In commendation and recognition of the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, the Director-General of the Change Ambassadors of Nigeria, CAN, Chris Nwaokobia, has released a list of 40 achievements of the President in the space of months since he assumed office.
The achievements as listed by the DG of CAN are:
- A frugal and prudent President as opposed to an era of profligacy.
- From a near pariah status to its rightful place in the comity of nations.
- Saved over 2 trillion through the Treasury Single Account TSA.
- Renewed effort at diversifying our sources of revenue.
- A reinvigorated war against corruption.
- Allowing the independence of the Legislature.
- Allowing the independence of the Judiciary.
- Encouraging local content in production.
- Encouraging pan-Nigerian interest in local goods and services.
- Protecting indigenous enterprise and businesses.
- Strengthening institutions of government.
- Introducing social securities and welfare as the linchpin of governmental engagement.
- Providing for the feeding of school children.
- Providing for the employment of additional 500,000 teachers in one year.
- Creating and funding a sub-regional force to curtail and defeat insurgency.
- Funding and equipping the Armed Forces for National security.
- Providing a window for the recruitment of additional 10,000 policemen/women.
- Inspiring patriotism through a pan-Nigerian engagement of functionaries of government.
- Increasing power wattage from less than 2,000 to over 5,000mega Watts.
- Regaining all Nigerian territories hitherto under Boko Haram control.
- Curbing corruption in the customs and increasing the revenue that accrues through the Customs Service.
- Recovering billions of dollars from treasury looters.
- Repositioning and restoring the productive capacities of our refineries.
- Suspending the drainpipe/scam called fuel subsidy.
- Purging the civil service and removing close to 24,000 ghost workers.
- Reworking our moral margins in governance.
- Introducing fiscal and financial discipline.
- Making accountability and transparency the only permissible minimum.
- Reaching bilateral agreement with foreign nations to facilitate the repatriation of looted funds.
- Attracting foreign/counterpart funding for the construction of ultra-modern rail travel network across Nigeria.
- Making financial provision for the 2nd Niger Bridge.
- Increasing duties that accrue on imported goods, with intent to inspire and re-engineer exportation.
- Bail out and support of states in paying salaries and workers’ emoluments.
- A renewed public/private sector partnership on agricultural development.
- Financial provision for the Bank of Industries to support and fund agricultural projects.
- A renewed effort at rehabilitating our national sporting facilities and stadiums.
- Commissioning a North East development and intervention body.
- Approving the cleansing of the Niger Delta space to mitigate the damage of oil spillage.
- The commitment of leadership to creating skill acquisition centres and support for SMEs in collaboration with the private sector.
- None interference with Court judgments regarding election matters, and advancing the independence of the electoral process across the nation.