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The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday unfolded its power agenda should it presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, be elected.

The party plans to generate at least 20,000 megawatts (mw) of electricity in four years to sur Nigeria’s consumption level of around 15, 000mw.

In a statement, the party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCO) expressed dismay that the Federal Government under President Goodluck Jonathan had only added 1.400mw to the national grid in four years.

The statement by Mallam Garba Shehu, the spokesman of the campaign, quoted Gen. Buhari as saying that while he will not run a witch hunt government, he will not hesitate to deal decisively with cases of impunity and corruption. No probe of any government official, he added.

The statement also quoted Gen. Buhari as saying he is ionately concerned about the sorry conditions of our armed forces today who, despite huge budgetary allocations, have failed to effectively deal with manifest security threats, including the Boko Haram terrorism.

“What he said at every given opportunity is that he is keenly interested in knowing what has gone wrong, if any, with the army that he knew. When he has access to them as Commander-in-Chief, he will like to hear from his commanders what problems they are dealing with so that they can be solved,” Shehu said.

“In a democracy such as ours, all institutions of government, including the armed forces, are able. No country can achieve results in its counter-terrorism efforts when there is no transparency in the management of huge resources for the purpose. He (Gen. Buhari) will reinvigorate the armed forces and restore their rapidly evaporating morale,” he said.

The APC Campaign Organisation accused the PDP of wasting billions of naira on non existent power, managing to add a yearly average of 87 megawatts of electricity, showing a massive failure to substantially raise generation and distribution of electric power despite promises and cash infusion of between $16 billion and $20 billion.

Shehu said “nearly 16 years of PDP istration gave this country a miserly addition of 1,400 Mega Watts against the expenditure of more than $16 billion. That translates to 18.5 MW per annum”.

He noted that “this abysmal power production and distribution, with its attendant socio-economic implications, is the most irresponsible thing a government can do to its people.

It explained that the PDP has shown an “appalling lack of capacity to deal with just any problem confronting this country and the lack of vision and commitment to dealing with electricity supply was just one of the myriads of the others begging for attention.”

“The only conclusion to draw from this is that the PDP is more interested in feathering the nest of importers of generators than in the wellbeing of Nigerian citizens and their businesses.”

The organisation accused President Jonathan of massive corruption in the country’s agricultural sector, saying “President Jonathan has failed woefully in the agricultural sector, and all the self-praise of the istration on agriculture is simply a ruse”.

It maintained that whereas President Jonathan had promised in 2010 to make Nigeria self-sufficient in rice and wheat production by 2015, “the grim reality on the ground today is that Nigeria emerged as the world’s highest importer of rice in 2015, and a whopping $11 billion is spent annually by Nigeria to import rice, wheat, sugar and fish.”

The statement added that according to the former Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Sarah Alade, Nigeria as at 2014 spends $4 billion on rice importation – that is about N600 billion annually on the importation of 2.1 million metric tonnes of milled rice.

“This is after the Federal Government had approached the China Exim Bank for a loan of $1.2 billion for the financing of 100 large-scale rice processing plants with a total capacity of 2.1 million metric tonnes.

“The troubling truth today is that Nigeria is nothing close to self-sufficiency in rice production and what we have at hand is a close web of corruption where government cronies stumble over each other to get import licences for rice.”

“According to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, Nigeria’s wheat consumption as at year 2000 was about two million metric tonnes. But, by 2010, wheat importation to the country had risen to four million metric tonnes and Nigeria spends N635 billion annually on wheat importation.

“Five years into the Jonathan istration, Nigeria spends even more than we did in 2010 to import wheat; yet the government continues to brandish false achievements in the agricultural sector – a situation that is completely at variance with what President Jonathan promised Nigerians in 2010, saying that his government would make Nigeria save N635 billion annually on rice and wheat importation.”

The statement also faulted the government’s claim that local farmers now have unhindered access to fertiliser through the Growth Enhancement Scheme and described as “excessively labourious and technically difficult for the farmers to work through” are two bags of fertilizer throughout the entire farming season, “and government has not come out in one instance to tell Nigerians how much it receives as grants on fertiliser distribution to farmers from donor agencies.

“The government will want to give us the impression that fertiliser is being given to farmers free of charge. But we know that what subsists is a 50 per cent subsidy per bag of fertiliser. Our farmers are being shortchanged under this so-called e-wallet arrangement because of lack of transparency.

“We may be looking at another subsidy scam over fertilizer unless the Jonathan istration comes out clean to tell us how much it has received as grants over fertiliser and how it comes about the 50 per cent subsidy per bag of fertilizer.”

While dismissing President Jonathan’s claims of achievement in the agricultural sector, the organisation said that “throughout the periods preceding the Jonathan’s istration, the contribution of agriculture to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was at 7 per cent, while under the so-called transformation agenda of President Jonathan, agriculture’s contribution to the GDP has been consistent at 5 per cent – an all time low.

“In any case, food commodities are items Nigerians buy on a daily basis. If the Jonathan istration was sincere with the statistics it reels out on agriculture, why would the government buy pages of newspaper advertorials and TV commercials to force bitter falsehood of its achievements down the throats of Nigerians? The Jonathan istration has failed woefully in its agricultural policies and the facts are self-evident out there at those food stalls in our markets.

“In 2015, Nigerians know they spend far more to buy food than they did in 2010. That reality, in itself, is President Jonathan’s scorecard in agriculture.”

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I'm only voting for APC because of my friends in Borno state,maybe Buhari as an ex-soldier will help them from the clutches of boko haram but as for infrastructure and electricity I don't expect any change,so let them stop lying they won't deliver

Mumu fooling mumu... GEJ till 2019!!!

It is a done deal.SAI BUHARI,SAI OSINBAJO,SAI NIG, bye to Gridlock/PDP

Keep talking propaganda buhari, afterall talk is cheap

abeg e.

we can't wait!
If China can build 22000mw with $25billion and Naija since the time of pdp spent about $35billion till date with just 3000plus megawatts to show for it, then everything is wrong. Corruption has finished us. Yet, we have a C in C that "idiotically" believes and said "stealing is not corruption", isn't this wickedness!. Smh.

#Vote out cluelessness.

temitemi1:
Mumu fooling mumu... GEJ till 2019!!!

Mumu Robot!

If Buhari said it, he will do it. Very much unlike Mr. 'I promise to do'...

#iJustCan'wait
#iHaveDecided
#Change

Sai Buhari.

Buhari is the man!!!!!

This is not a difficult task from an engineering standpoint but the precarious situation Nigeria finds herself makes her citizens doubt the feasibility of promises such as this.

Corruption is the key hinderance to this achievement. A situation where money budgeted for power is reduced and only a small portion goes out to the contractors you can expect a failed result.

GMB can do this if his stand on corruption is firm. Get the appropriate contractors, finalize arrangements including when you want the project completed, reach a compromise, make the appropriate payments and you'll be surprised how simple the solution to this power isuue is.

What am concerned about though is the transmission arm of the power sector. The big question is can they handle 20000MW of power.

I believe GMB can do it. That's why I'm seriously looking forward to feBUHARI for a #CHANGE.

after stabilizing the price of oil with army, navy and hair force,
buhari will wheel round and build 100,000 MW of electricity in 4 years!
Magician!!!

everybody know say buhari na mumu.

I will say dont push your luck, power is one industry I will advice you dont play politics with, because it will not happen in 4 years. It will take longer, with consistent policy and political will to get to 20,000 mega watt (20GW).

Oklander:
we can't wait!
If China can build 22000mw with $25billion and Naija since the time of pdp spent about $35billion till date with just 3000plus megawatts to show for it, then everything is wrong. Corruption has finished us. Yet, we have a C in C that "idiotically" believes and said "stealing is not corruption", isn't this wickedness!. Smh.

#Vote out cluelessness.

I will love to point out that they have the technical know how and had virtually all parts made in China, we dont have that here, we sure cant get that in 4 years. I think our politicians need to be a bit more realistic in their projections.

Yimu.

These politicians should stop making promises they can't keep.

Common 2nd school certificate u no fit get for 73 yrs while u are still alive, na power u go solve for 4 years with the water in your head that understand nothing but violence. Even with GEJ fulcrum in the power sector,empty head like Buhari no go fit still achieve anything

One thing am certain of is that GMB will out perform that clueless man at the helm of affairs. Vote APC & save Nigeria from GEJ's malistration.

GMB sir, what I personally want from your government primarily over the next four years if elected are:
Security of lives and property of the average Nigerian; corruption drastically minimized; a much better managed economy, the effects of which would be felt in the everyday lives of the average Nigerian (not just meaningless numbers) as well as a more diversified economy (hence better employment opportunities); and a level playing ground for all Nigerians hence promoting unity and strength in our diversity.

Boss

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BokoHaramm:
Lies from Gmb

This is what PDPs 16 year misrule has done to some of us. You've gotten used to epileptic power supply so when somebody tell you our power supply can improve seriously, you're in doubt.

I totally understand your condition. One thing you should note is that if Buhari does things differently, there'll be progress in Nigeria.

I pray so.....May God help you

Good one ,maybe something will work out if we try this man

It is easier said than done.

Hurrah!

But wait o. The general said so?
How will that happen?
Except as a minister for power and steel under GEJ in 2015

President Jonathan is fixing that now all the states has a power plant under construction 80 to 90 percentage completion.

Promises they will never fufill

Story for the kids

great