In the meantime, PDP aspirant, Atiku, said his agenda is built around a well-developed strategy that will revamp Nigeria’s ailing economy and transform the polity.
He said to reform the private sector, his administration would move to liberalise and deregulate the economy in many sectors, provide efficient infrastructure to reduce production cost and provide protection to priority enterprises.
He assured that he will also put in place policies and measures to optimise the growth potentials of real sectors, including agriculture, manufacturing and MSMEs.
The five-point agenda is contained in a policy document released from the campaign office of the former vice president, and it details how the administration would, over the first five years, invest heavily in the needed infrastructure that would result in growth across several sectors.
Core among the infrastructure projects listed are; 25,000 MW of non-renewable energy (hydro, solar, nuclear) and other thermal fuels (coal, biofuel) in addition to natural gas; investing in oil refining infrastructure to double refining capacity to two million barrels per day by 2027; investing in the infrastructure of up to 5,000km of modern railway lines; invest to improve transmission capacity of 10,000 to 15,000MW over the short term with a target of 25,000MW over the long term.
“I am offering myself again to provide the desired leadership. I have a history of economic reform and political transformation. As a private businessman of many years, I have a deep understanding of our economy and its challenges,” he said.
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