2015 Elections: GEJs Achievements in brief since MAY 5th 2010 (not yet 5 years, let alone 6 as some claim) Education: Establishment of nine more federal universities and strengthening of existing ones through capacity building and human capital development through staff training. Youth Empowerment scheme: Aggressive Youth empowerment scheme titled youwin is taking many able bodied youths off the street as their entrepreneurial skills are sharpened with funds to grow. Electoral reforms: From near rule of the thumb, our electoral system now compete with what obtains in western world. This came about because of the sincerity of this administration to pursue a sincere reform of our electoral system to restore the sanctity of same. INEC was given free hand to operate and as such, was able to re-invent self to give our electoral system a clean slate of health such that we all yearn for our pvc today. Nigerian image abroad: Theres a renewed respect for Nigeria globally. Though a lot can be done in this respect, but this administration has erased the pariah status the nation hitherto had with rigorous pursuit of development oriented goals in the absence of economic or political sanction from anywhere. Stable fuel supply and price of food items during festive seasons: Funny as this sounds but we must realise that FOOD STUFF PRICES DIDN’T go up during the LAST Salah and CHRISTMASS celebration FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. Similarly, the annual festival of CHRISTMAS FUEL SCARCITY was not seen last Christmas too despite attempted sabotage. TRANSPORTATION (The Pillar of commerce and thus the economy) RAILWAYS ➕Trains are back and serving MILLION Nigerians after close to 30 years of dormancy! ➕A standard gauge rail link is nearing completion from Aladja (near Warri) to Ajaokuta to Abuja to Kaduna! This will reduce fatalities on our roads and reducing pollution occasioned by emissions from cars. ➕Abuja City metro-line project is nearing completion (1st Quarter 2015). This will put Nigeria on the map of VERY MORDERN CITIES IN THE WORLD, enhance transportation in the city and reduce hold-ups and go slows, positively helping the lives of millions of Nigerians AIRPORTS ➕ All Federal Airports remodeled or being remodeled (over 20nos) with enhanced capabilities, including new terminals. Recall the squalor that used to be these airports before 2010! ➕ Nigeria, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY attained Category 1 air safety certification UNDER GEJ ROADS ➕At least 25,000 kilometres of Federal roads were rehabilitated. ✔Lagos-Ibadan expressway rehabilitation at very advanced stage after nearly 2 decades in nightmarish conditions ✔Benin-Shagamu expressway being rehabilitated and at advanced stage after nearly 2 decades in nightmarish conditions ✔East-West expressway nearing completion through some of the most challenging terrain in the country at reasonable cost as opposed to some APC (eg Lagos) where a kilometer of road cost BILLIONS OF NAIRA! ✔Abuja-Lokoja road dualized and headed for Benin (after a decade languid inactivity by his predecessors). Very soon Nigerians will be able to travel by road from Warri to Benin to Lokoja to Abuja to Kaduna to Kano on expressways only! ✔ New bridge over River Benue, connecting Loko in Nassarawa State to Oweto in Benue State has reached an advanced state. This Massive project is the first to be handled in DECADES! ✔ Work on Second Niger Bridge project furiously ongoing by Julius Berger (more than 5 decades after the Niger Bridge was built!). GAS & POWER (The Pillar of Energy to Drive Growth of The Economy) GAS PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE & SUPPLY ➕ In the past 3 years, 450 Km of gas pipelines have been constructed (including a line that has reached Geregu in Nasarawa State, en route Kano) to bring gas to power plants and industries across the nation, to be ramped to 4,000 Km in the next 4 years. This against the backdrop that before the advent of GEJ only 500 Km of gas pipeline existed in the country after 50 years of independence! GE estimates that Nigeria requires a total of 10,000Km to fully meet her power requirements, which will require at least a decade of consistent and massive investments‼No one should deceive you that there are any quick magical fixes‼ ➕ Gas supply (for power and industry) has increased from less than 500 million standard cubic feet per day (SCUF per day), to 1.5 billion SCUF per day in just 4 years. The target is 4 billion SCUF in the next 4 years. POWER PLANT PROJECTS SINCE 2010 ➕ 118 power projects under construction across the country ➕ National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) ✔ Aba Power Station, 140 MW, Completed 2012 ✔ Alaoji Power Station, 1074 MW, Partially completed with 225 MW operational, full completion by 2015 ✔Calabar Power Station, 561 MW, completion 2014 ✔ Egbema Power Station, 338 MW, completion 2013 ✔ Geregu II Power Station, 434 MW, completion 2014 ✔ Ihovbor Power Station, 450 MW, completion 2013 ✔ Olorunsogo II Power Station, 675 MW, completion 2012 ✔Omoku II Power Station, 225 MW, completion 2013 ✔ Omotosho II Power Station, 450 MW, completion 2012 ✔ Sapele II Power Station, 450 MW, completion 2012 ✔ Zamfara Power Station (hydroelectric), 100 MW, completion 2012 ✏ Total added capacity: 4,448 MW (utilization hampered by inadequate gas supply arising from pipeline sabotage)‼Kindly note the word is ADDED! - On the 1st of November 2013, the unbundling of PHCN, with the sale power stations and distribution networks to the private sector (forming GENCOs & DISCOs, respectively) was completed. The Transmission Company, managed by Manitoba of Canada, remains under Government ownership, a strategic move to protect citizens. This will bring in the massive private sector investments required to drive power generating capacity growth. AGRICULTURE (The New Oil of Nigerias Economy) ➕ Government agricultural policies have reduced food import bills from USD 7 billion in 2009 to USD 4.35 billion in 2013, nearly halving food import bills by end of 2014. ➕ Paddy rice production has increased by an additional 7 million metric tons per year from 1999 till now, placing Nigeria on the path to being a net rice exporter in another 5 years. ➕ Government agricultural policies on rice production is such that has engendered private sector expansion of integrated rice mills from just 1 in 2011 to 18 in 2013. These modern mills treat and package rice to international standards. ➕ The Growth Enhancement Support (GES) system enabled about 4.2 million farmers to receive subsidized inputs (fertilizer & seeds) directly through an e-wallet system, eliminating the corruption associated with middlemen in a subsidy regime, and boosting farm production by 8.1 million metric tons per annum. For the first time in Nigeria we can tell you the names, addresses and phone numbers of each farmer who received subsidized inputs from the government, --Nigerias Agriculture Minister, Dr. Adesina--‼ ✏ The conditions of the e-wallet scheme stipulate that a farmer registered under the GES is expected to pay 50% of the cost of farm inputs while the Federal and State Governments pay 25% each. ✔ As a result of the above, Nigeria has met her Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1C, viz, Halve, between 1999 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. - at least two years ahead of schedule. Also as a result of the above, Nigerias Agriculture Minister, Adesina, emerges Forbes Africa Person of the Year!
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