Checkout The List Of 57 Achievements By President Buhari ’ s Administration
administration has released a list of 57
achievements they’ve made since resuming
office in 2015.
List was released by Bashir Ahmad, the
Personal Assistant to President Buhari on
New Media and the achievements range from
security & related matters, economy, anti-graft
war to the release of 106 Chibok girls from
the captivity of Islamic Sect Boko Haram,
recovery of stolen funds, eradication of polio
in Nigeria, and the take off of the 2nd Niger
Bridge.
See the full list below:
NIGERIA AT 57 — 57 ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE
BUHARI-LED ADMINISTRATION.
SECURITY & RELATED MATTERS
1. Release of 106 Chibok girls, as well as over
16,000 persons in Boko Haram captivity.
2. Tackling insurgency, decimation of Boko
Haram in the North East.
3. Recovering 14 local governments and
territories previously under Boko Haram
control in the North East, rebuilding lives of
citizens there; about one million displaced
persons in the NE have returned to their
communities in two years of this
administration.
4. Curbing the incidence of kidnap across the
country. (Arrest of kidnap kingpins and
dismantling of kidnap cells across the
country)
5. Restoring morale of the Nigerian military;
re-organizing and better equipping the
Nigerian Armed Forces.
6. Purchase of 12 Super-Tucano aircrafts
worth $600 million to aid the Nigerian
military’s current operations in the North East.
7. Ensuring continued peace in the Niger Delta
through consistent funding of the FG amnesty
programme for ex-militants.
8. Introduction of an improved mechanism for
distribution of aid to IDPs in the North East
through the establishment of the Special
Intervention Programme of the Federal
Government. (Door-to-door strategy)
ECONOMY
9. Implementing the National Economic
Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) to aid
economic recovery, taking the country out of
her worst recession in 29 years, despite fall in
oil prices.
10. N1.2 trillion expended on capital/
infrastructure projects nationwide, a milestone
in the nation’s history.
11. Effective implementation of the Treasury
Single Account, and increasing government
revenue by over N3 trillion as well as
entrenching transparency and accountability.
12. Implementation of the Bank Verification
Number (BVN), thus tackling corruption by
plugging loopholes for siphoning of public fund
and tracking of illicit funds through multiple
accounts
13. Ease of doing business: the Federal
Government signed into law two bills from the
National Assembly (Acts are the Secured
Transactions in Movable Assets Act, 2017
(otherwise known as Collateral Registry Act)
and the Credit Reporting Act, 2017) which has
facilitated access to more affordable credit
for Nigerians, fast tracked budget submissions
and promotes Made-in-Nigeria products.
14. Establishment of the Presidential Quarterly
Business Forum to enhance interaction and
private sector participation in the development
of the economy.
15. Institutionalizing E-governance setting the
foundation for the creation of a truly digital
economy.
16. Creation of opportunities for youths to
leverage innovation in technology through the
introduction of the Aso Villa Demo Day
(AVDD) through which over N700 million has
been disbursed to young entrepreneurs.
17. The revitalization of the Made-in-Nigeria
campaign. (Emphasis on consumption of local
products gain grounds)
18. Implementing reforms in the civil service
which has led to the elimination of over
30,000 ghost workers, thereby saving the
country billions of naira monthly.
19. Massive investments in agriculture, e.g,
Anchors Borrowers Programme to improve
local produce, improving fertiliser distribution
and access across states through the
Presidential Fertilizer Initiative.
20. Reduction in rice imports as a result of
government’s policies that has encouraged
massive rice production across Nigeria.
21. Improving transport infrastructure (rail and
road); construction work ongoing on the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, renovation of Abuja
International Airport runway, completion of
Abuja – Kaduna Railway among others.
22. Social Investment Programmes (SIP): N-
Power Volunteer Scheme creating jobs for
over 200,000 (and still counting) unemployed
graduates in all the 36 states and the FCT.
23. SIP: Ongoing Government Enterprise and
Empowerment (GEEP) Scheme; commenced
in November 2016 in collaboration with the
Bank of Industry, where soft loans ranging
from N10, 000 to N100, 000 have been given
to over 189,000 market women and traders
across different states.
24. SIP: Home Grown School Feeding
Programme, where almost three million
schoolchildren have been fed, while tens of
thousands of cooks have been engaged in
their respective states.
25. SIP: Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT)
scheme, under which about 25,000 less
privileged Nigerians so far are now being
funded with the monthly N5,000 stipend in 9
pilot States (Bauchi, Borno, Cross Rivers, Ekiti,
Kwara, Kogi, Niger, Osun and Oyo). More
beneficiaries are expected to be added in
more states.
26. The establishment of MSMEs Clinics, a
small Business support programme to support
entrepreneurs and small businesses in
different states.
27. Establishment of One-Stop-Shops to
support policies on Ease of Doing Business.
28. The take-off of the 2nd Niger Bridge.
29. Phasing out subsidy for petroleum
products, elimination of fuel scarcity and
queues in petrol stations.
30. Implementation of the FG Niger Delta new
vision, a comprehensive road map to improve
livelihood and social infrastructure.
31. Improved power generation nationwide
adding $500million to Nigeria’s sovereign
wealth fund and about $87million to its excess
crude account.
32. The creation of the N30billion Solid
Minerals Development Fund.
33. Encouraging the patronage of local
contents and increasing export in agriculture.
34. Signing of Executive Order 001 which is
the promotion of transparency and efficiency
in the business environment – to ensure that
public servants offer prompt service in a
predictable and transparent manner, and
sanction undue delays.
35. Signing of Executive Order 002 which is
on prompt submission of annual budgetary
estimates by all statutory and non-statutory
agencies of the Federal Government including
incorporated companies wholly owned by FG.
36. Bailout of cash crunch states; about N689
billion to 27 states of the federation to pay
salaries in 2015.
37. Complete refund of Paris loan deductions
to states (unprecedented).
38. Implementing the 2011 UNEP report for
the ongoing Ogoni clean-up process after
decades of oil spills and pollution.
39. Modification of the tax system so that it
is more efficient.
40. Reforms in the airports (reconstruction of
the Abuja airport runway and ongoing work at
the Lagos airport).
41. Reforms at the nation’s seaports (Issues
with cargo clearance at the ports addressed)
42. Improved duration (under 48 hours) for
visa approval especially for investors.
43. Resuscitation of the nation’s refineries
which are now working at 50 percent capacity
for the first time in over a decade.
44. Eleven of the dead 33 fertilizer plants
have been resuscitated while four others are
to be revived shortly and this has profound
impact on the ongoing revolution in the
agricultural sector.
45. For the first time in more than 45 years,
the Mambila Power Plant is set to take off
with the allocation of $5.6billion for its
realization and an expected 3,050 MW output
upon completion.
46. Increasing external reserves to a 13
month high of $33 billion from $29.13 billion
which has surpassed the ERGPs target of
$30.56 billion despite global low oil prices and
production challenges.
47. Cancellation of the Joint Venture cash
calls with oil multinational companies
operating in Nigeria (For the first time in the
history of the industry) which has led to
savings of billions of dollars lost to fictitious
contract payments.
48. Release of N2 billion take off grant for the
Maritime University as part of measures to
address agitations in the Niger Delta region.
49. The new development bank of Nigeria
(DBN) is finally taking off with initial funding
of $1.3billion (provided by the World Bank,
German Development Bank, African
Development Bank, Agence Francaise De
Development) to provide medium and long
term loans to MSMEs.
ANTI – GRAFT WAR
50. Improving Nigeria’s international image
and regional cooperation with neighbouring
countries in fighting insurgency.
51. Anti-corruption war: Prosecuting alleged
corrupt public officers and recovering billions
of naira of stolen public funds; the successful
establishment of the whistle-blower policy.
52. Signing of Executive Order 004 –
Voluntary Income Asset Declaration Scheme
(VAIDS). This aims to increase tax awareness
and compliance, and reduce incidence of tax
evasion.
53. Signing of agreements with a number of
nations to provide Automatic Exchange of
Information.
54. Signing of the Extradition Treaty between
Nigeria and United Arab Emirates (UAE)
toward strengthening Nigeria’s anti-corruption
campaign.
55. Establishment of PACAC – a think-tank
that has provided leadership, direction and
also built capacity of personnel in the fight
against corruption.
OTHERS
56. Eradication of polio disease in the
country.
57. The introduction of the One Primary
Health Centre per ward programme of the
Federal Government.
From all of us at Naijaloaded as we also
celebrate our 8th years anniversary today, we
say Happy Independence Day to Nigeria
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