‘My Pledge To You’, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s Manifesto

‘My Pledge To You’ – Kwankwaso

“My pledges to you. The RMK2023 Blueprint”, is the title of the campaign manifesto of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, which he unveiled last Tuesday.

In a 160-page document, Kwankwaso, former two-time governor of Kano, and also former Minister of Defence, amongst other positions, speaks about what he wants to do for Nigerians if elected in the 2023 general elections.

From security to responsible leadership. Affordable housing to improved economy, Senator Kwankwaso had promises for the Nigerian people.

Here, The Eagle present to our esteemed readers, abridged points in the manifesto, happy reading:

1. Leadership and Justice

We will provide you with patriotic and competent leadership that is guided by the seven time-tested principles of public life: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership-by-Example.

2. Peace, Security and Unity [Human Security]

We will secure the entire country, ensure peace and peaceful coexistence reign, and work deliberately to strengthen the bond of unity amongst Nigerians of all backgrounds.

‘My Pledge To You’ – Kwankwaso

3. Revamping the Economy

We shall improve the income level and strengthen the purchasing power of every Nigerian citizen. Our Nigerian Economic Revamping Strategy has a three-deck implementation scheme: Stage I: Emergency Rescue Plan (ERP); Stage II: Targeted Stimulation/Job Creation; Stage III: Long-term and Sustainable Investment

4. Quality Education for You and Your Family:

We shall ensure, through the correct reforms and investment, that all our schools provide the appropriate quality education to our citizens. Access, quality and productivity shall be the cornerstones of our education reform.

5. Improved & Modernized Healthcare Services for You and Your Family:

My administration will be committed to ensuring that our healthcare system is positively overhauled to ensure humane, effective, efficient, and qualitative service. Saving lives and building a healthy citizenry shall be the priority of all our healthcare institutions because health is wealth.

6. Labour: Opportunity for All:

Jobs, and jobs, and more jobs will be created at multiple levels through the Economic Revamping Strategy as well as through constructive engagement with the youth by honing their skillsets and providing them with the necessary support.

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7. Energy and Power

We shall deploy our energy and power masterplan that is aimed at ensuring availability, adequacy, sustainability, affordability, and safety.

8. Eliminate Poverty, Ensure Prosperity

We shall lift Nigerians from the poverty ditch through targeted poverty alleviation and poverty elimination strategies that ensure families at the bottom of the social ladder have access to food, clothing, quality education, basic healthcare and basic housing needs.

9. Balanced Regional Development [Critical Infrastructure]

The development of our country must be comprehensive, all-inclusive and evenly distributed across the length and breadth of the country. The provision of critical infrastructure that supports the development and the well-being of the people shall be in every region and every state of the Federation.

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10. Promote the Rule of Law and the Rule of Virtue

Lawlessness leads to anarchy. We shall ensure that our country is guided and governed by the rule of law: recognising that sovereignty belongs to the people, upholding the principle that all are equal before the law, and integrating the rule of law with the rule of virtue.

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11. Dignity in Your Retirement:

Our senior citizens, veterans, and pensioners who gave their all during their youthful years in the service to the nation shall not be neglected. I pledge to ensure that retirees live a dignified life after service.

12. Deepen Democracy at all Levels

We shall support all democratic institutions to ensure the continuous growth and maturity of our political system, establish political order, accelerate national development, and maintain national stability.

12. Foreign Relations – Improving Our Country’s Ability to Participate in Global Governance

We shall redesign our foreign policy agenda to reflect the leadership position of Nigeria in West Africa and in Africa with the core objective of reclaiming our country’s position in global governance.

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13. Agricultural Mechanization and Food Security

We pledge to revolutionize 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.

14. Affordable Housing Scheme

The opportunity to own your own house should be available to every Nigerian that works hard. We shall build more affordable houses that Nigerians can acquire. We shall strengthen and encourage the Federal Mortgage Bank

15. Public Service Reform:

For the past three decades or so, has virtually collapsed. We pledge to reform Nigeria’s public service so as to revitalize and reinvigorate it to be able to operate with competence and professionalism.

16. Rid Our Communities of Illicit, Fake and Counterfeit Drugs:

We will work decisively and systematically to end the menace of substance abuse, the proliferation of fake and counterfeit drugs as well as end the smuggling and circulation of illicit drugs in our country.

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17. Environment, Ecology and Climate Change

We shall work assiduously to combat climate change and its negative impact such as flood, erosion, desertification etc. We will work to improve the conditions and, preserve the natural beauty, of the environment. We shall beautify our cities and ensure the creation of parks and gardens as well as green belts across the country.

18. Entertainment Industry

We pledge to support and ensure the growth of Nigeria’s Entertainment Industry as a major national image launderer, job creator, national unifier, cultural promoter, and a major contributor of forex inflow.

19. National Development Plan

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