetration of broadband infrastructure and information
superhighway necessary to empower smart industrialization.
VI. We will ensure that the Federal Government offers meaningful incentives to
corporate entities and industries that make discernible efforts to transit to clean
and alternative energy, not only for local consumption but also for export. Our
priority is the preservation of our environmental integrity, using a carrot-and-
stick approach to ensure that industrial production and oil production do not
damage our environment and livelihood systems.
VII. We will review and enforce the mandatory National Strategic Reserve of
Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Diesel (AGO), aviation fuel, and cooking gas to
reduce our national vulnerability to sudden disruptions to the supply of these
fuels.
VIII. We will strengthen the incentive regimes for new growth industries, in
particular, the culture and creative industry, and technology-oriented
industries.
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X. We will prioritize the development of MSMEs through a boutique of
incentives which include new structures, new capital access, new legislation to
support small business growth and strategic centres of excellence for small
businesses such as Enterprise Hubs, Business Incubators and MSME Industrial
clusters across all the geopolitical zones.
XI. We will drive the expansion of Nigerian content initiative with emphasis on
the promotion of made-in-Nigeria goods and services as a pillar of our
administration. This will be accomplished by expanding the success of Nigeria
Content legislation implemented in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas sector, to other
sectors of the economy.
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5.
Build expansive and world-class

infrastructure for efficient power
supply, rail, road and air
transportation, and pipeline
network, through integrated public-
private partnerships, and
entrepreneurial public sector
I. We will address current bottlenecks in extant national policies and
frameworks with the view to unlock resources for investment in critical physical
and social infrastructure.
II. We will seek to harmonize agencies involved in the infrastructure space to

address coordination failures that impede effectiveness and efficiency.
III. We will explore innovative solutions to address the shortcomings in the

current PPP regime. The World Bank recognizes this in its recent switch to
blended finance as a means to improve PPPs and market-based approaches to
infrastructure provisioning in developing countries like ours. Our government
shall go beyond blended finance to create mechanisms to scale infrastructure
financing, incentivizing not only corporate tax credit application to
infrastructure, but also, philanthropy, and community-based infrastructure
bonds.
IV. We will integrate existing masterplans for infrastructure – gas, road, railway,
urban mass transit, telecommunications (broadband), water, sewage, and
electricity to create national multi-utility transport tunnels (MUT) for co-
location of subsurface infrastructure development with the objective of
achieving cost efficiency and a one-stop solution to right-of-way issues for
accelerated infrastructure development.
V. We will sign into law the National Transport Commission Act passed into law
in 2018 and refused assent by the president, and establish the National
Transport Commission as an integrated economic regulator to make the
transport sector efficient bankable for private sector investment
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Build expansive and world-class infrastructure for

efficient power supply, rail, road and air transportation,
and pipeline network, through integrated public-private
partnerships, and entrepreneurial public sector
VI. We will upgrade and vigorously further reform the country’s power
generation, transmission, and distribution network with the aim of achieving in
the next four years, the generation and distribution of about 20,000
megawatts. We will liberalize the transmission component of the electricity
value chain to complement the already privatized generation and distribution
sub-sectors to significantly increase the generation and distribution of
electricity to Nigerians. To achieve this, our power sector agenda, we will:
a. Review the Nigerian Electric Power Policy (NEPP) to adapt its
fundamental premises to the changes in global economics and align its pro-
market policies to the experiences of pragmatic economic management;
b. Revise the current barrier of 1 Megawatt and below for licensing to up to
10mws to enable decentralized and off-grid solutions to complement grid
energy and to incentivize more investment in the power value chain;
c. Promote a healthy energy mix that increases the share of renewable and
clean energy in line with global trends (hydro, wind, thermal, solar etc.);
d. Improve transmission services by establishing the Independent System
Operator (ISO) and the Transmission Service Provider (TSP) from the current
TCN in order to enhance efficient and non-discriminatory dispatch and
coordination;
e. Establish a presidential task force on immediate power improvement to
pressure utility operators to deliver weekly improvements on quality and
quantity of electrical services to homes and businesses across Nigeria;
f. Execute full metering of customers within a reasonable period to
entrench accountability in the electricity market.
g. To rebuild investors’ confidence in the Nigerian electricity market, we will
engage customers and the public in transparent communication backed up
with quick wins to support full commercialization of the sector on the basis of
value for money.
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Build expansive and world-class infrastructure for

efficient power supply, rail, road and air transportation,
and pipeline network, through integrated public-private
partnerships, and entrepreneurial public sector
VII. The current barrier of 1 Megawatt and below for licensing shall be revised
upwards to incentivize more investment in the power value chain. We will
promote a healthy energy mix that increases the share of renewable and clean
energy in line with global trends (hydro, wind, thermal, solar etc.)
VIII. We will diversify the funding for our national surface transportation system
(roads, rail, bridges, and mass transit) and programmes with the creation of the
Highway Trust Fund Account. This account will be funded jointly by federal
government, states, and private sector on a ratio to be agreed with government
participation limited to those areas where there is a clear market failure.
IX. We will vigorously support the private sector to construct fibreoptic

backbone connecting all tertiary institutions and state capitals, to enable free
broadband access for accelerated digital transformation of the economy.
X. We will deploy Nigeria’s enormous natural gas reserves to incentivize our

gas-based industries to drive industrial revolution and provide 24-Hour
electricity for the entire nation.
XI. We will create financing incentives to unlock private capital provision of

affordable social housing for Nigerian workers and people in proximity to their
businesses and workplaces.
XII. We will build a Nigerian Maritime sector that will leverage on In-Country
Value Creation/Addition; optimizing Shipping and Shipbuilding Value Chain
and unleash positive spillover effects on other sectors of the economy. In this
regard, the Cabotage Vessels Finance Fund (CVFF) will be enhanced and
channeled to catalyze ship/boat building and repairs, open up the inland
waterways (river ports and jetties) and link our rivers and creeks with coastal
trade including goods and passenger movement; provide for physical security
and proper maritime safety in our coastal and inland waterways, effective
dredging mappings, markings and management of the waterways,
identification of routes based on passenger and cargo concentrations, and
finally building, maintenance and repairs of the watercrafts that are specific to all
these considerations.
XIII. A comprehensive plan for livestock production will be worked out for
nomadic rearers. Through innovation and the erection of dams and irrigation
facilities in arid-prone areas, forage production would be accessible to farmers.
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6.
Enhance the human capital of

Nigerian youth for productivity
and global competitiveness
through investment in world-class
scholarship and research, quality
healthcare, and entrepreneurship
education.
I. The World Bank's Human Capital Development Index ranks Nigeria 168 out
of 173 countries. To move Nigeria to right to the top bracket of the index, we will
pursue a Marshall plan-type programme on education that incorporates
compulsory technical and vocational skills, sports, entrepreneurship,
programming, and digital skills from the primary to the secondary level. In line
with this commitment to transform our educational sector, we will prioritize the
funding of this critical sector. Our tertiary institutions will be remodeled to serve
as hubs or centres for research, development, and commercialisation of ideas
for the quick industrialization of Nigeria.
II. Following from these, our government shall prioritize education to serve the
following functions: technical and industry relevance; alignment with local
comparative advantages and factor endowments; modern skills proficiency,
critical thinking, ethical citizenship values, global competitiveness, and talent
export. Our government will enter into strategic partnerships with states
governments, private-led groups and international partners to establish
incubators that will train young Nigerians in the latest digital and technological
skills, provide workspaces, access to seed funding and m by entorship by
industry experts.
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Enhance the human capital of Nigerian youth for

productivity and global competitiveness through
investment in world-class scholarship and research,
quality healthcare, and entrepreneurship education.
III. Achieving the revolution we envisage for the educational sector would
require bold initiatives including:
a. Retraining, retooling and re-certification of teachers
b. Incentivising industry experts to take up teaching roles in partnership with
universities
c. Curriculum overhaul, and
d. Policy and institutional review.
IV. We will prioritize scaling up Nigeria’s Human Capital Index (HCI), through
significant and sustainable funding for the health, education, sports, and social
welfare sectors, with the imperative of improving the remuneration and
conditions of service for our teachers, health workers, and administrators.
V. We will introduce a mandatory “No Child left Behind” educational policy,

mindful that Nigeria’s inadequate investment in the social sectors – health,
education, and housing - has resulted in the current dismal social and
demographic trends reflected in low life expectancy, teenage pregnancies, high
maternal mortality rate, large number of out-of- school children, huge unmet
housing needs, as well as high youth unemployment.
VI. We will address the gaps in the legislation guiding the funding access
modalities to Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), and the Tertiary
Education Trust Fund (TETFund), to remove prevailing bottlenecks, create
greater transparency and ensure increased flexibility, and optimum availability
of funds required to meet the educational need of the Nigerian students whom
they are meant to serve. The Ministry of Education will work out a Public-Private
model that involves private corporations assuming funding and managerial
responsibilities in a specially restructured taxation plan. This design will see
some private corporations pay their taxes in the form of taking management of a
school while the Ministry continues to retain ownership, set the national
curriculum and manage other oversight functions. This will reduce the
bottlenecks and burden of the government and ensure that education is
delivered with consistent high quality.
VII. We will provide health insurance cover to 133 million poorest Nigerians
including pregnant women, the aged and the disabled. This shall be without
discrimination by socio-economic status in line with constitutional provisions as
captured in Chapter 2 Section 17 (3)(d) of our constitution. The NHIS shall be
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strengthened in an efficient manner to stimulate private sector-driven health
provision driven by accessibility and affordability to cover informal sector
workers, the weak and the vulnerable.
VIII. We will strive to honour Nigeria’s commitment pursuant to the 2001

African Union Abuja Declaration on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other related
Infectious Diseases, which set the target of allocating at least 15 percent of
annual budgets to the improvement of the health sector in African countries.
IX. We will put to an end the financial resources-depleting practice of medical

tourism, by supporting national teaching hospitals to specialize in niche areas of
medicine, thus enjoying expeditious faculty and facilities enhancement and the
attendant comparative advantage. We will implement the National Health Act
of 2014 to the letter, and enforce the provision of its Section 46. This will be
followed with further actions to improve the quality and service delivery of our
health care system as follows:
a. Strengthening the leadership, coordination and integration of the health
system, while simultaneously improving its regulation, standardisation and
quality of service;
b. Comprehensive mapping of Nigeria’s healthcare system occupational
categories, to generate relevant data on human capacity and resources for
healthcare training, with a view to reversing brain drain and stopping medical
tourism while tapping into our huge diaspora capacity in healthcare.
c. Effective overhaul and restructuring of training for all cadre of healthcare
system providers.
d. Stepwise scaling up of the healthcare system budget in line with Abuja
Declaration, while devolving PHC Funding directly to a revamped National
Primary Healthcare Agency.
e. Increase NHIS uptake, with a robust healthcare insurance scheme at the
basic healthcare level with a goal to provide cover for the 133 million poorest
Nigerians including pregnant women, children, elderly and people living with
disabilities.
f. Generate innovative healthcare financing by encouraging public private
healthcare sector initiatives, implementing special taxes and duty waivers.
This will include special incentives to encourage the domestic production of
pharmaceuticals, drugs, vaccines and medical consumables. The incentives
shall also be targeted at boosting research and development in the
healthcare system, together with their commercialisation within a process
that will be carefully audited, monitored, and evaluated.
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X. Our government will enforce the requirements of the National Gender
Policy, aimed at promoting gender equity, affirmative action, and good
governance across the three tiers of government. We shall enforce an equitable
distribution of appointments to men, women, youths, and people living with
disabilities.
XI. We will facilitate both public and private sector investments to reactivate
and reposition our sports sector to become globally competitive. The sports
ministry shall be strengthened to attract investments through blended financial
mechanisms towards developing sporting talents, revamping sporting facilities
and recreation centres across the nation. We will work with state governments
to introduce state leagues in key sports such as football and basketball to
enhance the growth and professionalization of grassroots sports. This would
create thousands of jobs for the youth.
XII. We will encourage the establishment of integrated health training

institutions and provide the necessary incentives for active private
sector participation.
XIII. We will deploy available national resources combined with extant policies
and programmes to tackle and reduce the high rate of youth unemployment;
and address the high prevalence of our national youth population that are
categorized as NEET (not in education, employment or training).
XIV. We will vigorously support the creative industries (fashion, music, arts,
film, entertainment) to become significant areas of our comparative advantage
and also sources of job creation for our youths and tourism. We will support the
establishment of institutions to provide training and certification for our youths
in the creative industries.
XV. In pursuing our goal of not leaving anyone behind and birthing a Nigeria
that works for all, our government will cater to the specific needs of people living
with disabilities (PLWDs), be they physical, learning or psychological – for
example, through the provision of appropriate alternative access to public
buildings and spaces. Our national policy on PLWDs will be based on a
recognition that they are bona fide members of society and that they can be
productively engaged; we will therefore guarantee them equitable rights, in line
with our Constitution. Any unjust discrimination against such persons will
be criminalized.
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Addressing Multidimensional Poverty
XVI. The prevalence of multidimensional poverty in Nigeria today is unarguably
the outcome of failed government policies and rigged prosperity, resulting from
oil theft, poverty-inducing fuel subsidy program, and woeful macroeconomic
policies. These have resulted in a few wealthy households having
disproportionate access to economic opportunities, whereas millions of
Nigerians languish in absolute and degenerate poverty.
While government policies have exacerbated poverty, the policy responses to

tackling it has fared worse. Attempts over the past years to directly target
poverty through various pro-poor developmental programmes have yielded
little or no result. We shall not continue on the same track. Our approach to
poverty alleviation is to engineer massive economic growth that will create jobs,
grow incomes, build capacities and capabilities across the breadth of the socio-
economic divide. We will bake a larger pie and ensure that the prosperity is
shared in an all-inclusive and equal opportunity basis.
Our approach to tackling poverty will discourage citizens from the Stockholm
syndrome, where they become slaves to the same political elites that immersed
them in poverty in the first place.
Poor policy choices and massive distortion of the operation of the private sector
by the government, e.g., multiple exchange rates, multiple taxation, and capital
control, contribute to Nigeria's current poor economic condition. More so, the
ineffective communication of government decisions amplifies uncertainty
about the country's economic prospects and thereby discouraging both local
and foreign investment. We will create massive economic opportunities to
ensure that individuals not only bootstrap themselves out of poverty, but begin
to aspire to the lofty heights of the good life as enshrined in our Constitution.
Poverty breeds insecurity which in turn, worsens poverty. Our commitment to

tackle insecurity head-on will guarantee peace and security of citizens and
property, which is a necessary condition for development and growth that solve
the problem of poverty.
We will resource the generation of quality data on livelihoods to monitor

poverty. Poverty is lack of capacity and capability. Our human capital
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development strategy will ensure that all Nigerians are equipped with skills and
talents to fend for themselves. These interventions will focus on expanding
access to quality health and nutrition, education, and labour force participation
of every Nigerian and especially, youths, women, and people living with
disability. Our agricultural intervention will increase the productivity of
agriculture, ensuring food security and meaningful jobs.
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7.
Conduct an afro-centric
diplomacy that protects the
rights of Nigerian citizens
abroad and advance the
economic interests of
Nigerians and Nigerian
businesses in a changing world.
I. While Africa will remain the focus of our foreign policy, we will prioritize
Nigeria’s economic interest through promoting Nigerian businesses and
protecting our people across the globe. Trade and investment will remain core
components of our African foreign policy. Our foreign policy will integrated
‘Citizen Diplomacy’ and ‘Economic Diplomacy’. We will unrelenting protect the
rights of Nigeria anyway in the world as well as pragmatically respond to changes
in the global economic order in a manner that leverage diplomacy for economic
development in Nigeria. We will end the days of ‘coctail diplomacy’. We will be
developmentalist like South Korea and Japan under their
reforming governments.
II. We will rebuild Nigeria’s military power, re-organise its security architecture
and enhance its technological prowess to improve security at home and
Nigeria’s diplomatic influence in sub-regional, regional, and global affairs via
peacekeeping activities.
III. We will proactively reassert Nigeria’s leadership role in African affairs

through constructive engagement using existing sub-regional and regional fora
as well as bilateral platforms for dialogue on current and emerging challenges.
IV. We shall creatively deploy Nigeria’s soft power in Africa and around the
world through Nigeria’s leading role in entertainment – music and Nollywood –
to enhance the effectiveness of our domestic economic growth strategies.
V. We will pay special attention to the ECOWAS region, in order to secure our
borders an ensure the integrity of reginal security and development
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Conduct an afro-centric diplomacy that protects the

rights of Nigerian citizens abroad and advance the
economic interests of Nigerians and Nigerian businesses
in a changing world.
architecture that promotes human security in Nigeria. Our strategic interest is
peaceful and democratic West Africa as our primary sphere of influence.
VI. Despite obvious challenges posed by migration, we will respect ECOWAS

Freedom of Movement Protocols as it relates to movement of persons and
goods. We will work with our neighbours to secure our borders and fight cross-
border crimes while strengthening our immigration to account for movement
into the country.
VII. We will seek to restore credibility to Nigeria’s foreign policy through its
adherence to and leadership on regional initiatives and programmes such as the
African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCTA), the New Economic
Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) and the African Peer Review
Mechanism. We will also do this through strengthening our relationship with our
development partners and adherence and commitment to global
peace and security.
VIII. We will prioritize the drive to expand Nigeria’s exports by building strong
bilateral relationships with end-user global markets. This will include creating
structures such as nationally organised strategic trade and investment missions
which are industry targeted; in-country trade missions that complement our
current foreign missions, with specific responsibilities to build up acceptable
markets for made-in-Nigeria goods and services.
IX. We shall embrace political entrepreneurialism to directly lead missions to

top Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and leading Global Value
Chain headquarters, lobbying and granting them all the necessary incentives to
expand their production and manufacturing value chains to our country to link
us to the important income-growing and employment-generating
global value chains.
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Biographies
38.
The Man
Peter Gregory
Onwubuasi OBI
(CON)
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Name: Place of Birth:
Mr Peter Onitsha,
Gregory Nigeria
Onwubuasi Nationality:
Obi, (CON). Nigerian
Marital Status:
Married with two children
Date of Birth:
19th July, 1961
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EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED

Institution Programme
Christ the King College, Onitsha WASC
University of Nigeria, Nsukka BA Philosophy
Lagos Business School, Nigeria Chief Executive Programme
Harvard Business School, Boston, USA Mid to Mid Marketing
Harvard Business School, Boston, USA Changing the Game
London School of Economics Financial Management/Business Policy
Columbia Business School, New York, USA Marketing Management
Institute for Management Development, Senior Executive Programme
Switzerland
Institute for Management Development, Break-Through Programme for CEOs
Switzerland
Kellogg Graduate School of Management, USA Advanced Executive Programme
Kellogg School of Management USA Global Advanced Management Programme
Oxford University: Said Business School Advanced Management and Leadership
Programme
Cambridge University: George Business School Advanced Leadership Programme

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Governor, Anambra State of Nigeria, 2006 – 2014
Member, Presidential Economic Management Team (till May, 2015)
Chairman, South- East Governors’ Forum, 2008 – 2014
Honorary Special Adviser to the President on Finance (till May, 2015)
Vice - Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, 2008 – 2014
Former Chairman, Board of Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Former Chairman: Fidelity Bank Plc.
Former Chairman: Future Views Securities, Ltd.
Former Chairman: Next International (Nigeria) Ltd
Former Director: Chams Nigeria Plc
Former Director: Card Center Plc
Former Chairman: Guardian Express Mortgage Bank, Ltd.
Former Chairman: Paymaster Nigeria Plc.
Former Director: Guardian Express Bank Plc.
Former Director: Emerging Capital Ltd
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MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS ORGANIZATIONS
Member, Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG)

Member, Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers
Member, British Institute of Directors
MEMBERSHIP OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES
As Governor of Anambra State, served as a member of:
Federal Government Committee on Minimum Wage

Federal Government Committee on Negotiation with Labour on Subsidy
Federal Government Committee on Mass Transit
Federal Government Committee on Natural Resource
National Economic Council Committee on Power Sector Reform
National Economic Council Committee on Sharing of MDGs Funds
National Economic Council Committee on Accurate Data on Nigeria’s Oil Import and Export
Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council
Sub-Committee on Needs Analysis of Public Universities in Nigeria
National Economic Council Review Committee on the Power Sector
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2015 Golden Jubilee Award from Catholic Diocese of Onitsha for outstanding contribution to
quality healthcare delivery in St. Charles Borromeo Hospital in pa rticular and Anambra
State in general, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the hospital.
2014 Nigerian Library Association Golden Merit Award for remarkable improvement of
libraries in Anambra State, exemplified by the construction of the Kenneth Dike Digital
State Library, remarkable upgrade of the Onitsha Divisional Library, and provision of
library facilities in secondary schools across the state.
2014 Champion Newspaper Most Outstanding Igbo Man of the Decade
2014 The Voice Newspaper (Holland) Achievers Award for Outstanding Example in Leadership
and Governance.
2013 Silver Bird Man of the Year (with Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State)
2012 Business Hallmark Newspaper Man of the Year
2012 The Golden Award on Prudence by Methodist Church of Nigeria as the Most Financially
Prudent Governor in Nigeria.
2012 Leadership and Good Governance Award by the Ezeife Leadership Foundation Award
for restoring peace and harmony to Anambra State.
2012 Best Performing Governor on I mmunization in South -East Nigeria by Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation.
2012 Outstanding Financial Planner and Manager by the Church of Nigeria, Anglican
Communion for my resourcefulness and creativity in governance.
2011 Zik Leadership Price
2010 ICT Governor of the Year – by the West Africa ICT Development Award.
2009 Champion Newspaper Nigeria’s Most Trustworthy Governor Award.
2009 Thisday Newspaper Most Prudent Governor in Nigeria.
2007 The Sun Newspaper Man of the Ye ar Award
The Nigerian MDGs Office/UNDP Best Governor in the Implementation of the MDGs in
Nigeria.

FUNDAMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS
AS GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE
( P A R T I A L L I S T I N G )

FUNDAMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF
ANAMBRA STATE (PARTIAL LISTING)
1. Anambra was the first State to 4. He was recognized as Best
commence Sub-Sovereign Wealth Governor by the Millennium
savings, the first of its kind in Sub- Development Goals Office
Saharan Africa. At a time when many (OSSAP-MDGs) and the UNDP in
other Governors were leaving huge the implementation of their
debts, he left the equivalent of $500 programmes in Nigeria.
million Dollars in investment as well
as local and foreign currency, 5. The Nigerian Debt Management
including $156 million in Dollar- Office (DMO) rated Anambra as the
denominated bonds. least indebted state in Nigeria. In
spite of visible and measurable
2. For the first time in the history of achievements recorded in various
Anambra State, Ambassadors and sectors, the State under him did not
High Commissioners of notable borrow or raise bonds for her various
countries such as the United States, projects.
Britain, Russia, European Union,
South Africa, Belgium, Israel, the 6. The Senate of the Federal
Netherlands, Canada, among Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra
others, visited the State. Before my State as the most financially stable
tenure, Anambra was practically a state in the country.
pariah state blacklisted by the
Diplomatic Corps and international 7. The State’s ground-breaking
development partners. return of schools to their original
owners – Voluntary Agencies
3. Development partners such as (Churches) on 1st January 2009,
UNDP, the World Bank, and subsequent partnership with
DFID, the European Union the Agencies in Education, saw
etc, which hitherto were the state move from 24th position
not in Anambra State out of 36 states to Number One
started working with the in National Examination Council
state. Anambra was (NECO) and West African
consistently judged one of Examination Council (WAEC)
the best states in examinations for three
development consecutive years. This
partnership and made the World Bank
commitment to to commission a
reforms for good study, led by the
governance. renowned Prof Paul
Collier of Oxford

a. Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi
b. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,
Ihiala
c. St Charles Borromeo Hospital,
Onitsha
d. Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside,
Onitsha;
e. St Joseph Hospital, Adazi-
Nnukwu. Also built the Joseph
Nwilo Heart Centre in this hospital
where heart surgery is now
performed.
10. His government won the Bill and

Melinda Gates Foundation (1 million
dollars) grant as the best performing
state in immunization in the South-
East. With complementary funding
University, on this revolutionary the the state government, they used
partnership and phenomenal the money to build 10 maternal and
achievement. childcare centres across the state,
particularly in rural communities, in
8. The State also entered into partnership with the Churches.
strategic partnership with the
Churches in the Health Sector. This 11. The State was the first to procure
symbiotic relationship resulted in a and distribute more than 30,000
tremendous boost to health care computers to secondary schools,
because of the services offered by including 22,500 from HP. The
health institutions owned by Managing Director for Personal
Voluntary Agencies, while the state Systems Group, HP Inc, Mr. Fabrice
restored grants to the agencies and Campoy, described the deployment
made available to them more than as the biggest of such projects in the
50 million Dollars in various types of Middle-East and Africa.
support.
12. The Anambra State Government
9. Through partnership with the provided Microsoft Academies to
Church in the Health Sector, his more than 500 secondary schools,
government funded the which the Head of Microsoft in
transformation of: Nigeria (Mr. Ken Span) described as

the biggest such deployment in more than 1,000 vehicles.
Africa.
19. Anambra State for the first time
13. The State provided Internet started close collaboration with
access to more than 500 secondary recognized government security
schools, which the CEO of Galaxy agencies (the Police, Army, Navy,
Backbone (Mr. Gerald Ilukwe) Department of State Security, Civil
characterized as incomparable to Defence, among others), offering
any in the country. them various types of support
including the provision of more than
14. More than 700 buses were 500 security vehicles.
provided to secondary schools in
the State by his Government. The improvement in security was
phenomenal, such that a former IG
15. Boreholes were provided in of Police (Abubakar Mohammed)
schools all over the State. lauded Anambra State for not
witnessing any bank robbery in Obi’s
16. Numerous classrooms were built last three years in office.
in all the 177 communities of the
state. 20. To further enhance security,
Anambra State provided at least one
17. As part of the efforts to turn security vehicle to each of all the 177
around the economy of the State, communities in the State as well as
several companies were attracted to various organizations such as
build their facilities in the Anambra markets and Chuches.
State. A case in point is SABMiller,
the 2nd largest brewery in the world, 21. His Administration conceived
which built their first Green Field and built, from scratch, the first
facility in the State, which is today state-owned Teaching Hospital,
one of the most successful facilities Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-
they operate globally. Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Awka.
18. A number of other companies 22. His Government commenced

followed the SABMiller initiative and the planned development of the
were all supported and encouraged Igbariam Campus of the
under his government; a good Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-
example is INNOSON Motor Ojukwu University, including the
Manufacturing Company, from fencing, construction of internal
which the government purchased roads, electrification, construction

of the Faculty of Law, Auditorium, residence.
Administrative Block, Faculty of
Agriculture, Management Building, 29. By the end of his tenure in 2014,
among others. more than twelve (12) health
institutions, including two hospitals,
23. His Government attracted the had secured accreditation;
World Bank support on erosion – compared to when he took off in
National Erosion and Watershed 2006, when no health institution in
Management Project (NEWMAP) – Anambra State was duly accredited.’
to Anambra State.
30. Anambra State was the first to
24. His Government was the first to undergo national peer review, which
do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a scrutinized State Governments for
guide for the effective good governance, through the
implementation of poverty- State Peer Review Mechanism
alleviation strategies. (SPRM), an initiative of the Nigerian
Governor’s Forum in collaboration
25. His Government, for the first with the DFID.
time, undertook the aerial mapping
of Awka as well as the production of 31. The Anambra Integrated
Structure Plans for Awka Capital Development Strategy (ANIDS), a
Territory, Onitsha and Nnewi. governance model conceptualized
and used by Peter Obi, is today
26. During his tenure and with his researched, evaluated, considered
Government support, Anambra and referenced as an optimal good
State became an oil producing governance model that guarantees
State. holistic and simultaneous
development of communities.
27. He built the first Secretariat
Complex to house State
Government Ministries that were
hitherto scattered around the State.
28. His government commenced

the development of the ‘Three Arms
Zone’ comprising government
house/governor’s lodge, legislative
building/speaker’s residence, and
judiciary building with Chief Judge’s

The Man
Yusuf Datti
Baba-Ahmed

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed is an academician, businessman, and politician who has
been elected to the House of Representatives and the Senate, and has an
impressive track record of introducing major legislation and actively participating
in transformative legislative activities. Described as a political force to be
reckoned with in his home state of Kaduna and beyond, he beat a two-term
governor and serving senator in 2011, a triumph that confirmed solid relations from
elite and grassroots support. He holds four degrees, including a Ph.D in
Economics. Inspired by the need to promote his family’s legacy and the desire to
put legitimate aspirations into practice, he established and runs two leading
private universities, a consulting firm, and a construction company with a
workforce of over 1,000 people, including expatriates and highly skilled
professional Nigerians at home and in the diaspora.
As the Founder and Pro-Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja, he has successfully

developed a vibrant University with six (6) faculties. He is
responsible for the development of a 200-bed Teaching
Hospital with state-of-the-art medical facilities that provides
comprehensive medical services to the public as well as high-
quality medical education to its students. The hospital has a
total floor space of roughly 14,000 square meters, making it
the largest of its type in Nigeria and beyond. The hospital is
intended to close a gap in the Nigerian healthcare system,
minimizing medical tourism and contributing to national
development. He also founded and is the Pro-Chancellor
of Baba-Ahmed University (BAU), Kano, which was
licensed in June 2022.
As a philanthropist, he built and donated two junior

secondary schools to his constituency, with a capacity of
4,000 pupils, which have graduated over 10,000
children as part of his corporate social
responsibility (CSR) and commitment to
making a difference in the society. By
necessity, he presented himself as a
champion of the new generation to be
considered for the most appropriate
office, a presidential nominee in 2019,
which he believed to be a quest to
urgently solve Nigeria’s complex
problems and transform it into a new era of
economic prosperity, social security, and
political stability.
EDUCATION
Institution Programme
University of Westminster, London, UK PhD in Economics
University of Wales, Cardiff, UK MBA
University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria MSc Economics
University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria BSc Economics
Harvard Business School, Massachusetts, USA Owner/President Management (OPM
53)
Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard, Boston, MA, Senior Executive Course in National and
USA International Security
London Business School (LBS), London, UK Senior Executive Program (SET 89)
London School of Practical Economics, London, UK Certificate in Practical Economics
Arbitrage Consulting Certificate in Strategies for Managing
Equity Portfolios
ICL Diploma in Information Management
Tools
Airforce Military School, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria GCE O – Level Certificate

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
• Founder and Pro-Chancellor, Baba-Ahmed University (BAU), Sharada,
Kano,
Nigeria
• Founder and Pro-Chancellor, Baze University, Kuchigoro, FCT, Abuja,
Nigeria
• Elected Senator, Federal Republic of Nigeria, For Kaduna North Senatorial
District, National Assembly, FCT, Abuja
• Elected Member, House of Representatives, Zaria Federal Constituency,
National Assembly, FCT, Abuja
• Managing Director (MD), Baze Research and Data Services, FCT, Abuja,
Nigeria
• Project Officer, Billfinger + Berger UK Ltd, London, UK
• Banking Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Plc. London Branch.
• Officer II, Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company,
Victoria Island,
Lagos.
• Project Coordinator, Baze Research and Data Services,
Ltd.
• National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) – Service Year,
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
NGOS AND CLUBS

• Patron, Zaria Polo Club since 2012
• Chairman, Renaissance Forum for Societal
Reforms, since 2006
HOBBIES
• Squash
• Chess
• Debates
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Awarded fellow of Science Association
of Nigeria (FSAN), by Ahmadu Bellow
University (ABU) Zaria, 2011
52.
The team that produced this Manifesto was led by Prof. Bongo Adi of Lagos Business School.

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IT’S POSSIBLE

Our Pact with Nigerians:

2. Shift emphasis from consumption to production by running a

3. Restructure the polity through effective legal and institutional

4. Leapfrog Nigeria into the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), through

5. Build expansive and world-class infrastructure for efficient power

6. Enhance the human capital of Nigerian youth for productivity and

7. Conduct an afro-centric diplomacy that protects the rights of

Our Action Plan

As your President, I • Pursue holistic poverty

A New Nigeria is POssible

We are coming to run an entrepreneurial state

We are a different breed. We are connected to the people. We are honest,

Through our dedicated action on the 7 priorities on governance and

Securing and Uniting Nigeria

To secure Nigeria, end banditry

To secure Nigeria, We shall:

I. Deal decisively with insecurity by putting a permanent end to the incessant

II. To achieve this, we shall take the following immediate actions:

To secure Nigeria, end banditry and insurgency; and unite

V. Undertake institutional reforms to secure Nigerians ,which consists of four

VI. Improve the functioning and effectiveness of our security agencies

To secure Nigeria, end banditry and insurgency; and unite

In uniting Nigeria and running an all-inclusive government,

II. Make deliberate efforts to re-create a sense of patriotism, shared ownership,

To secure Nigeria, end banditry and insurgency; and unite

VI. Submit an Executive Bill to the National Assembly for a consolidated

VII. Articulate a policy framework in line with the constitutional provisions of

VIII. Operate a government of national unity by embracing competent

To secure Nigeria, end banditry and insurgency; and unite

To secure Nigeria, end banditry and insurgency; and unite

Shift emphasis from consumption

II. In addition to our strategic economic development plan, we have reviewed

IV. We shall grow the national economy quantitatively and qualitatively by

V. To ensure that the country’s economic production is equitably geared

Shift emphasis from consumption to production by running a

VII. We will strive towards a zero-based national budget to overcome the

IX. We shall aggressively prioritize the mechanization of the huge endowment

Shift emphasis from consumption to production by running a

Shift emphasis from consumption to production by running a

a. Scaling up the development of manufacturing and processing

b. A monitored scheme of targeted funding to entrepreneurs taking

c. A radical reform of our logistics and distribution systems including ports,

d. Strengthening of product quality support to ensure our products are of

e. Incentivising and investing in agro-cluster and industrial cluster

Shift emphasis from consumption to production by running a

Restructure the polity through

I. We shall strengthen our federalism by critically reviewing the 68 items on the

Restructure the polity through effective legal and

VII. Pursue aggressive digitization of all judiciary, government and regulatory

X. We shall install a new budgeting system founded on the cardinal principles of

Restructure the polity through effective legal and

XI.The following anomalies in the management of the macroeconomy have

a. The pursuit of multiple objectives by CBN, some of which appeared to be

Restructure the polity through effective legal and

Restructure the polity through effective legal and

There is now a consensus that our inability to achieve fiscal sustainability is

We will functionally redesign our fiscal architecture such that revenue