2023: Tinubu releases 10-point manifestos

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Friday released a policy document containing his promises to Nigerians if elected in the February 25 presidential election.

The 80-page manifestos containing his contractual obligations to Nigerians was unveiled by president Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa, Abuja.

The 80-page document, containing multi-sectoral policy options, was tagged “Renewed Hope 2023 – Action Plan for a Better Nigeria.”

The event also marked the inauguration and official kickoff of the APC presidential campaign for 2023 elections.

Top on Tinubu’s priority lists of action plans was national security, economy, agriculture, power, oil and gas, transportation and education.

In the manifesto, the APC presidential flagbearer said his objective is to foster a new society based on shared prosperity, tolerance, compassion, and the unwavering commitment to treating each citizen with equal respect and due regard.

The former Lagos State governor also promised to reform the Nigerian Police Force for efficiency if elected as president in 2023, adding that he would withdraw police escorts from VIPs.

Tinubu stressed that he would free police officers from being security or orderlies for Very Important Personalities.

He added that police personnel on such duties would be replaced by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps officers.

Still on police reform, Tinubu said, “We shall boost the public confidence in the Nigeria Police Force and other internal security agencies by increasing recruitment and providing high-tech, non-lethal equipment with corresponding manpower development schemes.

“Police reform will be focused on positioning the institution to better deliver on its primary duties of community policing and maintaining law and order through crime fighting and prevention.

“Police personnel will be freed from extraneous duties such as VIP security and guard duties. VIP Security and provision of security for government buildings, installations and other critical assets will be transferred to The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. The NSCDC shall be evaluated and reformed to be better integrated with our internal security apparatus.”

Here are 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.