My Pledges To You: The RMK2023 Blueprint

Streamline the Service Wide Vote for priority and transparency

“Service Wide Vote (SWV) will be streamlined to ensure priority, prudence, and transparency”

Introduce a single all-in company income tax rate of 25%

“An all in all CIT tax rate of 25% will be introduced.”

Move collection of oil and gas royalties to FIRS

“However we shall move the collection of oil and gas royalties to FIRS in the short-term because it does not require redeployment of large number of staff and major organisational change.”

Encourage the CBN to target single-digit inflation

“CBN will be encouraged to opt for inflation targeting, that is single digit inflation and then manage the monetary policy rate (tighten or loosen) to achieve this.”

Adopt accrual basis accounting for all government operations from May 2023

“Come May 2023, there shall be a wholesale adoption of Accrual Basis of Accounting in the accounting and financial reporting of ALL government’s fiscal and monetary operations.”

Develop industrial parks in all 109 senatorial districts

“the Federal Government shall acquire and develop state- of-the-art industrial parks in all the 109 Senatorial districts of the country;”

Guarantee a two-year moratorium on tax and rents for park allottees

“A two-year break even moratorium on tax, warehouse rent, ground rent will also be guaranteed by government;”

Review Ajaokuta Steel Complex agreements within the first year

“Review all MoUs, Agreements and Contracts associated with the Ajaokuta Steel Complex within the first one year of the new administration with a view to ensuring the full commencement of its utilization to drive a speedy industrial growth.”

Employ 1.5 million Nigerians yearly through dam-related activities

“Aggressive empowerment and employment generation shall be achieved from the use of Dams for irrigation, fisheries and hydro-electric power generation. It is estimated that 1.5 million Nigerians shall be empowered and employed yearly from the use of these facilities.”

Create over two million jobs in security agencies

“Over two million job opportunities will be created in the Armed Forces, Police, and other security agencies;”

Provide housing-sector opportunities to one million youth annually

“Our mass housing plan will provide opportunities to more than one million Nigerian youth annually;”

Create over two million agricultural opportunities annually for youth

“Our Agricultural mechanization agenda will create over 2 million opportunities annually to place our youth in gainful and productive engagement across the agriculture value chain;”

Provide over three million infrastructure jobs in transport and power

“Our proposed revolution in critical infrastructure provisioning will provide over three million regular opportunities in the transportation sector and the power sector;”

Recruit hundreds of thousands of teachers annually

“Our education reforms, especially expanding access and the mopping up of over 20 million out-of-school children will entail the recruitment of hundreds of thousands of teachers and other associated staff in our education system annually;”

Overhaul and decentralise the National Directorate of Employment

“Our Administration shall overhaul the National Directorate of Employment to better discharge its mandate. Its operations shall be decentralized with the primary objective of undertaking innovations that create employment.”

Abolish fees for public employment application forms

“Sales of forms for the purposes of employment will be stopped forthwith. Application forms for employment into any public position shall be free.”

Engage Shell to begin developing the Bonga Southwest field

“We will engage Shell to commence the development of Bonga Southwest (BSW) which was meant to have commenced since 2014 but kept being pushed back due to disputes with NNPC and later due to the imminent expiry of the PSC agreement. The BSW if developed will add at least 150,000 barrels per day to total production;”

Implement the Petroleum Industry Act speedily and comprehensively

“We will ensure speedy and comprehensive implementation of the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA;”

Raise oil production to OPEC threshold of 2.2 million bpd

“We will sustainably improve production to OPEC threshold of 2.2 million barrels per day as against the current rate of 0.9 - 1.6 million barrels per day, which is a far cry from our OPEC quota;”

Reform the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme

“Reform the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme to restore the trust and credibility that is required in it, so as to drive confidence of ALL stakeholders;”

Unbundle NNPC with regulatory instruments for accountability

“Ensure prompt unbundling of NNPC by securing all due regulatory Instruments to ensure accountability, efficiency, transparency, and full disclosure;”

Review the three subsidy regimes on gas, power and petroleum

“Confront and review the 3 subsidy overhangs; on Gas Price, Power Tariff and Petroleum Products;”

Attract $15bn-$20bn private and institutional investment into energy

“Implement funding strategy that will inject $15bn - $20bn private and institutional investments into the energy Sector (not Government)”

Raise electricity capacity to 15,000-20,000MW by 2027

“In the Short and medium term, the goal is to generate, transmit and distribute 20,000MW of electricity by 2023 – 27. Specifically, the overall target for our administration is to increase electricity generation, transmission and distribution from less than 6,000MW capacity currently to 15,000MW- 20,000MW by 2027.”

Enrol the 20 million out-of-school children within four years

“Mop up the 20 million out-of-school children in Nigeria in the next four years;”

Provide one daily meal per child in basic schools

“Provide one meal per day per child in all basic schools through the innovative involvement of Community Participation and Reorientation Committees across the country;”

Establish a Federal Ministry of Higher Education

“Establish Federal Ministry of Higher education and Human Capital Development;”

Refocus UBEC on classroom infrastructure for out-of-school children

“In the same vein, the operations of UBEC shall be streamlined to focus on supporting states and local governments with intervention in physical infrastructure to accommodate the over 20 million out-of-school children that would be mopped from the streets.”

Launch a Half a Million Classroom Initiative

“The RMK Half a Million Classroom Initiative will be launched in the first few weeks in office. This will translate into 40 blocks of classrooms per local government per annum for the first four years;”

Review the Universal Basic Education Act with gender equity focus

“We will review provisions of the Universal Basic Education Act with emphasis on gender equity in primary, secondary school enrolment whilst improving the quality and substance of our schools, through outcome based education, that address the individual, family, and societal roles in education; and the associative skills and competencies that go with these responsibilities.”

Enforce nine years of compulsory basic education

“Commit to the eventual eradication of illiteracy by guaranteeing and enforcing nine (9) years of compulsory basic education to every Nigerian child, as the minimum level of formal education;”

Extend JAMB result validity to four years

“JAMB results under the RMK government will have a lifespan of four years and TEIs will be required to accept these results for the purposes of admission;”

Establish drug-abuse reformatories in each geopolitical zone

“We shall establish reformatories/sanatoria in each geopolitical zone to mitigate against the effects of drug abuse/addiction.”

Treat health as a key priority in first four years

“Our administration shall identify health as a key priority in the first four years.”

Strengthen the National Centre for Disease Control

“Strengthen the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with view to empowering it to identify and eliminate the spread of infectious/contagious diseases in the country;”

Cover every Nigerian child under the NHIS from 2023

“It shall be the priority of Government, come 2023, to ensure that every Nigerian child is covered under the NHIS. Adequate healthcare shall be made compulsory for every Nigerian child;”

Commit to annual targets on key health indicators

“At the onset of every year, the Government shall commit to pre-stated expected level of achievements in areas such as targets to reduce drug abuse, maternal and child mortality, combat of HIV and AIDS, and reduction in the burden of disease from Tuberculosis.”

Subject the National Health Insurance Scheme to comprehensive reform

“Against the current loss of confidence by Nigerians in the NHIS, our administration shall subject the NHIS to a comprehensive reforms;”

Pursue a stable national drug policy against fake drugs

“Our administration shall pursue a stable national drug policy that is comparable to best practices across the globe. Priority shall be given to a war against fake drugs, illicit drugs, and counterfeit drugs etc.”

Introduce Health Agents to survey and catalogue disease prevalence

“We shall introduce the concept of Health Agents who shall undertake surveys and catalogue diseases according to their rate of prevalence across the entire Nigerian nation.”

Expand the Nigerian Armed Forces to about one million personnel

“The size of the Nigerian Armed Forces will be built to about One million active service men and women.”

Address security challenges within the first twelve months in office

“And we have very feasible and practical answers to address the security challenges within the first 12 months of our administration as well as unifying our country and catalyzing our journey to nationhood.”

Expand the Nigeria Police to about one million officers

“The size of the Nigerian Police will also be built to about One million active service men and women. This will bring the police to citizen ratio to 1:220 (much better than the UN recommended minimum of 1:450).”

Introduce separate inspectorate departments for the Armed Forces and Police

“Separate Inspectorate Departments shall be introduced for the Armed Forces and the Police to supervise all units and commands.”

Introduce military border, forest and coastal guards at access points

“Similarly professional military border guards, forest guards and coastal guards will be introduced to secure all access points into our country with a view to countering illegal immigration, drugs trafficking, arms smuggling, and cross- border crimes;”

Add optional one-year military training after the NYSC service year

“The one year mandatory National Service will be modified to include an optional additional one year military training for all interested graduates after their service year;”

Act on prison congestion within the first six months

“A vigorous action shall be taken by the RMK Administration to combat the perennial problem of prison congestion within the first six months:”

Implement a Living Wage Policy for Prisoners to fund rehabilitation

“The Living Wage Policy for Prisoners (LWPP), shall be implemented by the RMK Administration to provide a rehabilitation capital for inmates upon discharge.”

Strengthen and simplify the Federal Mortgage Bank

“We shall strengthen and encourage the Federal Mortgage Bank and simplify its operations and procedures so as to remove bottlenecks and liberalize access to mortgages and other housing facilities.”

Target 25 million airport passengers per year

“Our Administration shall target a minimum passenger traffic in the nation’s airport of 25 million persons per annum from the current 15.2 million persons in 2021;”

Catalyse establishment of a national airline carrier

“RMK will genuinely catalyse the process of establishing a national carrier and make Nigeria a transportation hub in Sub-Saharan Africa.”

Pursue a mass housing programme in all states and FCT

“RMK shall review existing mass housing projects and pursue a more credible mass housing programme to be executed in all States of the federation, and the FCT. All Primary Mortgage Institutions in the country shall be required to support the mass housing programme.”

Review National Housing Policy and strengthen Federal Housing Authority

“Review the National Housing Policy and strengthen the Federal Housing Authority to be able to carry out its mandate as against the current practice where the mother ministry has taken over its responsibilities”

Dredge the River Niger to Baro and build river ports

“Dredge the River Niger up to Baro and establish river ports at Onisha /Asaba, Idah, Lokoja and Baro to enable the river receive light vessels of about 2.4 draft.”

Reduce Lagos port clearance time to under 72 hours

“The main objective of this study will be to reduce multiple agencies in the ports and provide technology and rail line to warehouses or open spaces outside Lagos metropolis. The intention is to reduce clearance time to less than 72hrs after the berthing of the ship.”

Reactivate the ship building and acquisition fund

“Reactivate the ship building and acquisition fund to encourage business shipping industry players, acquire light vessel ships for operation in West, Central, North, South African sub-regions.”

Invest in farming technology, training and extension work

“We pledge to revolutionize the farming practices by investing in technology, training and extension work with the objective of attaining national food security as well as capturing substantial market share of food in the African continent.”

Introduce a national food security campaign on local production

“We shall therefore pay special attention to agriculture and introduce, as a mantra for our food security objective, a National Campaign to be christened: Eat What You Till, Use What You Produce.”

Convert insecure forested areas into integrated farms and orchards

“Forested areas that have become safe haven for insurgents, terrorists and kidnappers will be dominated, secured, and converted into integrated farms and orchards;”

Establish a commodity board to protect harvest-time produce prices

“In order to support and protect farmers, a commodity board shall be put in place with the sole intention of protecting the value of farm produce during harvest time.”

Introduce Modular Postharvest Processing System to cut postharvest losses

“Introducing of MPPS – Modular Postharvest Processing System, to reduce or eradicate postharvest losses and increase small holder farmer’s income at geo-cluster level;”

Restructure the Bank of Agriculture on a semi-commercial basis

“The Bank of Agriculture shall be restructured to operate on semi-commercial basis to provide affordable facilities and small grants to farmers and cooperative groups;”

Reintroduce farm extension workers in all farming communities

“We will, in collaboration with state governments, reintroduce the services of farm extension workers in all the farming communities in Nigeria.”

Establish farmers radio stations across the country

“Farmers radio stations will be establish across the country;”

Develop a centralised citizens' database across agencies

“Develop a centralized citizens’ database for the utilization across agencies and ministries.”

Deploy satellite technology for farmers' weather and market information

“Satellite technology will be put in place to aid Nigerian farmers for prediction of weather and marketing information for products, both locally and internationally;”

Review telecommunications policies and agreements

“We shall review all existing policies and agreements on telecommunication in Nigeria to ensure the protection of the sovereignty and security of Nigeria as well as extracting and implementing programmes and projects that will grow the sector.”

Promote a national telecoms carrier for backbone transmission

“We will promote a national carrier that would provide backbone transmission infrastructure from which operators can subscribe for both national and international services provision.”

Enhance bandwidth of the national communication system

“RMK shall strive to enhance the bandwidth of the Nigerian communication system - improving the transmission capacity will provide faster speed of service.”

Pursue domestic production of telecom hardware and software

“Domestic production of telecommunications hardware and software is desirable for national development. Our administration shall strive to achieve this through our industrialization revolution.”

Fast-track digital broadcasting switchover from analogue

“The environment for information dissemination shall be liberalized and digitized. The conversion from the analogue transmission shall be fast-tracked and all impediment removed.”

Link research work to economic and societal needs

“In promoting research and development, our administration shall Establish strong links between the researchers’ work and the requirements of the economy, the educational system and the society as a whole”

Set up participation committees in all 8,809 political wards

“We shall put in place, at all the 8,809 political wards of the country, Community Participation and Reorientation Committees (CPRC) to compliment government efforts and ensure community involvement in governance.”

Reintroduce periodic National Development Plans

“We pledge to reintroduce the good practice of periodic National Development Plan to guide government activities and programmes.”

Publish Federal Executive Council proceedings and decisions weekly

“As part of the transparency and open government commitment of our administration, we shall be publishing, on weekly basis, the proceedings and decisions of the Federal Executive Council for Nigerians to have full knowledge of what their government is doing as done in Kano State during the stewardship of RMK;”

Attach an internal control bill to each appropriation bill

“To this end, Contingent Annual Internal Control Bill shall form part of the Annual Appropriation Bill to replace the current incoherent confused practice.”

Put stolen-fund repatriation frameworks in place within six months

“There shall be serious efforts to repatriate all funds stolen away from Nigeria – all relevant treaties and legal frameworks shall be put in place within the first six months of inception of the new Administration;”

Pursue UN Security Council reform to include Nigeria permanently

“As one of our foreign policy objectives, our Administration shall pursue the lingering issue of reforming the United Nation Security Council with a view to expanding its permanent membership to include Nigeria.”

Pursue a speedy amendment of the Constitution

“In the same vein, we shall pursue a speedy amendment of the Constitution to accommodate all critical issues of national importance;”

Separate the Attorney General's office from Justice Minister

“The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation is decoupled from that of the Federal Minister of Justice;”

Support entertainment industry with funding and copyright enforcement

“We will create more training and mentoring opportunities, provide special funding support as well as enforcing copyright laws to prevent piracy and counterfeiting.”

Introduce a unity-in-diversity campaign

“The unity-in-diversity campaign shall be introduced and be used to build a community that is respectful, tolerant and supportive of one another,”

Review the Social Investment Programme toward poverty-exit strategies

“The Social Investment Programme shall undergo major reviews so as to focus on measurable and controllable strategies for exiting poverty.”

Establish a Women and Children Rehabilitation Fund

“We will establish a Fund to be known as Women and Children Rehabilitation Fund (WCRF), to assist victims of human trafficking, victims of violent extremism, victims of terrorism and banditry, and cater for other vulnerable groups.”

Support and strengthen NAPTIP against human trafficking

“We will support and strengthen NAPTIP to execute their responsibilities as provided in their establishment act;”

Join the Spotlight Initiative on violence against women

“Under RMK Administration, we shall key-in to the Spotlight Initiative that focussed on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG);”

Establish rural information offices with mobile cinema units

“Rural information offices shall be established and equipped with mobile cinema units for the purpose of dissemination of valuable cinematographic information to promote government programs”

Institutionalise national cultural festivals

“National Cultural festivals will be institutionalised to promote the rich cultural diversity, promote unity and integration, as well as attracting tourist and investors to the country.”