By Ismaila Chafe
The Presidency has listed the achievements of the Buhari administration in the last five years, saying where the lofty goals are yet to be attained.
It is work in progress, and eyes are firmly fixed on the ball, no distraction.
A fact-sheet released by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Thursday, maintained that the government swept into office on the wings of Change, and that change has been wrought in nearly all phases of national life.
According to the presidential aide, the three umbrella areas on which government based its interventionist agenda are: security, reviving the economy (with particular emphasis on job creation, especially for youths), and fighting corruption.
In these three areas, where we are today cannot be compared with where we used to be.
By May 2015, insecurity had badly fractured the fabric of the nation. No one could wager that the country would survive the next month, not to talk of another year.
Bombs went off like firecrackers, insurgents ran riot round the country, other forms of crime and criminality held sway. Life was nasty, brutish and short, he added.
Adesina also narrated how over five years, the battle had been taken to insurgents and criminals across the country, saying they are being extinguished by the day, and very close to complete extirpation.
He said: The economy, long dependent on a mono product petroleum, is being retooled, refocused, with diversification as a task that must be accomplished.
Agriculture has been given a fillip, manufacturing has got a shot in the arm, and solid minerals are contributing a large chunk to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
According to Adesina, the country is very close to food security, with rice, beans, maize, millet, and all sorts of grain no longer imported, adding that we now eat what we grow.
On the war against corruption, the presidential aide said: No quarter is asked, and none is given. Commit the crime, do the term. No retreat, no surrender.
Adesina further maintained that: Facts speak for themselves. And that is what we present at this auspicious season of the fifth anniversary of the Buhari administration.
Facts are stubborn things, no matter how anybody tries to deny, distort or deride them.
Attached below is the five-year Fact Sheet of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
: The Administration has launched a series of funding and capacity development initiatives designed to support MSMEs:
The new Visa Policy incorporates the following reforms:
President Buhari in 2019 assented to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Bill, the first legislation in Nigerias history focused on curbing anti-competition practices; and the establishment of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
Between 2017 and now, Nigeria has issued its first ever:
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The Federal Government has disbursed more than 170 billion Naira in UBE Matching Grants to States and the FCT since 2015, 8 billion Naira in Special Education Grant to States and private providers of Special Education, and 34 billion Naira from the Teachers Professional Development Fund to States and the FCT.
Approval for the establishment of the following:
Transfer of Almajiri Schools built by the previous administration to State Governments and credible Scholars of Islamic Education, for efficient administration and impact.
The Buhari administrations New Vision for the Niger Delta brings together a robust set of promises, solutions, targets and initiatives aimed at ensuring that the people of the Niger Delta benefit maximally from the regions oil wealth.
The New Vision offers a detailed response to the 16-point Demand Agenda submitted to President Buhari by the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) in November 2016.
Tangible results of the New Vision so far include:
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The Buhari Administration is addressing the issue of poor levels of remittance of operating surpluses by MDAs. From remitting only N51 million between 2010 and 2016, JAMB has gone on to remit more than 20 billion Naira to the Federal Government since 2017.
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In spite of great opposition, the Buhari Administration has expanded IPPIS coverage to the Armed Forces, as well as Federal Universities and other academic institutions.
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Re-establishment of Nigerias position and influence in the regional and global arena. Fragile/broken relations with the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, and with neighbouring countries (Chad, Niger, Cameroon) have been revived and strengthened since June 2015.
Nigerias prominent participation in the London Anti-Corruption Summit and the Commonwealth Conference on Tackling Corruption, in May, 2016 in London.
Major outcomes/results/manifestations of Nigerias renewed visibility and respect on the International Stage:
The SA-Nigeria Bi-National Commission was in 2019 elevated from Vice Presidential to Presidential Level, as a symbol of a renewed commitment to cooperation between Africas two largest economies.
In Nigeria, we are taking a two-step approach. First, to protect the lives of our fellow Nigerians and residents living here and second, to preserve the livelihoods of workers and business owners to ensure their families get through this very difficult time in dignity and with hope and peace of mind. President Buhari
President Buhari has also approved the following:
Source: NAN News