President Muhammadu Buhari has listed nine areas his administration would prioritise during his remaining years in office.
He listed those priority areas to include improvement of access to quality education, health care, power supply poverty reduction.
Buhari was elected as President in 2015 for a four-year term. He then got re-elected for a second term in 2019, a tenure which will end in three years (2023).
The President gave the assurance while receiving Letters of Credence from Ambassadors/High Commissioners of eight countries at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday, August 25.
Buhari, according to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, emphatically said he would improve access to quality education, health care and enhance productivity.
The statement was titled “President Buhari lists nine priority areas to improve livelihood of Nigerians.”
He said efforts were being made to sustain Nigeria’s position as profitable investment destination with unequalled incentives in all sectors, especially large market and flexible tax system, which investors from various countries could take advantage of.
The President told the diplomats about Nigeria’s priority, and the need to streamline on people-focused policies.
He added;
In our efforts to achieve a realistic domestic and foreign policy, as well as national development, we have identified the following nine priority areas to guide our policy directions over the next few years.
Build a thriving and sustainable economy; Enhance social inclusion and reduce poverty; Enlarge agricultural output for food security and export; Attain energy sufficiency in power and petroleum products and expand transport and other infrastructural development.
Buhari stressed;
Expand business growth, entrepreneurship and industrialization; Expand access to quality education, affordable healthcare and productivity of Nigerians; Build a system to fight corruption, improve governance and create social cohesion; and improve security for all.
Describing Nigerians as the “nation’s most prized assets’’, the President said;
The nine priority mandates were already reflected in the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, a medium-term initiative pioneered by the government to restore economic growth and development while leveraging the resourcefulness and resilience of the citizens.
President Buhari urged the diplomats to use the opportunity of working in the country to improve relations with their governments and people.
He expressed that Nigeria will remain steadfast in pursuing deeper and valuable relations among nations, without discrimination, stressing;
These include our cooperation in strengthening regional, continental and global peace and security, resolving complex issues, settling conflicts, as well as addressing dangerous threats to mankind, among which include terrorism, proliferation of small arms and light weapons, human trafficking, cybercrimes, poverty, communicable diseases and epidemics.
The Ambassadors/High Commissioners who presented their Letters of Credence are: Hocine Latil of Algeria; Luong Quoc Thinh of Vietnam; Dr Benson Alfred Bana of Tanzania; Traore Kalilou of Cote d’Ivoire; Abakar Saleh Chahaimi of Chad; Jamal Mohammed Barrow of Somalia; Brahim Salem El Mami Buseif of Sahrawi Arab Republic and Mohammed Alibak of Iran.
