10 Areas in Which I Expect Major Policy Announcements During President Buhari’s Xmas Day Address To Nigerians
- How his government plans to combat the rising spate of insecurity across the country
- How this administration intends to reduce the ratio of government revenue that accrues from crude oil exports to 20% from the current 90% through an economic diversification programme
- How his administration plans to add value to every single agricultural good we produce before exporting it
- How the government will boost generated electricity from the current 7,000MW to at least 50,000MW, with an accompanying plan to transmit and distribute this power
- How his administration will end the Apapa gridlock by dredging five more Atlantic seaports
- How his government intends to boost Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) from the current $375bn to $1trn within the next three years
- How the government will end the subsidising of religious pilgrimages and invest that money in healthcare instead. Covid-19 has exposed how under-funded the sector is
- How the government will link every single one of our 774 local government areas into one unified railway network
- How the government will create at least 10m jobs in the clean energy sector by supporting solar farms, offshore wind farms and the manufacturing of equipment in the sector
- How the government intends to increase the national literacy rate from the current 60% to about 90% within the next 10 years
Written by:
Ayo Akinfe, born in Salford, Manchester, is a London-based journalist who has worked as a magazine and newspaper editor for the last 20 years. Ayo attended Federal Government College Kaduna and obtained his first degree in history from the University of Ibadan.
