The Next Level: 'My second term plans' - President Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari yesterday launched his re election campaign with the
presentation of his achievements, and his plans, if reelected.
On job creation, the campaign with the theme, “The Next Level: Working
for the Greatest Number”, announced plans to engage one million N-Power
graduates and “skill up” 10 million Nigerians under a voucher system in
partnership with the private sector.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer plans to expand the
school feeding programme from 9.3 million to 15 million children to
create 300,000 extra jobs for vendors and farmers.
In infrastructure upgrade, it intends to complete the Ibadan/Kano phase
of the Lagos/Kano rail link; the Port Harcourt/Maiduguri line, the
Itakpa/Warri link to Abuja, through Lokoja; the Second Niger Bridge; and
the East West Road connecting Warri, Delta State, to Oron, Akwa Ibom
State, through Kaiama and Port Harcourt in Bayelsa and Rivers State
respectively. President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, his
running mate, also indicated the plan will establish a “Peoples Moni
Bank” to institutionalize the giving out of soft loans of up to N1
million to small traders, artisans and commercial drivers, including
taxi drivers, Keke and motorcycle riders.
The team intends to consolidate on its Trader Moni, Market Moni and
Farmer Moni schemes by increasing the number of beneficiaries from 2.3
million to 10 million.
The Buhari/Osinbajo team also wants to create more room for inclusion in
government, by achieving 35 per cent in female appointments, give more
access to youth appointment in boards and agencies, as well as introduce
special mentoring programme in governance, with young graduates working
with ministers and other senior government appointees.
In education, it states: “Every child counts is our roadmap to make our
primary and secondary school students digitally literate with emphasis
on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STREAM).
“We will reinterpret the curriculum, by imparting functional skills such
as coding, robotics, animation, design thinking, collaboration,
critical thinking and project management. We will also emphasise civic
education.
“All teachers in public primary and secondary schools will be retrained
in their primary areas of teaching, as well as to deliver digital
literacy.”
The team also added that at the next level, 10,000 schools per year will
be remodeled and equipped, transforming classrooms to labs, workshops
and collaboration centres.
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