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Tinubu seeks Reps’ nod to access N10.79tn external loans

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President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives, seeking approval to implement the N10.79tn external borrowing component of the 2026 Appropriation Act to finance part of the Federal Government’s budget deficit.

The President, in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas and read during Wednesday’s plenary, requested the House’s approval for the government to raise $7.71bn at the budget exchange rate of N1,400 to a dollar.

Tinubu explained that the request was in compliance with Sections 21(1) and 27(1) of the Debt Management Office Establishment Act, 2003, which require the terms and conditions of external loans to be laid before and approved by the National Assembly.

He said the proposed borrowing was already captured in the 2026 Appropriation Act and formed part of the N29.22tn approved new borrowing to finance the Federal Government’s budget deficit.

According to the President, the approved borrowing comprises N18.28tn in domestic loans and N10.79tn in external borrowing.

“I write to request the permission of the House of Representatives to implement the new external borrowing plan contained in the 2026 Appropriation Act in the sum of N10,790,366,835,481, which is equivalent to $7,707,404,882.49 at the budget exchange rate of $1 to N1,400, for the part financing of the budget deficit,” he stated.

Tinubu said the government would pursue different borrowing options simultaneously, taking into consideration the cost of borrowing and the time required to access the funds.

He, however, indicated that greater emphasis would be placed on Eurobond issuance, which he described as a faster means of raising substantial funds at relatively lower costs.

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“All options will be pursued simultaneously, considering the cost-benefit to the country as well as the time required to access the funds. In view of this, emphasis will be on the issuance of Eurobonds, which is typically faster to conclude,” the president said.

He added that the final terms and conditions of the Eurobond issuance would depend on prevailing market conditions at the time of pricing.

Tinubu assured that the Federal Ministry of Finance and the DMO would work to secure the most favourable borrowing terms available in the international market.

The President further explained that the external loans would finance projects and programmes contained in the 2026 budget, particularly in critical sectors including defence and security, transportation, agriculture, power, education and health.

He also argued that the proceeds would help strengthen the country’s external reserves and support the naira, noting that the funds would be received by the Central Bank of Nigeria on behalf of the Federal Government.

In the resolution sought from the House, Tinubu requested authorisation for the government to raise the funds through multilateral and bilateral institutions, conventional and commercial lending windows, the International Monetary Fund, bridge financing facilities and Eurobond issuance.

 

 

He also sought authorisation for the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, in collaboration with the DMO, to take all necessary steps to implement the proposed borrowing arrangement.

Responding to the request, Abbas clarified that the President was not seeking approval for a fresh borrowing plan, stressing that the N10.79tn external borrowing had already been approved by the National Assembly and provided for in the 2026 Appropriation Act.

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Abbas explained that the request was intended to fulfil the statutory requirement for parliamentary approval of the terms and conditions governing external loans before the government could proceed with implementation.

He said Section 21(1) of the DMO Act required the National Assembly to be presented with the terms and conditions of external borrowing for approval by resolution, while Section 27(1) provided for parliamentary approval of standard terms and conditions for negotiating and accepting external loans.

The Speaker further distinguished the request from the President’s separate proposal for additional borrowing, noting that the two matters were independent and would be considered on their individual merits.

“For the avoidance of doubt, this request is distinct from the President’s more borrowing request. It neither supersedes nor withdraws that request, which remains subject to consideration on its own merit,” Abbas said.

He added that the current request concerned only the statutory authorisation required to implement external borrowing already provided for in the 2026 Appropriation Act.

The clarification is significant amid concerns over the Federal Government’s growing reliance on borrowing to finance budget deficits and its implications for debt sustainability and public finances.

Nigeria’s 2026 budget provides for a deficit of N31.55tn, with new borrowing of N29.22tn identified as a major financing component.

The latest request, therefore, does not introduce a new borrowing figure into the 2026 budget but seeks to secure the legislative resolution required to access the external component of the borrowing already approved.

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Ekiti APC chieftain reveals how Tinubu will win all 36 states

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The Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election across all 36 states, citing the administration’s performance and growing political support.

Adeyeye, who is also the National Chairman of the South-West Agenda for Asiwaju, said opposition parties, including the African Democratic Congress, lacked the political structure and grassroots support needed to challenge the All Progressives Congress.

He stated this while speaking with journalists in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday.

He said Tinubu’s achievements in his first term and expectations for a second term distinguished him from other potential contenders.

The former National Assembly member said the Federal Government’s economic reforms had increased the financial resources available to state governments, enabling them to meet obligations such as salaries, pensions and gratuities.

“The increased financial allocations available to state governments have enabled many governors to perform better than their predecessors.

“I said over three months ago that President Tinubu was likely to win all 36 states, and I am becoming increasingly convinced that it will happen.

“I am absolutely confident and ready to campaign anywhere for Tinubu. I believe he deserves massive support in the 2027 election, and now, I predict that he will win in all the states of the federation,” Adeyeye said.

He explained that SWAGA was established to consolidate Tinubu’s political support in the South-West, adding that a strong home base was important for any presidential candidate seeking national acceptance.

“Tinubu has built a formidable political foundation across the South-West. The president’s support base has continued to expand beyond the region,” he said.

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Adeyeye acknowledged the economic difficulties facing Nigerians but defended the administration’s policies, particularly the removal of fuel subsidy and the unification of the foreign exchange market.

“The administration’s economic policies, including the removal of fuel subsidy and unification of the foreign exchange market, have prevented the country from sliding into a deeper economic crisis,” he said.

He argued that Nigeria had faced an unsustainable fiscal situation before Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, citing dwindling resources, fuel scarcity and the rising cost of maintaining the petrol subsidy.

Adeyeye recalled the period of prolonged fuel queues and the activities of black-market operators, saying that despite the increase in petrol prices, Nigerians now had better access to the product without the prolonged scarcity experienced in previous years.

 

 

He also said the foreign exchange reforms had improved transparency and reduced opportunities for arbitrage, while strengthening the capacity of state governments to meet their financial obligations.

The NPA chairman cited the Federal Government’s student loan scheme and increased funding for universities as examples of efforts to reduce the financial burden on households and improve the education sector.

He also praised Tinubu for addressing funding challenges in the university system, arguing that improved remuneration and funding had helped restore industrial peace and end recurrent strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

On the opposition, Adeyeye said the ADC and its presidential candidate, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, lacked the political structures required to mount a serious challenge against the ruling party.

He questioned the party’s strength at the state and federal levels, saying it had no governor and lacked significant representation in the National Assembly and state assemblies.

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“ADC is a party without a governor in any of the 36 states. How many members does it have in the National Assembly? How many state assemblies does it control? You cannot compare a party without a demonstrable political structure with the APC,” he said.

Adeyeye also argued that Atiku lacked sufficient political support in his home state of Adamawa, noting that the state governor was not backing his presidential ambition.

“Atiku is from Adamawa, but the governor of his state is not supporting him. The legislature in the state has not witnessed any significant movement to the ADC. How do you intend to challenge and defeat an incumbent president when you cannot establish a formidable political base in your own state?” he said.

Tinubu won the February 2023 presidential election with 8,794,726 votes, ahead of Atiku, who polled 6,984,520 votes, and the Labour Party’s Peter Obi, who received 6,101,533 votes, according to figures declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Since assuming office in May 2023, Tinubu has implemented major economic reforms, including the removal of the petrol subsidy and changes to the foreign exchange market.

The World Bank has said the measures helped address fiscal and foreign exchange market distortions, but also noted that they contributed to difficult adjustments for households and businesses.

The ADC has also faced a leadership dispute ahead of the 2027 elections.

On November 5, 2026, the Federal High Court in Abuja nullified the emergence of the David Mark-led national leadership and invalidated decisions taken by the group, including the process that produced Atiku as the party’s presidential candidate.

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The party subsequently filed an appeal and sought a stay of execution, asking the Independent National Electoral Commission to suspend further action pending the determination of the appeal.

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Court judgment worsens Atiku Abubakar’s troubles ahead of 2027 elections, read details

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These are challenging times for the African Democratic Congress as its leadership crisis deepens ahead of the 2027 general elections, with a Federal High Court in Abuja invalidating a resignation letter allegedly written by former Deputy National Chairman, Nafiu Bala Gombe.

The development has further complicated the dispute over the party’s leadership, following last week’s judgment which nullified the emergence of the National Working Committee led by former Senate President, Senator David Mark.

The trial judge, Justice Peter Lifu, also made a consequential declaration, rendering every decision taken by the Mark-led NWC null and void, including the nomination and candidacy of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate of the ADC.

The development appears to have left the former vice-president’s political fate hanging in the balance

In the Certified True Copy of the judgment obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday, the court ordered that “…all actions, decisions, and steps taken by the 2nd (David Mark) and 3rd (Rauf Aregbesola) defendants [and other members of the NWC they represent] as national officers of the 1st defendant (ADC), from July 29, 2025, the date of their unlawful and illegal emergence as such officers, are null, void, and without effect.”

Although the court declined to declare Gombe the party’s substantive National Chairman, it ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission should recognise him as the only elected member of the ADC’s National Working Committee whose four-year tenure remained valid.

Meanwhile, the ADC Presidential Campaign Council has alleged that Gombe acknowledged Mark as the National Chairman of the party during a National Executive Committee meeting.

Justice Peter Lifu, in the judgment delivered on November 5, held that the invalidation of the process that produced Mark and former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, as National Chairman and National Secretary, respectively, did not automatically confer leadership of the party on Gombe.

In the CTC, the judge said the invalidity of the disputed leadership arrangement and Gombe’s claim to a particular office were separate legal issues.

“I must, however, distinguish the invalidity of a process from the plaintiff’s claim to automatic succession,” Lifu held.

He said Gombe’s argument that he was the only elected member of the party’s NWC who had not resigned might entitle him to supervise the party’s affairs. Still, he did not automatically establish his entitlement to a specific national office.

“The validity of the challenged process and the plaintiff’s entitlement to a particular office are related but separate questions,” the judge said.

He added that any declaration recognising Gombe as entitled to act as a national officer must be supported by the relevant provisions of the party’s constitution, evidence and applicable laws.

“Any relief declaring him entitled to act as a national officer must be supported by the applicable constitutional provisions and evidence, and subject to the internal working arrangements and decisions of the 1st Defendant and the provisions of applicable laws,” he said.

The court, however, declared that INEC was bound to recognise Gombe as “the only elected member” of the party’s NWC “whose four-year tenure remains in effect.”

Gombe had told the court that he was elected Deputy National Chairman on October 12, 2022, for a four-year tenure which expired on October 11, 2026.

He argued that he remained the only elected member of the NWC who did not resign after the former National Chairman, Ralph Nwosu, and other members of the party’s leadership stepped down on July 24, 2025.

However, the judgment was delivered about three weeks after the expiration of his tenure.

Justice Lifu consequently restrained INEC from recognising or dealing with Mark, Aregbesola and members of the NWC represented by them as officers of the party. He also restrained the two former officeholders from presenting themselves as national officers of the ADC and dismissed the defendants’ counterclaim.

The judgment followed a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, instituted by Gombe against the ADC, INEC, Mark, Aregbesola and Nwosu.

The plaintiff had challenged the emergence of the Mark-led leadership at the party’s 99th National Executive Committee meeting in July 2025, arguing that vacancies created by the resignation of the former leadership could only be filled through democratic elections.

The defendants maintained that the dispute concerned the internal affairs of the party and was not a matter for judicial intervention.

Rejecting the argument, Lifu held that political parties were not exempt from complying with constitutional and statutory requirements.

He ruled that the emergence of Mark and Aregbesola had not been shown to satisfy the requirement for democratic elections under section 82(3) of the Electoral Act 2022.

The court consequently invalidated decisions taken by the Mark-led leadership, including the process that produced former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as the ADC’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections.

ADC rejects ruling

The party rejected Justice Lifu’s finding that Gombe’s purported resignation letter was fictitious or fabricated, insisting that the former Deputy National Chairman voluntarily resigned from his position.

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Speaking with our correspondent, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the party possessed the original copy of the resignation letter bearing Gombe’s signature.

He accused the trial judge of disregarding evidence the party intended to present and said the ADC would challenge the decision at the Court of Appeal.

“The High Court Judge erred in his ruling, because we have an original copy of the letter that was written and signed by Nafiu Bala in his own handwriting. But the judge ignored all this evidence that we wanted to present in the course of this, so we are going to appeal to the court.

“We will not talk more about this for now, but the judge erred when he said the document was forged. Nothing was forged, because if you claim that a letter or your signature was forged, the first thing you do is report it to the police. INEC is in possession of a letter that was written by Nafiu Bala resigning his appointment under his own signature. INEC has that letter, so to turn around and say it was forged is wrong.

“As I said, it’s a matter that’s in court now, so the Court of Appeal will have to determine whether indeed his resignation was forged.”

In rejecting the letter, Justice Lifu had said the certification of a document did not automatically establish the authenticity of a disputed signature.

“The fact that a document is certified, however, does not, by that fact alone, settle a genuine dispute as to whether the person named in it actually signed it.

“Certification may establish the status of the copy as a true copy of the document in the custody of the certifying authority; it does not necessarily establish the authenticity of the disputed signature.

“The court must therefore consider the document alongside the other relevant evidence,” he held.

The judge said he compared the signature on the disputed letter, tendered as Exhibit ADC-1, with those on Gombe’s sworn statements and found material differences.

“I am not satisfied that Exhibit ADC-1 represents the genuine act of the plaintiff.

“I therefore reject it as reliable proof that the plaintiff voluntarily resigned from his position as Deputy National Chairman of the 1st defendant (ADC),” he ruled.

Gombe had repeatedly denied authoring the letter, describing it as forged. In April 2026, he publicly disowned the document.

“I wish to state that this paper did not come from me, and that is not my signature on it. The signature you see there was forged,” he said.

The court’s rejection of the letter weakened a central argument advanced by the Mark-led faction to establish that Gombe had relinquished his position before the party’s leadership transition.

Also in its reaction, the ADC Presidential Campaign Council alleged that Gombe acknowledged Mark as the National Chairman of the party during a National Executive Committee meeting.

Speaking with our correspondent, Ologbondiyan forwarded a video in which Gombe purportedly referred to Mark as the party’s National Chairman.

Ologbondiyan said, “That’s Nafiu Bala at the NEC meeting. Now, he is denying, and Lifu is supporting it.”

INEC awaits CTC

Meanwhile, INEC has said it will not take any action on the judgment nullifying the ADC leadership until it obtains and studies the Certified True Copy.

The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Commission’s Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, disclosed this on Wednesday during a webinar organised by the PUNCH Media Foundation.

He said the Commission needed to examine the judgment and obtain legal advice before deciding on its next course of action.

According to him, INEC’s legal department would review the judgment and advise a committee chaired by a national commissioner, which would subsequently make recommendations to the Commission.

Haruna said the Commission had already taken steps to obtain the document but could not compel the court to issue it immediately.

“We can’t rush the courts, but we do our own part. We have a whole legal department. As soon as judgments like this come, what they do, of course, is to go to the courts, to go to the court registry, to see if they can obtain it. But they have their own processes,” he said.

He explained that it usually takes about a week to obtain a certified true copy of a judgment, noting that the November 5 ruling was delivered towards the end of the previous week.

Haruna said the Commission would commence its internal review once the document was received.

“So, as soon as we get it, we run a committee system. The department which is in charge of litigation will look into it, then they will advise. There is a committee which is chaired by a national commissioner. They will in turn advise the Commission itself, and then, the Commission will take a decision on exactly what to do. For now, until we receive that Certified True Copy, there is really nothing that we can do about it,” he said.

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The judgment has left the ADC’s leadership structure and preparations for the 2027 general elections in further uncertainty, with the rival camps maintaining opposing positions and the party’s appeal expected to determine its next political direction.

Party members protest

The ADC crisis has also triggered protests and petitions by party candidates, who have approached international organisations and diplomatic missions over the Federal High Court judgment nullifying the Mark-led leadership and the party’s nomination of candidates for the 2027 elections.

The candidates, under the aegis of the Forum of ADC Candidates in Nigeria, petitioned the United Nations, the United States Embassy, the British High Commission, the European Union and the Economic Community of West African States, alleging that the delay in releasing the Certified True Copy of the judgment was frustrating their efforts to exercise their constitutional right of appeal.

In a petition signed on behalf of the forum by Audu Aliyu, the candidates urged the international organisations and diplomatic missions to prevail on the Nigerian government and relevant institutions to respect due process and avoid implementing the judgment before the party had exhausted its right of appeal.

The candidates stressed that their disagreement with the judgment did not amount to a rejection of the judiciary, pledging to abide by the decision of the highest court of competent jurisdiction after exhausting all available appeal processes.

The petition read in part, “The judgment voided the emergence of Senator David Mark as National Chairman of the ADC and voided all actions taken by him, including the nomination of all ADC candidates for the 2027 General Elections. If given effect while still open to challenge, it would remove the candidates of a major opposition party, including, as widely reported, its presidential candidate, from the ballot.

“We respect the Courts, and we disagree with this judgment. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), guarantees a right of appeal to the Court of Appeal, and requires that the decisions of courts be delivered in writing and made available to the parties.

“We are pursuing every lawful avenue, and we will abide by the final decision of the highest court of competent jurisdiction once our right of appeal is exhausted.”

The forum said its lawyers applied for the CTC immediately after the judgment on November 5 and paid the prescribed fees, but the document had yet to be released five days later.

It alleged that repeated visits to the court registry had produced no explanation for the delay, prompting the candidates to petition the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho.

“A right of appeal is only as real as the ability to exercise it. Immediately after judgment on 5th November, 2026, our Counsel formally applied for the Certified True Copy of the judgment and paid the prescribed fees.

“As at the date of this letter, five days later, the CTC has not been released to us, and our lawyers’ daily visits to the Registry have produced no lawful explanation. We have petitioned the Honourable Chief Judge of the Federal High Court,” the petition added.

The candidates also expressed concern over alleged political pressure on INEC to implement the judgment before the determination of any appeal.

They, however, said they were not accusing any individual or institution of wrongdoing, insisting that the party should not be subjected to the consequences of a judgment while being denied access to the document required to challenge it.

“We do not accuse any person or institution here. We simply observe that a party cannot be asked to accept the consequences of a judgment while being denied the document it needs to challenge it,” the petition stated.

The dispute also prompted ADC members and supporters to stage a protest at the Federal High Court premises in Abuja on Wednesday, demanding the immediate release of the CTC.

The protesters, led by a former Acting Chairman of the ADC in the Federal Capital Territory, Yusuf Shehu Tijani, called on the National Judicial Council to intervene, accusing Justice Lifu of withholding the judgment and frustrating the party’s efforts to appeal.

Tijani described the judgment as a “sham” and questioned why the court had yet to release its certified copy.

“Our reason for coming here today is what Justice Lifu is doing. He is holding on to the sham judgment he said he passed. He should send the CTC, so that we can get it and appeal the judgment.

“Moreover, the Supreme Court already affirmed the leadership of Senator David Mark as the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress. So why is the High Court going against that recognition, saying he’s passing a judgment?

“Now, the judgment you passed, give us the Certified True Copy so that we can appeal; he is refusing to do that. That is why we are here,” he said.

He said the protest was intended to draw the attention of the NJC to the alleged delay and compel the judge to release the document.

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“So the protest is to call on the NJC to pressure this man, let him do what is right, because justice must prevail in Nigeria. This is not a jungle. This is a country that has laws, that has rules, and we have to follow the Constitution of the country.

“The stated law is that he should send the CTC so that we can appeal the judgment, which is a sham judgment in the first place,” he added.

“We disagree with the judgment. We have a constitutional right to appeal it. But we cannot appeal what we do not have.

“As at today, 10th November, 2026, five (5) days after judgment, the CTC has not been released to us. Our lawyers have visited the Registry daily to no avail without any lawful explanation,” the petition read.

Copies of the petition were also sent to the President of the Court of Appeal, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the NJC, the INEC Chairman, the Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja branch, and the Inspector-General of Police.

Recycling failed promises

The ADC Presidential Campaign Council accused President Bola Tinubu of recycling unfulfilled campaign promises in the All Progressives Congress manifesto for the 2027 general election, describing the document as an attempt to deceive Nigerians for a second time.

The council said the manifesto, titled, ‘2027–2031: From Reforms to Prosperity Agenda,’ unveiled by the APC on Wednesday in Jigawa State, offered no credible roadmap to economic prosperity, insisting that the administration had failed to deliver on its commitments to Nigerians.

In a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, the ADC-PCC argued that the promises contained in the new manifesto were largely a repetition of assurances made by Tinubu during the 2023 presidential campaign.

It listed stable electricity, affordable food, a stronger naira, employment opportunities for youths and improved national security among the promises the President had yet to fulfil.

The council said Nigerians had instead experienced worsening economic hardship, rising food prices, currency depreciation and persistent insecurity since the administration assumed office in May 2023.

“What President Bola Tinubu unveiled today is not a new manifesto. It is a repackaged catalogue of failed promises. In 2023, Nigerians were promised Renewed Hope. What they have experienced instead is renewed hunger, renewed hardship, renewed insecurity and renewed hopelessness,” the statement read in part.

The opposition campaign council also questioned the administration’s management of public finances, particularly its borrowing levels, following the removal of petrol subsidy and the introduction of additional taxes.

It demanded explanations on how the revenue generated from the government’s economic policies and accumulated loans had translated into infrastructure, development projects and improved living conditions.

“No amount of propaganda can erase the consequences of these policies or silence legitimate questions about public accountability,” the council stated.

It argued that the economic reforms introduced by the Tinubu administration had imposed disproportionate hardship on ordinary citizens without adequate social protection or corresponding relief.

According to the ADC-PCC, subsidy removal without sufficient cushioning, currency reforms without adequate safeguards and increased taxation without demonstrable accountability could not be presented as prosperity.

The council also referred to comments attributed to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, allegedly acknowledging that the administration’s economic reforms were not working as expected and had inflicted hardship on Nigerians.

It said the reported admission reinforced its position that the government’s policies had failed to deliver the relief promised to citizens.

The campaign council recalled Tinubu’s 2023 campaign promises on food security, employment, electricity, infrastructure, refinery operations and the proposed Akwa Ibom Deep Seaport, arguing that the gap between those assurances and present realities remained significant.

“Nigerians need performance, not another political jamboree; they need accountability, not another glossy booklet,” it said.

The council urged Nigerians to reject the APC manifesto and support the ADC, which it described as a credible alternative committed to restoring economic stability, national security, accountability and human dignity.

In a statement signed by its Director of Strategic Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the council described the alleged practice of offering food and cash as an insult to Nigerians battling economic hardship and called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and INEC to investigate the reported incidents.

The council alleged that APC operatives had increasingly resorted to distributing money and gifts at political events to create an impression of popular support for the Tinubu administration ahead of the 2027 elections.

It cited reports of luxury vehicles allegedly presented to APC women leaders, cash and cooked food reportedly distributed by the President’s son through the City Boy Movement, and videos purportedly showing an APC women leader sharing money and fabrics at a political gathering.

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READ FULL LIST: Tinubu’s 2027 campaign promises

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The All Progressives Congress has unveiled a four-pillar manifesto outlining President Bola Tinubu ’s agenda for a second term in office, with promises to tackle insecurity, reduce the cost of living, expand infrastructure and strengthen governance between 2027 and 2031.

The manifesto, titled Renewed Hope Agenda 2.0, was made available to PUNCH Online on Tuesday.

The document consolidates the eight-point agenda of the Tinubu administration into four strategic pillars: Secure and Resilient Nation; Better Quality and More Affordable Life for Every Nigerian; Energy, Infrastructure and Economic Growth; and Effective and Accountable Governance.

Under the four pillars, the party outlines at least 35 promises.

APC MANIFESTO: ALL COMMITMENTS FOR 2027–2031

PILLAR 1: SECURE AND RESILIENT NATION

1. We Will Restore Peace in Every Community

1. Complete the establishment and equipping of the four new Army divisions in Makurdi, Ilorin, Jalingo and Benin City, recruit and train the 28,000 additional personnel approved, and report publicly on their deployment.
2. Sustain intelligence-led kinetic operations against insurgent and kidnapping networks to degrade and dismantle their operating bases, backed by independent verification of reported operational outcomes to build public trust.
3. Strengthen surrender and rehabilitation frameworks through standardised, verifiable reporting on all screened, reintegrated, and prosecuted ex-combatants.
4. Establish specialised zonal counter-terrorism capabilities while fortifying physical security across schools, commercial markets, places of worship, and vital transport corridors.
5. Expand peace-building, trauma support, and deradicalisation programmes to enable long-term social recovery, rebuild civic trust, and safely resettle internally displaced families in their homes.

2. We Will Build a Police Service People Can See, Trust, and Call

1. Train and deploy the 50,000 newly recruited officers and expand recruitment and tactical training towards a 1:400 police-to-citizen ratio, maximising visible patrols across residential neighbourhoods, commercial centres, schools, and transit corridors.
2. Launch full implementation of the Harmonised Police Reform programme, deploying modern digital record systems, geographic mapping tools, officer body cameras, emergency dispatch channels, and forensic infrastructure nationwide.
3. Transfer static private-protection duties to a fortified Civil Defence service, beginning with recruitment of the 30,150 approved personnel, returning trained police officers to frontline public safety and crime prevention.
4. Work with the National Assembly, State Houses of Assembly, and governors to enact a constitutional and legal framework for accountable state and community policing, maintaining strict national standards and citizens’ rights.

3. We Will Protect Our Borders, Farms, Forests and Shared Wealth

1. Complete e-surveillance coverage of all mapped borders (31 of 190 mapped areas remain), extend e-Gates, passenger-data (APIS) and MIDAS border systems to more entry points, and strengthen patrol, screening and intelligence-sharing.
2. Complete nationwide Mining Marshals coverage across all identified mining sites (over 530 identified, 420 already protected) and resolve outstanding governance and funding questions so the unit is accountable and credible.
3. Deploy trained Forest Guards, Agro-Rangers, and Mining Marshals to safeguard agricultural belts, farming communities, grazing routes, national forest reserves, and mineral deposits.
4. Launch full implementation of the National Protection Policy and Strategy for Critical National Assets, with real-time surveillance across energy pipelines, electrical power grids, railways, schools, and health facilities.

4. We Will Give Our Security Forces the Tools to Act Faster

1. Expand domestic military production of ammunition, personal protective gear, armoured vehicles, and tactical drones, generating high-skilled Nigerian jobs while securing defence supply chains.
2. Construct integrated command, control, communications, and intelligence systems to achieve early threat detection, rapid tactical response, and seamless multi-agency operational coordination.
3. Deepen defence research, technology transfer agreements, and private capital co-investment through strategic regional and international defence industrial partnerships.

5. We Will Stand by Those Who Stand Guard for Us

1. Implement the approved multi-tier salary increases for service personnel in full and extend them to cover operational allowances, while broadening affordable housing, healthcare, and education support for serving personnel and their families.
2. Expedite administrative processing for valid insurance and pension payouts, guaranteeing permanent institutional care and educational sponsorship for the families of fallen heroes.
3. Complete rehabilitation of dilapidated police barracks and housing infrastructure.
4. Institutionalise advanced tactical training, comprehensive psychological support, physical rehabilitation programmes, and modernised working conditions across all military and security services.

6. We Will Respond Faster in Emergencies and Give Second Chances

1. Expand non-custodial measures, cognitive rehabilitation, technical vocational training, and social reintegration pathways for low-risk offenders to reduce overcrowding of correctional facilities.
2. Modernise fire stations, equipment and coordination, extending fire-service coverage progressively towards every local government area.
3. Upgrade maritime surveillance, cybersecurity defences, emergency communications networks, and a national drone fleet for early warning and rapid search-and-rescue operations.

7. We Will Make Identity Safer, Simpler and More Useful

1. Enrol 95 per cent of citizens and legal residents in the National Identity Database (137,260,026 enrolled as at June 2026), establishing specialised mobile registration units for agrarian communities, older persons, and vulnerable citizens.
2. Complete the integration of the remaining databases and agencies (11 of 20 databases and 44 of 50 MDAs are already integrated) into the central foundational identity database, enabling secure digital verification and eliminating administrative redundancy across public service delivery.
3. Enforce rigorous data privacy protections while leveraging biometric identity to eliminate financial fraud, secure digital transactions, and ensure state social welfare reaches verified recipients.

PILLAR 2: BETTER QUALITY AND MORE AFFORDABLE LIFE FOR EVERY NIGERIAN

1. We Will Guarantee School Access, Safety, And Educational Retention

1. Scale HOPE-EDU nationwide to halve the number of out-of-school children by 2031, extend AGILE (now in 18 states) to further states where the number of out-of-school girls is highest, and establish dedicated return-to-school pathways for teenage mothers.
2. Building on the 80,284 teachers already certified and licensed, recruit and train 20,000 additional teachers, prioritising female educators and underserved rural communities nationwide.
3. Enforce safe-school standards, expand school water and sanitation facilities, and publish an annual education dashboard tracking enrolment, dropout, and completion rates.

2. We Will Elevate Learning Quality, STEMM Mastery, And Employable Skills

1. Prioritise foundational learning, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and digital capabilities across all educational levels.
2. Strengthen partnerships with industry to provide practical, work-linked training and move students into the workforce, aligning courses with labour-market needs.
3. Scale NELFUND, expand the National Smart Learning Initiative, sustain industrial peace in public universities, and extend the Student Venture Capital Grant and Diaspora BRIDGE to additional tertiary institutions.
4. Expand technical, vocational, and digital training programmes, building on the TVET initiative (117,152 verified trainees, monthly stipend raised from N22,500 to N30,000) and the Digital Technical Academy, measuring systemic success by graduate employment, enterprise survival, and workplace productivity.
5. Strengthen the Mandatory School Sports Programme and the National Sports and Education Excellence Programme (N-SEEP) as the cornerstone of sports development, scaling the school-sports pilot (61 schools, 3,500 teachers and 15,000 students trained so far) to all states.

3. We Will Expand Primary Care, Health Insurance, And Medical Manufacturing

1. Expand static and mobile primary care, upgrade secondary facilities across all local government areas, and strengthen referral networks to tertiary hospitals, raising the share of functional primary health centres from 53 per cent today towards 90 per cent by 2031 and extending direct quarterly financing under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund from about 8,300 to all 17,600 primary health centres.
2. Sustain maternal, newborn, immunisation, cancer-screening, and early-detection programmes, prioritising families with the greatest financial need and tracking the proportion of births attended by a skilled health provider as a headline HOPE-PHC indicator.
3. Expand active health insurance coverage from more than 23 million enrollees to 40 per cent of Nigerians by 2031, subsidising poor and vulnerable Nigerians through the Vulnerable Group Fund, and cut out-of-pocket spending from 71 per cent to below 50 per cent of health expenditure.
4. Complete the revitalisation of the remaining primary health centres (about 1,000 still under way), bring steady power to 30 per cent of health facilities by the end of 2027 through Power for Health solar installations, and scale MAMII free emergency obstetric care from 172 local government areas to all 774.
5. Complete the National Health Information Exchange to ensure portable electronic records by 2031, while achieving complete Emergency Operations Centre coverage across all states.
6. Recruit, train, and retain health workers through improved terms and housing, commercialise BioVaccines Nigeria to achieve 50 per cent local production of essential medicines by 2031, and complete oncology centres across all geopolitical zones.

4. We Will Accelerate Youth Employment, Enterprise Finance, And Digital Capabilities

1. Execute a comprehensive national youth employment strategy with a published baseline and annual targets, aiming to halve youth unemployment by 2031 and to report each year the share of new labour-market entrants who find work.
2. Expand skills training to two million young citizens, scale NiYA and Digital Literacy for All (748,988 trained to date) toward 30 million Nigerians, and publish NYSC private-sector placement performance data, making job placement and private-sector partnership the test of every skilling programme.
3. Expand NEXTGEN Bank lending, the rejuvenated Nigeria Youth Investment Fund, and YouthCred’s partner-bank network, and enact the proposed Youth Bank law, to provide credit without traditional collateral requirements.
4. Expand the existing BOI-NYSC window and the NYSC Corpreneur and SAED support (860 corps members funded with grants of N100,000 to N2,000,000) into dedicated entrepreneurship grant and loan windows for corps members and young innovators, rigorously tracking business survival and job creation metrics.
5. Expand MSME support hubs and existing incubation centres, digitise beneficiary tracking, and establish a Digital MSME Academy with integrated e-learning.
6. Complete the first review of the National Youth Service Corps in its 53-year history so that the scheme becomes a skills-driven programme, rebuild the orientation camps, and publish NYSC placement and business-survival data.

5. We Will Expand Women’s Financial Inclusion, Public Leadership, And Protection

1. Achieve at least 35 per cent women’s representation in the next Cabinet and major MDAs, backed by an enforceable legal pathway and a public tracking dashboard, towards 35 per cent across all public appointments.
2. Expand the GLOW credit-guarantee window into a permanent national facility and scale the Nigeria for Women Project across all 36 states.
3. Work with the Development Bank of Nigeria and financial institutions on products and practices, such as collateral-light lending and credit-guarantee facilities, that bring more women entrepreneurs into the formal financial system, and further innovate the Nigeria for Women Project to widen its reach.
4. Deploy Sexual Assault Referral Centres and specialised units nationwide, establishing complete state coverage with integrated shelters, counselling, accelerated prosecution, and published justice outcomes.

6. We Will Deploy Targeted Social Welfare, Minimum Wage Protections, And Decent Work

1. Complete NIN validation of the National Social Register (13,456,371 persons onboarded with NIN or BVN so far) as a unified welfare database, verify 20 million or more by 2030, and scale direct cash transfers well beyond the more than 10 million people reached so far, linking them to skills, productive assets and finance.
2. Implement the US$1 billion HOPE-SP programme, unveiled in August 2026, beginning with its emergency shock-responsive cash transfer for 7.6 million vulnerable households, as the primary framework for moving households from relief to sustainable prosperity, while expanding school feeding into a full national programme.
3. Expand integrated welfare assistance for children, older persons, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable families without bureaucratic barriers or indignity.
4. Enforce the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act so that public buildings, schools, transport and workplaces are accessible, and report progress each year.
5. Enforce nationwide implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage, expand employment training to 100,000 unemployed citizens annually by 2030, modernise labour legislation, and strengthen factory inspection.
6. Execute the 2027–2031 Labour Migration Roadmap while extending legal protections and consular safeguards to Nigerians working lawfully abroad.

7. We Will Make Food Affordable For Every Family

1. Steady staple-food prices by building on the Guaranteed Minimum Price scheme and the strategic grain reserve, with published reserve levels and releases, and publish a monthly staple-food price tracker alongside headline inflation so that families and farmers can see what is changing.
2. Cut waste and cost between the farm and the table through the storage, cold-chain, farm-to-market road and agro-processing commitments in Pillar 3, so that harvests reach markets fresh and fewer are lost along the way.
3. Lower the cost of moving food through the CNG, road, rail and port commitments in Pillar 3, so that savings on transport show up in the prices families pay in the market.
4. Give children and mothers nutrition support through schools and primary health centres, alongside the national school feeding programme under HOPE-SP, so that no child’s learning or growth is held back by hunger.
5. Strengthen food-safety standards, including HACCP and ISO 22000, across processing, markets and export chains, working with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria and NAFDAC, so that food is safe as well as affordable.

8. We Will Protect Consumers And Household Purchasing Power

1. We will complete enforcement of the Digital, Electronic, Online and Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations 2025 (DEON), made under the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018. The FCCPC register will be the single source of truth for who may lend, unregistered operators will be delisted and prosecuted, and violators will face fines of up to ₦100 million or 19 per cent of turnover and disqualification of directors. Complaint-resolution rates (80.1 per cent in 2025) and effective interest rates will be published so Nigerians can compare before they borrow.
2. We will strengthen redress in banking and fintech, where the largest sums are lost. With the Central Bank of Nigeria, we will establish a joint protocol under which failed transactions are reversed automatically within a fixed window, unexplained deductions are refunded with interest, and unresolved complaints escalate directly to the FCCPC, which recovered over ₦10 billion for consumers in six months of 2025 alone.
3. We will give the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal the capacity to deliver justice on time, building on its US$220 million ruling against Meta and WhatsApp with fast-track rules, statutory timelines, digitised filing and a direct mechanism to execute confirmed penalties, with recoveries returned to affected consumers.
4. We will expand market surveillance where households feel inflation most: food, fuel, medicines and everyday essentials. Through a joint FCCPC–SON–NAFDAC framework and a strengthened Weights and Measures Department, we will mandate clear price display, verify scales, pumps and meters nationwide, and keep unsafe products off the shelves, enforcing competition law against price gouging, hoarding and cartels rather than imposing price controls.

9. We Will Deliver Mass Social Housing, Affordable Mortgages, And Secured Land Titles

1. Complete and hand over the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates now under construction (more than 15,000 units on 14 sites); launch the Tinubu Mass Social Housing Scheme in every local government area, building from a costed pilot of 11,421 units to 200 units in each of the 774 local government areas (154,800 units); and, with MREIF and FMBN mortgages and licensed private developers, work towards 200,000 homes in the next term, tracked on a public dashboard that counts units handed over and mortgaged, not just started.
2. Capitalise MREIF toward N1 trillion, with pension-fund participation, to deliver 20-year fixed-rate mortgages nationwide; complete FMBN recapitalisation and the Mortgage Registry, raise the loan ceiling from N50 million to N85 million and grow National Housing Fund contributors from six million to ten million by 2028; and enact the National Housing and Built Environment Regulation Policy and its six Bills, including developer licensing and mandatory escrow for off-plan sales.
3. Deliver the first phase of Land4Growth, one million digital land titles across 18 to 20 reform-ready states, and extend it towards nationwide digital land titling; establish the National Housing Data Centre to publish monthly data on approvals, starts, completions, prices and mortgages; and extend humanitarian housing for conflict-displaced families beyond the 252 homes already piloted.
4. Broaden the housing mix beyond new-build ownership by supporting incremental (build-as-you-earn) housing, affordable rental housing, developer finance and low-income housing finance alongside mortgages, so that more households have a route to a decent home.
5. Within the first 100 days, seek Presidential and Federal Executive Council approval of the National Housing and Built Environment Regulation Policy, the National Mortgage Industry Policy and the six reform Bills, so that there is one verified housing figure and one door for investors.

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PILLAR 3: ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE & ECONOMIC GROWTH

1. We Will Deliver the Power Nigerian Production Needs

Power must stop being a binding constraint on factories, exports, investment and household welfare. Under the Electricity Act, 2023, we will strengthen coordinated federal and state market development, competitive embedded and captive generation, transparently contracted bilateral supply and bankable distribution investment.

We will execute commercially viable gas-to-power projects by addressing gas supply contracts, transportation, payment security and dispatch constraints together; not by adding stranded generating assets. Transmission reinforcement, the Presidential Power Initiative, network automation and investment in industrial feeders will be programmed against demand from factories, agro-processing zones, technology parks and export-processing facilities.

We will restore the commercial foundations of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry: meter households and enterprises, enforce differentiated service obligations, drive down technical and commercial losses, manage legacy liabilities transparently, and protect vulnerable consumers through explicit, fiscally funded support. We will enable dedicated, metered power for industrial clusters and free zones, with quarterly public reporting on average delivered MW, reliable hours of service, voltage quality and manufacturing downtime. Gas should also lower the cost of productive logistics. The Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (Pi-CNG & EV) reports 105 refueling stations across 24 states and the FCT. We will expand safe refueling and conversion capacity along viable freight and public-transport corridors, prioritizing export haulage, agricultural logistics and industrial fleets where gas supplies and route economics support genuinely lower total costs. CNG transport must complement; not be misrepresented as; a substitute for gas-fired electricity generation.

2. We Will Diversify the Economy Through Non-Oil Exports for Growth and Shared Prosperity

The new growth model must be organised around productive capital, competitive Nigerian enterprise, industrial scale and exports that earn foreign exchange.

We will move from fragmented projects to an investment-led national production strategy aligned with Priority 7 of the Renewed Hope Agenda: industrialisation, digitalisation, creative industries, manufacturing, export diversification and jobs. We will measure capital actually deployed in productive assets, not headline investment announcements. Total foreign capital importation reached US$23.22 billion in 2025, but only US$923 million was classified as FDI; the bulk was portfolio capital.

We will rebuild viable manufacturing capacity and modernise strategic industrial facilities through disciplined private investment, investment aftercare, restructuring finance and commercially defensible public support. Each geopolitical region will develop at least one anchor industrial cluster with identified anchor investors, shared power and water, skilled labour, industrial logistics, domestic supplier networks and market-tested product specialisation. Regional anchors will compete on clear project economics; they will not be sheltered indefinitely from competition.

We will modernise free zones and export-processing zones as genuine production and export platforms, with enforceable standards against diversion, under-invoicing and illicit entry into the domestic market. We will deploy the Nigeria First procurement approach to create credible initial demand for quality domestic suppliers, while applying evidence-based tariffs, trade remedies, customs valuation and border enforcement to correct distortions, tariff inversions and smuggling. Protection will be targeted, lawful, transparent, time-bound and conditioned on competitive performance; productive machinery and intermediate inputs will not be indiscriminately penalised. The export ambition is measurable. NEPC documented US$6.1 billion in non-oil merchandise exports from 8.02 million tonnes across 281 products and 120 destination markets in 2025.

We will more than double those earnings through processed goods, sophisticated manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and healthcare manufacturing, well-governed free zones, quality infrastructure, reliable certification, market intelligence, factoring, export credit and commercially grounded bilateral market access. Services must be a second export engine: the IMF’s provisional 2025 balance-of-payments estimate places Nigeria’s services-export receipts at approximately US$5.1 billion.

 

 

Digital services, finance, engineering, creative work, software and professional services will have distinct export-financing, skills, regulatory and market-entry strategies rather than being treated as merchandise trade.

To mobilise the capital required, we will work with development-finance institutions, commercial banks, domestic institutional investors, equity investors and international partners to expand investment-grade project preparation, supplier finance, working-capital access, export receivables finance and risk-sharing structures. Job quality, local value added, export performance and measurable enterprise productivity; not entitlement; will govern public support.

3. We Will Complete the Roads, Rail, Ports, Airports and Broadband That Connect Our Country

National infrastructure must be designed and evaluated as a production-and-trade network. Nigeria’s ports handled 129.3 million metric tonnes in 2025, including more than 2.1 million TEUs; 39% of cargo tonnage was outward-bound. We will publish corridor-specific completion plans for priority roads, freight rail, ports, airports, inland dry ports, cold chains and intermodal interfaces, with funding, owner, milestones and service-level evidence visible to the public.

We will complete and maintain strategically important highway and railway corridors linking agro-industrial belts, mining centres, manufacturing anchors, major population centres and border crossings. Port reform will combine modern capacity, transparent concession performance, freight rail, pre-arrival processes, equipment availability and effective 24-hour operations. Export cargo; including perishables; will receive properly designed cold-chain facilities, air-cargo access and predictable risk-based inspections. The transport system will be evaluated through freight time, rail cargo, port dwell time, road condition and export volume; not ribbon-cutting alone.

The National Single Window will be the country’s core digital trade infrastructure, not an import-only portal. Its end-to-end Export Track must integrate permits, standards and conformity certificates, licences, inspection, payments, Customs formalities, export documentation and Form NXP workflows, with enterprise-level status visibility and a uniform audit trail.

Project BRIDGE is the digital counterpart of physical trade corridors. The World Bank describes a programme to deploy over 90,000 km of open-access fibre, extending the estimated 2025 national backbone from 35,000 km to 125,000 km. We will move the project from financing commitments to independently certified fibre delivered, live, available and commercially used, connecting industrial zones, schools, hospitals, research institutions, ports and underserved communities. Broadband subscriptions are not unique subscribers; digital success must also be measured by affordability, network uptime, coverage and services exports.

4. We Will Accelerate the Catalytic Industries That Will Build Nigeria’s Next Economy

Nigeria’s value chains must capture more processing, technology, skilled employment and exports; not merely extraction or final consumption. We will focus industry policy on investable national value chains: software, data and creative services; critical minerals, mining services, steel and aluminium; gas-to-fertilisers, methanol, petrochemicals and industrial energy; agro-processing, food manufacturing and sugar; cotton, textiles and garments, footwear and leather; plastics, packaging, pulp, paper and fast-moving consumer products. Growth in information and communication reached 9.62%, arts and entertainment 11.93%, and mining and quarrying 6.37% in Q2 2026.

Each priority industry will have an anchor-project pipeline, product-specific tariff and trade-remedy review, shared infrastructure plan, financing strategy, skills pipeline, standards pathway and export-market development programme. In minerals, beneficiation and transparent traceability must enable value added in Nigeria rather than the shipment of low-value ores. In metals, locally available energy, scrap, ore, engineering capacity and product standards will underpin steel and aluminium production. In leather and footwear, textiles, packaging and pulp and paper, regional clusters will integrate farmers, processors, materials suppliers, manufacturers, designers and exporters.

We will strengthen intellectual-property commercialisation, certified domestic supply, responsible resource extraction, cleaner production and technology transfer. Nigeria First procurement will favour goods that satisfy published quality and price tests. Access to incentives and protection will be linked to improved productivity, locally embedded supply chains, value addition and measurable export competitiveness.

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5. We Will Sustain Stability, Investor Confidence and Deepen Strategic Long-Term Capital

Investors require credible power supply, accessible foreign exchange, consistent policy and financing costs that permit factories to compete.

Stability is not a substitute for productive growth; it is what allows investment to survive the years between a construction decision and commercial production. Headline inflation was 14.63% in September 2026, food inflation 19.59%, and the CBN policy rate stood at 23% after its September Monetary Policy Committee meeting. These indicators show why predictable prices, exchange-market functioning, affordable long-tenor finance and regulatory certainty must be managed as a single investment proposition; while respecting the operational independence of monetary and fiscal institutions.

We will publish clear, prospective and consultative schedules for trade policy, investment incentives, electricity pricing, tariff changes, free-zone administration and sector regulation. Policy consistency must include stable contractual treatment, effective dispute resolution, straightforward permitting, protection of legitimate investor rights and non-discriminatory enforcement against smuggling and uncompetitive import practices. We will maintain openness to essential inputs, capital goods and technology, while using lawful remedies only where domestic production can meet transparent competitiveness tests.

Foreign exchange resilience must come increasingly from competitively earned export receipts, diversified services, responsible investment and lower structural import dependence; not administrative suppression of legitimate trade. The CBN’s 2025 balance-of-payments account recorded a US$14.51 billion goods surplus but a US$14.58 billion net services deficit, while year-end reserves stood near US$45.75 billion. We will monitor both gross and suitably defined net reserves, external earnings, service exports, balance-of-payments composition and investor access to legitimate FX. A surplus financed only by oil, temporary import compression or volatile portfolio inflows is not the intended industrial outcome.

Our capital agenda will prioritise productive investment funds, credit guarantees, factoring, receivables finance, creditworthy power contracts, long-dated local-currency instruments, investable infrastructure concessions and effective corporate governance. Every major investment promise should be traceable from approval to land, financial close, construction, commissioning, exports and jobs. Publishing that pipeline; together with predictable rules; will help convert investor interest into real factories and durable confidence.

 

 

PILLAR 4: EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE

1. We Will Make Justice Faster And Fairer

1. Scale e-filing and electronic case management across all federal court divisions, extend them to magistrate courts and digitalise court processes nationwide by 2029, supported by a dedicated funding line for court facilities.
2. Press for judicial financial autonomy in every state, take forward the structural review of the judicial system and begin phased implementation of its recommendations.
3. Strengthen timelines for filings, hearings and judgments, with transparent digital tracking to reduce avoidable adjournments.
4. Appoint additional judges where justified, expand Alternative Dispute Resolution and extend the Police Duty Solicitors Scheme and legal aid.

2. We Will Defend Integrity And The Rule Of Law

1. Implement the National Policy on Justice and strengthen the National Judicial Council’s disciplinary timelines and transparency so misconduct is dealt with promptly and publicly.
2. Deepen the capacity of anti-corruption agencies and courts to investigate, prosecute and conclude cases lawfully and promptly.
3. Strengthen asset recovery, action against money laundering and trafficking, and reintegration support for survivors of trafficking.
4. Commission an independent audit of unfinished and under-used public assets and recoverable waste within the first 100 days, publish the results, and report each year what has been recovered, completed or put to use.

3. We Will Bring Decisions And Resources Closer To Communities

1. Build on the Supreme Court’s July 2024 judgment affirming the financial autonomy of all 774 councils by closing the remaining implementation gaps, publishing allocations to each council with clear standards for performance and accountability, and supporting the revenue-allocation review through to legislative adoption.
2. Complete the outstanding Oronsaye mergers to lock in lasting savings, complete legislation for the remaining regional development commissions, and publish exactly how subsidy savings are lowering the cost of governance and funding development.
3. Continue constitutional and fiscal review to devolve appropriate powers and resources to states and local governments.
4. Expand citizen participation in state and local planning, budgeting and oversight.

4. We Will Build A Public Service That Respects People’s Time

1. Move all federal ministries and agencies to reliable digital workflows, application tracking and end-to-end public services.
2. Launch a Citizen Service Guarantee with published service standards and response times, and a “tell government once” rule so that citizens and businesses give the same information only once.
3. Implement the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2030 and link staff performance to measurable public outcomes.
4. Provide competency-based training, strengthen procurement and improve staff welfare, workplace accessibility, power and infrastructure.

5. We Will Make One Trusted Identity Open Doors To Public Services

1. Use the national identity enrolment drive set out in Pillar 1 to give every citizen one trusted identity for public services, with mobile registration units for rural communities, older persons and others who need them.
2. Complete the integration of the remaining databases and agencies into the central foundational identity database, enabling secure digital verification and simpler public services, so that citizens do not repeat paperwork.
3. Use the identity system to help citizens open accounts, receive benefits and transact securely, within the data-privacy protections set out in Pillar 1.

6. We Will Listen, Explain And Respond

1. Hold quarterly citizen and stakeholder engagements and establish a clear system to receive, track and respond to feedback.
2. Publish service standards, performance information and feedback outcomes so people know what to expect and what has changed.
3. Deepen civic orientation, already delivered in all 36 states and the FCT, complete the digital archive and strengthen accurate, ethical public communication.

7. We Will Use Foreign Policy To Protect Nigerians And Grow Influence

1. Lead regional cooperation on peace, democracy, border security and the Lake Chad Basin; keep diplomatic, trade and security channels open with our Sahel neighbours, building on the 2024 Niger security agreement and the August 2026 Maiduguri Sahel retreat, and strengthen intelligence-sharing against cross-border threats.
2. Complete the remaining 30 per cent of Automated Consular Services, strengthen diaspora data systems to sustain remittance growth, and deepen Nigeria’s role as a BRICS partner country (since January 2025), pursue participation in the G20 and a seat on the UN Security Council, and advance Nigeria’s voice in global climate and maritime negotiations.

 

 

HOW THE APC SAYS IT WILL DELIVER THE PROMISES

The manifesto also outlines four delivery principles:

1. Fund it first from what we already lose.

Recover and protect public value, from oil revenue to electricity billing and project completion, so that progress rests less on new taxes and new borrowing.

2. Complete before we begin.

Repair before replacing, complete before starting afresh, prevent before treating, process before exporting, and measure outcomes rather than expenditure.

3. Put a name, a date and a number on every commitment.

Each commitment will carry a baseline, a target, a cost, an owner and a reporting date, published in a public delivery tracker.

 

 

4. Let citizens keep the score.

Delivery will be reported on public dashboards, verified by independent bodies and reported honestly and openly.

First 100 Days: Establish the Discipline

Within the first hundred days, the manifesto says the administration will:
1. Publish the baselines and named owners for the headline commitments under each of the four pillars, so that the clock starts in public.
2. Publish the first quarterly cost-of-living basket, so that the measure we will be judged by exists from day one.
3. Name and open the first secured farm-to-market corridors, with published security and output data.
4. Launch the Citizen Service Guarantee and the “tell government once” rule for public services.

Source: punchng.com

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