President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign promises
Infrastructural developmentTo revive the rail system in the country
To complete Lagos to Jebba rail project
To intervene and revitalize the moribund Nigeria Machine Tools and other infrastructure owned by the federal government.
Government has budgeted N50b for job development and infrastructure
To modernize the ports
To complete the second River Niger bridge before the expiration of the tenure
To make the Minister of Works to immediately start repairs of the road leading to Murtala Mohammed International Airport
To transform all major routes in Damaturu to federal roads
To assist in resuscitating all the collapsed industries in Kano state
To work towards making Akanu Ibiam airport in Enugu an international airport
To seek alternative funding means to repair the Benin-Ore road.
To
set up a committee to review Federal government landed properties in
Lagos, hand over those that should and retain those that should be in
possession of the Federal Government.
To give Sokoto-Kotangora road unfettered attention
Power
To deliver stable, constant supply of electricity
To provide stable power supply by the year 2015 so that small and medium scale industries can thrive again.
To ensure that Nigerians do not use generators more than two times in a week
To explore the coal deposits in Benue and Kogi states for improved power supply
To construct more dams to build more hydro-power stations.
To reduce the importation of generators at least 90 percent in the next four years.
To raise power generation to about 4,747 megawatts by December 2011
To put an end to epileptic power supply in the country just as fuel queues at petrol stations were ended
Economy To work with the private sector and all the relevant agencies to stimulate industrial growth”
To introduce 5-year term budgeting
To diversify the economy
To strive to revive the Ajaokuta Steel complex and Itakpe Iron ore company
To
address the issues of unemployment through diversification of the
nation’s economy to that of sustainable agricultural development across
the 36 states of federation
To reduce production cost by inviting
manufacturers of high demand commodities in the country to set up
production factories in the country
To get industries in Lagos up and running, also bring industries to the Niger Delta
To in the next 2 years create 1.5 million jobs
To transform the economy within four years
To
constitute a special committee drawing experts from the MAN, NACCIMA
and related bodies as well as key government officials to deliberate
regularly on policies that will improve the nation’s economy; committee
to be coordinated by the chief economic adviser to the President.
To review importation rules and regulations to encourage local manufacturers
To create wealth through the transformation of the economy by intervening in several areas
To
revitalise all the Federal government properties that have been
abandoned in Lagos State, through privatisation in conjunction with the
state government.
To have a deliberate policy to create jobs by funding SMEs
To
create an enabling environment for the transformation of the country
through the creation of job opportunities for youth and empowerment of
the women
To deliver Nigeria from poverty, promote agriculture,
create employment, create wealth, work on irrigation farming to provide
food
Energy & GasTo facilitate the Petroleum Industry Law with emphasis on local content such that jobs are created for Nigerians.
To construct 2 world scale petrochemical plants, 2 fertilizer plants and 2 fertilizer blending plants.
To
make investment under the gas-driven economic roadmap result in foreign
direct investment of about $10 billion over the next three years.
To establish petrochemical plant around Koko Free Trade Zone in Delta State
To build a $3 billion central gas processing facility by 2012 to be sited in Obiaruku Delta State.
To attract $25 billion worth of investment into developing the country’s gas infrastructure
To
in four years, make Nigeria go beyond producing and exporting crude oil
to exporting refined petroleum products because Nigeria has no reason
to keep importing kerosene
To create 600,000 new jobs in the gas industry
To boost gas supply from 1.0 billion cubic feet per day to 10 billion cubic feet by the year 2020.
To invest in petrol chemicals, mining, research and development
Security To make anyone caught breaching the public peace to face the full wrath of the law.
To make sure that no part of the country is allowed to be a sanctuary for criminals anymore be they armed robbers or kidnappers
To make a complete transformation of national security architecture
To confront headlong ethno-religious violence in the country
To ensure there is no sacred cow in the fight against corruption; all crimes will be investigated as security is key.
Not to interfere with corruption cases
To strengthen EFCC and ICPC to fight crime
To eradicate kidnappings impeding entrepreneurship in Eastern Zone
To pursue all bombers and terrorists
To adopt modern method to tackle the problem of political violence
Agriculture To boost agriculture through irrigation and maximizing vast mineral resources in the country
To
revive the marketing boards to ensure that farmers are no longer
cheated on the sales of their farm products and produce while more silos
would be built to help farmers preserve their products
To provide farmers with information on agricultural production and move towards mechanized agriculture.
To make each state to specialize in two crops; cash and local crop
Has earmarked some money to revitalize ailing industries and give loans to framers
To emback on irrigation project to boost production; to start two projects in Kwara State
To boost farming activities by providing power and water
Education To establish at least one Federal University in each state of the federation by the end of 2012
To improve on hostel facilities across the nation
To revamp Almajiri system of education
To work towards improving the education sector as a prelude to transforming economy and as means of empowering the people
To improve on teaching and learning environment while the new universities are structured
To make every Nigerian of school age to have access to education
Women To give 35% of political appointments at both ministerial and ambassadorial levels to women
Water ResourcesTo re-build Ilesa water scheme
To complete Ife/Ijesa dam
To provide sufficient water to the people of Taraba;
the
design work for Mambilla dam has been completed To make dam
resuscitation to result in Agric boom, reduce poverty in Taraba state
Mineral ResourcesTo ensure that Hydro carbon deposits in some parts of the North are fully exploited
To revamp mining activities in Jos, Plateau State
To make solid mineral key revenue source in Nigeria
National QuestionTo not discriminate based on ethnicity or religion
To run an all inclusive government without discrimination
To conduct a free and fair election
To run an open government
To stand for national unity and wealth creation
To make Nigeria a single indivisible entity and bring development to every part of the country
To compensate communities affected by dam construction in Niger state
To fight corruption regardless of the position of the person involved”
To commit to politics without bitterness.
To
build a new economy that is strong and dynamic and underpinned by a
patriotic work ethic’; to run a government that is committed to
fairness, equity and justice for all.
ReformsTo reform and ensure that the Customs conform to global practices
To
facilitate a bill to National Assembly to give constitutional backing
to traditional rulers as custodians of the traditions and customs of the
people
To make the new tax policy to address the multiple taxation and related issues and make it become a thing of the past
To
lead by example; strengthen the anti-graft agencies, not interfere and
give free hand on all matters of investigation against any government
official.
To build a new economy that is strong and dynamic and underpinned by a patriotic work ethic’.
To continue to run a government that is committed to fairness, equity and justice for all.
Niger DeltaTo put in place a four-year development plan for the Niger Delta region
that will create coastal roads, railways and mechanised agriculture and
look for ways of exporting our produce; set up committees on their
execution.
To work together with the Cross River State Government to make
sure Tinapa is vibrant and productive.
To ensure that the National Boundary Development Agencies are
funded to tackle the challenges that arose out of the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroun
To bring investors to establish petrochemical industries in Niger Delta
So,above are the promises of GEJ to Nigerians during his campaign. I would like to say whatever I say here is not because I have some interests in some other politicians, I do not even like politicians at all,I see no difference in their ways of acting and thinking but I must confess that GEJ has disappointed we Nigerians by not fulfilling any of his promises,its one year already. He never mentioned he will remove fuel subsidy.
Good leaders respect their people...Is this what politics has become in this country that our leaders do not bother to work towards fulfilling those promises???Should we now start to expect everything our politicians say are lies???
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Politicians are a group of men who do not have the interests of the people
and are one long step far from being called honest men.
