President Muhammadu Buhari has officially begun campaigning ahead of next year’s general elections
He spoke at at the launch of the Campaign Manual/Next Level Document at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja held on Sunday
He said: “I’m not unmindful that the National Assembly and the Presidential campaign starts today, I will employ candidates to go about the campaigns peacefully and decently.
“We have no other country, let us not set it ablaze because of politics,”
Buhari mused that Nigerians had the opportunity to continue on the path to a new Nigeria
“We are committed to deepening the work we started this first term such that the nation’s assets and resources continue to be organised and utilised to do good for the majority of our people.
“Our choices will shape us – our economic security and our future prosperity.
Buhari also rolled out his plans for the next four years if he is elected as President of the nation, stating that he would ensure job creation and that his government will create six Industrial Parks and 109 Special Production and Processing Centres (SPPCs) across each senatorial district.
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He also said that his major plan was to move Nigeria away from a mono economy
“The march away from a mono-economy must continue with our focus on an industrialisation plan coming to fore.
“With specific plans underway to exploit the comparative advantage of the geo-political zones and different states by developing 6 Industrial Parks and 109 Special Production and Processing Centres (SPPCs) across each senatorial district, our incremental move away from oil dependence is assured.
“In addition, our development of the Special Economic Zones will quickly concretise our Made in Nigeria for Export (MINE) plan,’’ Buhari added.
He added: “We believe that our people who are still in poverty have a direct way out and up through our expanded National Social Investments Programme.
“We believe we can implement the painstaking and comprehensive work we have done to bring an end to the perennial conflict between farmers and herders- a conflict which is heightened by a struggle for land, water and pasture and the effects of climate change and every now and then, opportunistic and cynical manipulation by political actors.
“We are implementing a blend of measures that ensures that justice, order, modernisation and new economic paradigms emerge.’’