Now that Tinubu has won he should be pressured to sign this Contract With Nigeria before he starts campaigning

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Health policy:
[1] 12 specialist hospitals shall be established in Nigeria with two in each geo-political zone. These shall include - Dermatology, optometrics, renal failure, cardialogy, neurology, ear/throat/nose, cancer, Hiv/Aids, orthopedia, rheumatics, tropical diseases and sickle cell anaemia
[2] Pharmaceutical companies will be given 10 year tax holidays if they establish manufacturing facilities in Nigeria
[3] Each of Nigeria's 774 local governments must have at least two general hospitals
[4] Healthcare will be free at the point of delivery to all Nigerians
[5] Every state government must have at least one mobile clinic which visits remote and inaccessible areas
[6] A national target of 20 minutes waiting time shall be established for all ambulance services
[7] Nigeria shall spend 10% of its GDP on healthcare
[8] State governments who build specialist hospitals in new areas will be given special grants
[9] A national target of producing 20,000 doctors a year shall be aimed for
[10] Medical equipment manufacturers will be given a five year tax holiday if they establish plants in Nigeria

[2] Anti-corruption policy
[1] Our party will pass laws scrapping immunity at both the federal and state levels for presidents, vice presidents, governors and their deputies
[2] Being found guilty of embezzling anything in excess of N1m should attract a mandatory life prison sentence
[3] The president must sell off all of the nine aircraft in his presidential fleet
[4] The president’s salary and allowances should not exceed $200,000 per annum
[5] No government villa, mansion or official residence should be any more than a six-bedroom house. All the existing palaces should be sold off and the money paid into the federation account
[6] The current feeding bills of N90bn per month that the presidency and the vice presidency enjoy should be reduced to a total of N1bn a month
[7] House of Representatives members should receive the same salary as heads of parastatals, while senators should receive the same pay as permanent secretaries
[8] No government functionary should have more than one official car
[9] No government official shall be entitled to foreign medical care
[10] We shall scrap the offices of first ladies at federal and state levels

[3] Anti-Boko Haram policy:
[1] Register and licence local vigilante groups
[2] Establish 20 battalions in strategic towns in the north east
[3] Commence building of a fence along the borders with Chad/Cameroon/Niger
[4] Offer free uniforms and school meals to all youths in the area to encourage education
[5] Get the Lake Chad Basin Authority to create 30,000 jobs in the northeast
[6] Build six special high security prisons for Boko Haram fighters where they can be trained and equipped with vocational skills
[7] Establish a special paramilitary force which will be trained in rescue missions to deal with matters like the Chibok girls
[8] Establish a special anti-terrorist brigade in say Damaturu
[9] Double soldiers allowances and offer a special bonus to anyone asked to serve in the northeast
[10] Sign foreign defence pacts with say South Africa and China which commits them top assisting military, supplying equipment and training personnel

[4] Transport policy:
[1] A high speed rail network to be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states
[2] Road maintenance is to be given back to the states. The Federal Ministry of Works will ensure funds are disbursed to state governments to cater for stretches that fall within their domains
[3] From henceforth, the Federal Ministry of Works will only be responsible for road construction. Once the road is commissioned, maintenance will be handed over to state governors
[4] We will establish a Nigerian Waterways Management Agency who will be responsible for marine transport. They will dredge the Rivers Niger and Benue and all adjoining rivers such as River Kaduna and create a national maritime network
[5] All states will be required to establish a state-wide bus service in which the state government will hold a minority stake
[6] The federal government will hold a 20% stake in the national railway, maritime, coach and bus services
[7] Currently, 90% of journeys in Nigeria are carried out by road. By 2035, we hope to reduce this to 40% by moving passengers on to trains and waterways
[8] All freight operators who move their goods on to rail and waterways will get a 20% discount over the next 10 years
[9] Any urban centre with a population in excess of 2m people will be compelled by law to establish a light railway network at the very least
[10] A national travel card scheme will be launched, which enables users to travel on state and federal coaches, buses, trains and marine transport

[5] Education policy
[1] Free tuition right up until the end of secondary school
[2] Nigeria will spend 15% of its GDP on education
[3] Free uniforms in all public schools
[4] One free school meal for all state primary and secondary school pupils
[5] No primary school child should have to walk more than 1km to school
[6] Every local government must have at least one technical or vocational school
[7] Private sector operators will be allowed to run schools provided they meet government guidelines provided by the ministry of education
[8] Every local government must appoint an education commissar to ensure national standards are met
[9] Over the next 10 years, every state must strive for 90% literacy rates
[10] Every local government must have at least one adult literacy centre

[6] Economic diversification policy
[1] Over a 35 year period, we gradually migrate back to the 1957/58 revenue sharing formula agreed by our founding fathers at the Lancaster House Conferences in London under which the federating units will control all the resources within their domains and remit 50% to the centre
[2] Our federating units will keep 50% of all the revenue that they generate, put a further 30% into a central pot called the Excess Federation Account to which everyone can have access as the need arises and the remaining 20% will go to into the Federation Account used to run the federal government
[3] With regards to all other resources, we shall move towards this immediately but in the case of oil and gas, the move will have to be gradual due to how dependent we have become on these two resources. A gradual migration shall take place over the next 35 years in this manner: 2022 - 13%, 2025 - 18%, 2030 - 20%, 2035 - 25%, 2040 - 30%, 2045 - 35%, 2045 - 40%, 2050 - 45%, 2055 - 50%
[4] Every one of our 36 states will be set a target of generating at least $2bn in export revenue
[5] Any state government that attracts inward investment to the tune of $1bn, will get a corresponding grant from the federal government
[6] All governments will as a matter of course award supply contracts to companies that manufacture products within Nigeria
[7] Any state that fails to generate as much revenue as it spends for two consecutive years as from 2025, will be subject to an immediate declaration of a state of emergency. It shall be administered centrally by the federal government until its books are balanced
[8] Every of our 774 local governments must have at least one vocational training centre. Foreign and local investors who offer training at such centres will be granted tax holidays
[9] Religious organisations will be subject to a Faith Tax, representing 20% of their profits. Those who are charitable organisations not making any money will be exempt from such tax. Religious bodies that invest in social services will be able to reclaim such investment back from the government
[10] Every state must seek to generate at least 30 of its internal revenue from manufacturing and services, with a migration away from primary products to value added production.

[7] Housing policy
[1] Given that there are 170m Nigerians with about 50% of them being 18 and over, we should have a 20 year plan to build 40m housing units over the next 20 years
[2] Of these 40m, the federal government will build 10m in Abuja and Lagos
[3] All 36 state governments must build houses as a matter of principle
[4] Each state must build at least 10,000 housing units a year
[5] At least 50% of all these houses must be social accommodation for letting
[6] State governments will be allowed to run housing corporations
[7] State governments will also be allowed to enter into public-private partnerships with private companies
[8] Private companies who build in excess of 1,000 units will get a one year tax break
[9] The Federal Mortgage Bank will offer 25 year single digit loans to buyers
[10] State governments who build more than 50,000 units a year will get a federal grant

[8] Energy policy
[1] Six regional powers grids will be established across the country, with each responsible for providing electricity to the states within its domain
[2] A national grid will operate on top of this serving as a supplement whenever there are shortages in any geo-political zone
[3] Zonal grids will be free to sell excess power generated to other zones or export it as a commercial product
[4] Independent power plants will be at liberty to sell their produce to whichever grid offers them the most commercially competitive deal
[5] Distribution companies will purchase power from grids. To combat uncompetitive practices, no operator will be allowed to be a supplier and distributor at the same time
[6] To enable over-dependency on one source of energy, power plants will be encouraged to generate energy from a variety of sources including hydro, gas, wind and solar power
[7] A national gas pipeline project will commence immediately with the aim of linking every household in the country to a network. Gas hitherto flared in the Niger Delta will be fed into this network to facilitate the constant supply of gas to every home at affordable prices
[8] Distributor companies will be responsible for the supply, maintenance and security of transformers. They will be assisted by a special unit within the Nigerian Police Force for this purpose
[9] Over the next 10 years, the government shall aim to increase generated electricity supply to 100,000MW from the current 4,000MW through the construction of 10 power plants across the country through a combination of public-private deals and the awarding of contracts to private operators
[10] All power distributors will be allowed to establish industrial divisions that will supply the industrial and manufacturing sectors of the economy.

[9] Local government policy
[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be responsible for providing waste disposal services, fire services and ambulance services within their domains
[2] Local governments will be funded internally by the charging of a local tax, which will be augmented by a federal grant representing no more than 10% of their total expenditure
[3] All local government chairmen and councillors will be directly elected and subsequently independent of their state governors
[4] Every local government must appoint a professional chief executive to run its operations. He will report to the fill council and be responsible for implementing and managing its annual budget
[5] Every state is free to create more local governments provided they meet the necessary criteria which includes holding a referendum and the fact that the local government area is self-sustaining
[6] To be recognised as a local government area, basic facilities that must exist within the domain include 20 primary schools, five secondary schools, a local government headquarters, at least one vocational training college and at least one public health centre
[7] Local governments shall be free to employ their own staff, train them and provide them will all other services and benefits in line with what civil servants receive. For the purposes of pensions, local government employees will be treated the same as civil servants who work for the federal and state governments
[8] All local governments must hold at least one town hall meeting a month, during which they are compelled to interact with their constituents and account for their stewardship
[9] Local governments must vet and register all private security and vigilante groups operating within their domains
[10] All local governments must organise at least one sporting event a year to uncover young talent. Exceptional talent will be recommended to the state government to be provided with scholarships

[10] Sports policy
[1] Each of Nigeria's 774 local government areas must organise at least one sporting event a year
[2] Scholarships must be provided for exceptional talents who will be educated up to university level at specialist sports academies
[3] There will be a National Sports Festival held at least once a year, to which all stares are compelled to participate
[4] A degree-awarding national sports university will be established in Abuja to train athletes, officials, umpires, health experts, and managers in all aspects of sports management
[5] Every state must organise a state-wide sporting festival to determine the best talents within its domain
[6] Private companies which run sports clubs will be given tax breaks
[7] Every local government must have within its domain at least one comprehensive sporting facility
[8] To be registered to feature for Nigeria in any sporting event, athletes must be able to provide authentic birth certificates and irrefutable proof of their ages
[9] All major trade, professional and educational federations and bodies must organise a national sporting event once a year. These will include the army, navy, air force, fire service, ambulance service police, universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, Custom and Excise, etc
[10] Exchange programme will be entered into with foreign sporting bodies to take a and train Nigerian officials, managers and professionals on an annual basis.

[11] Agriculture policy
[1] Local governments will be obliged to organise their farmers into cooperative units
[2] Farmers will be encouraged to sell their produce, buy seedlings, pesticides and fertilisers, as well as farming equipment through their co-operatives to maximise efficiency and overhead costs
[3] Every local government must build at least one food storage facility within its domain
[4] An agricultural tax will be paid to the local government to help provide and maintain the necessary services to support farming programmes
[5] Agricultural cooperatives will be encouraged to move into value-added activities and will be provided with loans to facilitate this
[6] A National bank of Agriculture will be established to offer loans to farming cooperatives at competitive rates
[7] Farmers will be encouraged to venture into organic agriculture because of the high premiums that this commands
[8] Cooperatives will be encouraged to buy their members high-yielding hybrid seedlings to enhance unit-per-head output
[9] Seed companies will be offered tax holidays to come and set up plants and facilities within Nigeria
[10] Processing companies and food manufacturers like Cadbury, Nestle, Mars, Kelloggs, Tate & Lyle, Unilever etc, will be encouraged to establish plants in Nigeria to facilitate vertical integrated production. Our ultimate goal is to export finished, packaged and shelf-ready products to international markets.

[12] Defence policy
[1] The Nigerian Army shall undertake a five year programme to plant trees along Nigeria's borders to demarcate the nation's boundaries. Such trees shall be painted in the country's colours
[2] Nigeria's maritime borders will also be marked out with cones
[3] Each state capital shall house at least one battalion of the Nigerian Army
[4] The ministries of defence, police affairs and internal affairs shall be overseen by the office of the vice president in what will be the Super Security Ministry. It will have overall responsibility for combating terrorism
[5] The minimum qualification for being employed in any of the security services shall be O'Levels
[6] Members of the security forces aiding and abetting terrorism will face statutory treason charges with the mandatory death penalty being the maximum punishment
[7] Armed forces commanders convicted of embezzling funds meant for defence will face statutory treason charges with the accompanying mandatory death penalty being the maximum punishment
[8] Nigeria will enter into bilateral defence agreements with friendly nations aimed at getting their equipment manufacturers to establish factories in the country
[9] All members of the armed forces will be registered for a national compensation programme that will pay their dependents their full salaries and grant their children scholarships up to university level should they lose their lives during the course of duty
[10] Specialist unit if the armed forces like the engineering corps of the Nigerian Army will be free to bid for government contracts in their areas of expertise.

[13] Women's policy
[1] Scrapping of all laws which limit a woman's right to inherit family property
[2] Child marriages should become criminalised immediately with a minimum 10 year prison sentence for convicted criminals
[3] 50% women's representation will be guaranteed in all elected and appointed positions
[4] Free smear tests will be made available in all states
[5] Free childcare will be made available in all 774 local government areas
[6] Paid maternity leave is compulsory
[7] Free breast cancer treatment will be available in every state capital
[8] The federal government will provide free maternity centres in every local government area
[9] Sex with a minor becomes statutory rape carrying a five year prison sentence
[10] Domestic violence carries a minimum of a five year sentence.

[14] Urban renewal policy
[1] The Federal Ministry of the Land, Housing and Urban Development will be responsible for granting settlements charters that grant them city status
[2] To be granted city status, an urban settlement must have a cathedral, central mosque, university, central post office, at least 10 secondary schools, a city centre, a shopping mall and unemployment must have been under 5% over the last five years
[3] In every city, the heart and soul of the community must be the city centre, which will be a downtown pedestrianised zone
[4] Every city centre must have a car-free shopping street lined on both sides with shops and department stores
[5] Every city will have as directly elected mayor responsible for maintenance
[6] City councils will also be elected and will be independent of state governors
[7] Citizenship of cities will be defined by birth
[8] All cities will be secular zones in which religious police will be prohibited
[9] City councils will be responsible for providing social housing and will have annual targets set. Special mortgage banks will provide low interest loans for this purpose
[10] City councils will be set emission targets and must ensure that at least 20% of their communities are open green spaces. This will be supervised by the Federal Ministry of the Land, Housing and Urban Development and failing cities can have their charters revoked.

[15] Tourism policy
[1] Gashaka State shall be established along the Nigerian border with Cameroon with its capital at Gembu. This state will be known as Nigeria's wildlife state and shall be covered by special animals rights provisions
[2] Animals will take priority over human beings in Gashaka State. Whenever there is a conflict, human settlements will be relocated, leaving the animals to roam freely under wild conditions
[3] Half of Gashaka State shall be a game reserve, while the other half shall be used for other tourist activities like theme parks, mountain climbing, etc.
[4] A national Park Rangers Brigade will be formed to safeguard tourism. They will be given shoot-at-sight orders whenever they confront poachers
[5] An Eighth Mechanised Brigade of the Nigerian Army will be formed and located in Gashaka State to provide security for the tourism industry
[6] All species of tropical animal will be brought to this new tourist haven with a view to having thriving communities of every known specie indigenous to our environment over the next 20 years
[7] Tourist operators who build hotels, game resorts, railway links, etc in Gashaka State will be offered a five year tax holiday
[8] An international airport shall be built at Gembu using federal funds, and a railway network shall be build connecting the rest of Gashaka State to the capital
[9] The Nigerian Tourist Board shall put together tourist packages that will enable visitors to visit Gashaka but as part of their visit also go to other attractions like Olumo Rock, Lake Oguta, Ikogosi Warm Springs, Idanre Hills, Umuahia War Museum, Obudu Cattle Ranch, Tinapa, etc. A high-speed special National Tourist Railway Network shall be constructed, liking all these sites together
[10] The penalty for anyone convicted of poaching animals in Gashaka State shall be death by firing squad

[16] Marine Policy
[1] Build a 25,000MW hydro-electricity power plant at the confluence of the Rivers Niger and Benue in Lokoja. This will involve the creation of an artificial Lake Bassa and the construction of man-made rapids to enhance the hydro-electric capability of the river
[2] Dredge the River Niger from Port Harcourt in Rivers State to Illo in Zamfara State
[3[ Dredge the River Benue from Lokoja in Kogi State to Yola in Adamawa State
[4] Dredge River Kaduna so the Kaduna metropolis can be linked to the River Niger Network
[5] Establish a Nigerian Waterways Transport Corporation to provide marine transport across the nation similar to the railway network
[6] Launch an integrated transport plan in which a ticket will be usable on buses, marine craft and trains, so passengers can used mixed methods of transport for their journeys
[7] Build six artificial lakes on the Rivers Niger and Benue to enhance fish production
[8] Each artificial lake will be the centre of an irrigation policy that will provide water for nearby farmlands. A network of pipelines will be built to connect these lakes with the hinterland across northern Nigeria
[9] Build inlands ports at Asaba, Onitsha, Lokoja, Kaduna, Jebba, Yola and Makurdi
[10] Build a marine wildlife sanctuary in the Niger Delta, importing animals like crocodiles, manatees, dolphins, hippopotamus, etc in a bid to create a unique tourist industry.

[17] Railway policy
[1] Build six high-speed railway lines on which trains will runs at speeds of 250km per hour
[2] Routes which the high speed lines will ply include: Lagos-Abuja; Lagos-Onitsha; Abuja-Onitsha; Lagos-Kano; Kano-Onitsha and Kano-Abuja
[3] All other trains will run at speeds no less than 100 Km per hour
[4] For long distance inter-state trains, the average speed will be at least 150km per hour
[5] Private operators will be obliged to provide at least one train every hour
[6] Cattle grazing reserves in the country will all be provided with freight rail links to ports and urban markets like Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Enugu, Benin, etc
[7] Commercial hubs like the Onitsha market, Tinapa Resort, Obudu Cattle Ranch, etc will be allowed to build dedicated lines connecting them with the port at Apapa
[8] Every state capital must have at least a light railway network
[9] At least six manufacturing facilities will be established across the country, with one in each geo-political zone
[10] The federal government will take out a 20% stake in each network

[18] Foreign policy
[1] Nigeria's economic and human development indicators will be compared annually with those of other Mint nations like Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey and Brics nations like Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa, to ensure we never fall behind
[2] At the moment, Nigeria's human development index is on a par with Pakistan in terms of literacy rates, healthcare centres, employment, GDP, etc. We should aim to doubt this over the next 10 years
[3] It is impossible to develop a thriving economy in the midst of a continent ravaged by abject poverty. Consequently, Nigeria will take it upon herself to oppose regimes that are inimical to Africa's peace, prosperity and socio-economic development
[4] Nigeria is committed to the eradication of landlocked states across the African continent. As a rule, being landlocked creates political and economic handicaps that access to the high seas averts. As of now, 15 of the world's landlocked countries are African, denying them access to the benefits of maritime trade and other sources of revenue like fishing
[5] Nigeria will undertake to and also encourage other African nations to mark their borders with trees painted in their national colours. This is to eliminate the menace of constant border clashes as happened between