President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday morning addressed Nigerians on some of the activities and achievements of his administration.
on Friday morning addressed Nigerians on some of the activities and achievements of his administration.
3 We are celebrating this year’s Democracy Day despite the COVID nineteen pandemic which afflicts our nation and the whole world. 7. In my 2019 democracy day address I promised to frontally address the nation’s daunting challenges, especially insecurity, economy and corruption. I therefore find it necessary to give an account of my stewardship on this day.
13. Agriculture remains the key to our economic diversification strategy. The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative programme continues to deliver significant quantities of affordable and high-quality fertilizers to our farmers. This initiative has also revived 31 blending plants and created a significant number of direct and indirect jobs across the value chain.
17. Our efforts on growing non-oil exports have started to yield some results. For instance, in the past year, our revenue from Cocoa and Sesame Seed increased by seventy nine point four million US dollars and one hundred and fifty three million US dollars. 20 This development is due to the Visa on Arrival policy, consistent promotion of initiatives that expand facilities available to Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, robust electronic registration and payment system, seamless processing of business registration and reduction of21 We are confident that on-going efforts would result in further improvement of this rating
25 The Power Sector remains very critical to meeting our industrial development aspirations and we are tackling the challenges that still exist in the delivery of power through different strategies 29. Through the SUKUK-Funded Road Projects, a total of four hundred and twelve kilometers of the targeted six hundred and forty three kilometers road projects have been completed, representing 64%.31. On the 2nd Niger Bridge, piling work has been completed and the approach roads are being constructed. 48% of work on this bridge has been achieved.
35. The Central Ajaokuta – Itakpe Warri Line has been completed and is being extended from itakpe to Abuja on one end and from Wari Town to Warri Port on the other. 39. Airport Terminals in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Pot Harcourt are being expanded, while the rehabilitation of the Enugu Airport is almost completed. All our airports are being raised to international standards with the provision of necessary equipment, especially navigational aids, to guarantee world class safety standards.
43. The Head office of the Niger Delta Development Commission will be commissioned shortly. The Funding of sections I-IV of the East-West Road shall be pursued with a view to completing the project by the end of 2021. 47. Nigeria remains committed to expanding access to quality education to enhance the productivity of its citizens and would continue to pursue the enforcement of free and compulsory basic education for the first 9 years of schooling.
51. To enable sustainable access to safe and sufficient water to meet the social, cultural, environmental and economic development needs of all Nigerians we continue to expand our water supply, irrigation and dam facilities. 55. In the area of security, we remain unshaken in our resolve to protect our national infrastructure including on-shore and off-shore oil installations, secure our territorial waters and end piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
58. The total collapse of the economies of these areas, which constituted a threat to our food security, has also been reversed with the gradual recovery of farming and other economic activities. 62. Amongst others, Government has expanded the National Command and Control Centre to nineteen states of the federation resuscitated the National Public Security Communication System and commenced the implementation of the Community Policing Strategy.
66. Our Social Investment Programme has continued to be a model to other nations and has engaged five hundred and forty nine thousand five hundred N-Power beneficiaries, four hundred and eight thousand ,six hundred and eighty two beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme and two million, two hundred and thirty eight thousand, three hundred and thirty four beneficiaries of the Growth Enhancement and Empowerment Programme. This is being done in collaboration with the States.
70. There is no doubt that this pandemic has affected the global economy and all known socio-economic systems. It has also brought grief and pain to families that have lost their loved ones. Like many Nigerians I feel the grief and pain not only as your President but also as someone who has lost a close member of my staff and some relatives and friends.
74 The impact of the pandemic has disrupted our economic systemand to ensure its functioning while still addressing the spread, the Federal Government put in place a number of various non pharmaceutical measures to slow down the spread of the virus, in addition to a progressive re-opening of the economy.
78. I am confident that the steps being taken by the PTF would result in flattening the COVID nineteen curves. I, therefore, implore all Nigerians to abide by the approved guidelines and protocols. There is hope for us all if we take individual and collective responsibility. 82. Anti-Corruption Agencies have secured more than one thousand four hundred convictions and also recovered funds in excess of eight hundred billion Naira. These monies are being ploughed into development and infrastructure projects.
86. Our youth population remains a source of strength in achieving development objectives. In this regard, we would continue to concentrate in developing their skills, providing them with opportunities to express their entrepreneurial, research and industrial capacities as well as ample opportunity to take leadership positions in the service of the nation.
90. I salute your courage, enterprise and resilience as well as your contributions to national development. I wish to assure all our women of this administration’s determination to fight Gender Based Violence through the instrumentality of the law and awareness creation. I am particularly upset at recent incidents of rape especially of very young girls. The Police are pursuing these cases with a view to bringing girls perpetrators of these heinous crimes to swift justice.
94. Government has initiated a number of policies and programmes designed to promote the legal rights of Nigerians, facilitate the institutionalization of a responsive legal system, provide support to all constituted bodies in implementing their mandates and improve our custodial system of justice.
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