Atiku Unveils 5-Point Development Agenda in 74-Page Document
POLITICS DIGEST- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has unfolded a five-point developmental agenda.
The agenda encompasses qualitative education, restructuring to foster true federalism and stability, a dynamic economy for prosperity, safety and security of life and property, and unity in diversity.
Atiku described the proposal as a social contract characterised by short, medium and long term strategies.
He promised to provide 3 million new jobs and lift 10 million Nigerians out of poverty annually.
The PDP candidate also promised to provide 25,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity and work for the refining capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil per day.
In the plan, called: My Covenant with Nigerians, the former Vice President described himself as an experienced, courageous and result-focused leader capable of taking the country through a rough situation and making a positive difference.
The 74-page document re-echoes Atiku’s 2019 manifestos with a minor adjustment to reflect proposed solutions to post-2019 challenges.
Atiku is expected to unveil the plan today in Lagos to captains of industry, leaders of commerce and officials of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), led by its President, Mallam Issah Mustapha.
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He said: “The Atiku Plan would provide a distinct economic, political and social development road map and get Nigeria working again.”
According to him, at no other time has the poverty in the quality of leadership and governance been worse than it has been since 2015.
Atiku said: “I am offering myself again to provide the desired leadership. I have a history of economic reform and political transformation. As a private businessman of many years, I have a deep understanding of our economy and its challenges.
“As a Vice President, our administration demonstrated willingness to reform, and to implement a formal development agenda, the NEEDS and SEEDS.
“As head of the economic management team, I was instrumental to the design of a private sector revival strategy and advocated the opening up of the economy for private sector investment in the IT sector. Today, it is undeniably the fastest-growing services sector in the Nigerian economy.”
Atiku said the agenda would be guided by three basic principles: greater private sector participation, discontinuation of government monopoly in infrastructure, including refineries, rail transportation and power transmission, and greater market leverage in price determination, and elimination of persistent price distortion due to interventionist exchange rate management policy.
The PDP flag bearer promised to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from $2,000 to $5,000 by 2030, achieve economic diversification, expand the export base in manufacturing, oil and gas, build a knowledge-based economy and promote inclusion through job creation and liberation of the poor from poverty
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