The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has presented his action plan to the country's business community and organised private sector.
Speaking on Tuesday at the town hall meeting in Lagos, Tinubu promised that his government will target double-digit Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth if elected as President in 2023. Tinubu promised that his administration would revive Nigeria’s dead industries and ensure that all investors that have left the country return back if elected in 2023. The APC candidate vowed to promote agriculture, provide power, produce and use made-in-Nigeria goods, build infrastructure, and improve the country’s security. He called on the business community to join hands with him to achieve his plans, stating that a viable economy requires collaboration between the political and business communities. The APC candidate, therefore, said he has the ability to repeat the economic success he achieved as the Governor of Lagos State if given the mandate to lead the country. He said: “Lagos is an appropriate venue for this meeting. You may have heard that I was once the governor of this dynamic economic force. “However, may I remind you that when I first entered the office, Lagos was a different story. My team and I developed a blueprint, a master plan, for Lagos. I can say that plan has been largely successful. “We turned this state into a safer, more prosperous place where people can go about any legitimate vocation or venture regardless of their ethnicity, religion, region, or prior social status. We did more than open Lagos for business. We opened the door for all of Nigeria to join and experience the decent things progressive democratic governance can bring. “We were not perfect but we did a lot. In doing so, we worked hand in hand with the business community as partners sharing the same goals of prosperity and renewed hope. Well, as you might have heard at some point recently, I now stand before you, seeking a bigger yet similar job.” Tinubu said the nation needs to move from dependence on exporting its raw materials to one that refines its raw materials for upward export itself. According to Tinubu, his administration’s plan is to build on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and continue from where it stopped. Tinubu promised to continue the fight against insecurity by redefining counterinsurgency doctrine and practice and recruiting more personnel into the police and other security agencies. He said: “I have saved the single most important point for last. May I conclude with my thoughts on security? We shall continue the fight against insecurity by redefining our counterinsurgency doctrine and practice. “Our response to terror, kidnapping, and violent criminality will be defined by the following elements. We shall enlist more people in the armed forces, security services and police. Our forces will be given better tactical communications, and mobility as well as improved aerial and ground surveillance capacity. “Through these and other measures, we shall better identify, monitor, track, and defeat these evil groups where they are. They shall have no respite until they surrender or are utterly defeated”.This article was originally published on Naija News
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