Seven
months after taking over government, the Muhammadu Buhari administration has
succeeded in achieving only one out of the 222 campaign promises made to
Nigerians, according to a report by Buharimetre, a civil society monitoring
report tracking the implementation of the president’s campaign promises.
The
report, which covers the activities of the All Progressives Congress-led
Federal Government from May 29 to December 31, 2015, observed in its assessment
that the achievement was in the area of the fight against corruption, even
though a lot was still left undone in that regard.
“PMB
has only achieved 1 out of the 222 tracked promises, which constitutes 0.5
percent of the promises,” Buharimetre reported.
“
More so, it reveals that while the government is taking action to achieving
only 27 (12.2 percent approximately) of the tracked promises thus ongoing, 194
electoral promises are still ‘Not Rated.’
“ The
latter constitutes 87.3 percent of the tracked promises.”
The
electoral promises not rated, it says, is because there is “no tangible related
activities being implemented.”
The
2015 report is the fourth on the series of report on the assessment of the
performance of President Muhammadu Buhari and the governing party,
the APC, on the delivery of its 222 electoral promises.
The
report examined and focused on issues around insecurity, the economy, oil and
gas, corruption, agriculture and social sectors, with emphasis on the
environment.
It
also provided useful insights into the current state of key sectors as a way of
establishing the basis of measuring outcomes.
Assessing
the fight against corruption, the report noted that there had been visible
efforts to combat corruption since the inauguration of the present
administration, naming the arrest and prosecution of some notable persons and
the efforts to recover looted funds.
“PMB
anti-corruption efforts have been commended as a step in the right direction,”
the report noted.
-Premium Times
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