PRESIDENT BUHARI INAUGURATES APC CAMPAIGN COUNCIL, UNVEILS PARTY’S ACTION PLAN
Zainab Tanimu
Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria
President Mohammadu Buhari today inaugurated the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressive party.
The event which took place at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja had in attendance APC Governors, National Working Committee Members and other leaders of All Progressive Congress.
Alongside the inauguration was the unveiling of the party’s Action Plan, tagged, “Renewed Hope 2023 – Action Plan for a Better Nigeria.”
The 80-page document, containing a multi-sectoral policy options, according to the former Lagos State governor would prioritise National Security, Economy, Agriculture, Power, Oil and Gas, Transportation and Education, when elected President come February 2023.
Also highlighted was the policy options for Healthcare, Digital Economy, Women Empowerment, Judicial Reform, Federalism/Decentralisation of Power and Foreign Policy.
The plan also includes that of huge investment in Sports Entertainment and Culture, Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship, as well as expand jobs and opportunities for millions of Nigerian youths. It also promises to continue and expand the massive Social Investment Programs of the Buhari administration.
Read 10 promises of the former Lagos State governor contained in the manifesto.
1. Build a Nigeria, especially for our youth, where sufficient jobs with decent wages create a better life.
2. Manufacture, create, and invent more of the goods and services we require. Nigeria shall be known as a nation of creators, not just of consumers.
3. Export more and import less, strengthening both the naira and our way of life.
4. Continue assisting our ever-toiling farmers, through enlightened agricultural policy that promotes productivity and assures decent incomes, so that farmers can support their families and feed the nation.
5. Modernise and expand public infrastructure so that the rest of the economy can grow at an optimal rate.
6. Embolden and support our young people and women by harnessing emerging sectors such as the digital economy, entertainment and culture, tourism and others to build the Nigeria of tomorrow, today.
7. Train and give economic opportunity to the poorest and most vulnerable among us. We seek a Nigeria where no parent is compelled to send a child to bed hungry, worried whether tomorrow shall bring food.
8. Generate, transmit and distribute sufficient, affordable electricity to give our people the requisite power to enlighten their lives, their homes, and their very dreams.
9. Make basic healthcare, education, and housing accessible and affordable for all.
10. And, most importantly, establish a bold and assertive policy that will create a strong yet adaptive national security architecture and action to obliterate terror, kidnapping, banditry, and all other forms of violent extremism from the face of our nation.
It is expected that the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) will mark a smooth take off of the ruling party’s campaign exercise.
As to how the APC Presidential flag bearer arrived at the line -up plan in his manifesto, his plans he said were conceived after travelling the length and breadth of the country and listening to people from different life strata.
Photo by Voice of Nigeria
