A list of President Muhammadu Buhari’s significant accomplishments in significant economic sectors has been made public by the Presidency, seven days before the current administration comes to an end.
The Presidency said in a 119-page document published on Monday that the Buhari government has made significant progress in a number of areas, including infrastructure, power, housing, economy, and security and justice.
Security
The president emphasized that since Buhari took office in 2015, 38 brand-new aircraft, together with 10 super Mushshak, five MI-35 helicopters, and two bell helicopters, have been purchased for the Air Force.
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Additionally, it noted that the Air Force already has 12 A-29 Tucano, four Agusta, three JF-17 Thunder, and is anticipating the arrival of another 12 new attack helicopters and 24 M-346 fighter attack aircraft.
The presidency said: “For the first time in history, the NAF has under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration successfully conducted several in-country periodic depot maintenance and avionics upgrades of some of its platforms.”
For the Navy, it stated that more than 400 new platforms are now available, including 200 riverine patrol boats, 114 rigid hull inflatable boats, 22 fast attack boats, 14 unmanned aerial vehicles, four barges, and four helicopters, among others.
It said: “In line with the president’s directive, the Nigerian navy has established a naval base at Lake Chad in Baga, Borno state, and has received presidential approval for new naval bases in Lekki, Oguta, and Kano.”
The executive branch said Numerous vehicles, including battle tanks, mine sweepers, armored fighting vehicles, mountain bikes, infantry fighting vehicles, MRAPS, light tanks, and others, have been acquired under the administration.
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“Most recently in 2023, the Nigerian military acquired 700 brand new troop carrying vehicles all assembled in Nigeria,” the presidency said.
Additionally, it said that 20,000 new police officers were hired in two tranches of 10,000, and that recruitment for a third batch is still ongoing with the goal of reaching 40,000 cops in the not too distant future.
Combating Drug Abuse
Additionally, it claimed that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) apprehended 24,000 drug traffickers in 2021 and 2022 alone, including 29 drug barons, and that 3,400 convicts were found guilty.
More than N450 billion worth of drugs and cash were recovered, and 772 hectares of cannabis farms were destroyed, according to the presidency.
Infrastructure
The Buhari administration claimed that, similar to legislative reform, Nigeria was undergoing the largest and most ambitious federal infrastructure development since the country’s independence.
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It said: “The Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCorp) was established by President Buhari in February 2021, with an initial seed Capital of N1 trillion, provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC).
“InfraCorp’s goal is to catalyse and accelerate investment into Nigeria’s infrastructure sector by originating, structuring, executing, and managing end-to-end bankable projects in that space.
“In addition to the N1 trillion equity seed capital, InfraCorp is expected to mobilise up to an additional N14 trillion of debt capital. Establishment in 2020 of the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF), with more than $1 billion in funding so far.”
The 156-kilometer Lagos-Ibadan rail line, the purchase of 64 coaches and 21 locomotives, the 186-kilometer Abuja-Kaduna rail, and the completion of the 327-kilometer Itakpe-Warri standard gauge rail were among the additional infrastructural accomplishments cited by the presidency.
Power
Regarding power, Buhari said that an additional 4,000 MW of power-generating assets were finished during the tenure of the administration, including the Dangote power plant, the Zungeru hydro, the Kashimbila, Adam 111, Kudenda, and other projects.
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Oil and Gas
The president noted various achievements of the present administration in the oil and gas sector, including the signing of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), Nigeria’s Decade of Gas, the ongoing 614-kilometer Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas project, the $1.4 billion Nigeria-Morocco ammonia factory, among others.
Niger Delta
The Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State, received approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) in January 2018 to start undergraduate degree programs. This institution’s launch was one of the Buhari administration’s Niger Delta priorities.
“President Buhari approved N5 billion in take-off grant for the Maritime University,” the statement read.
The Buhari administration intends to finish the 337km East-West Road project in 2022–2023, according to the list, which also included the restart of construction on the project.
It claimed that the Ogoni clean-up, for which S$170 million in seed funding had been set aside, and approvals for the construction of modular refineries run by the private sector throughout the nine Niger Delta states were also among the accomplishments of the Buhari administration.
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The publication further highlighted the payments to states amounting to N2 trillion in bailouts in the heat of the economic recession.
“The Buhari administration had extended more than N2 trillion in bailout packages to states to enable them to meet their salary and pension obligations, especially in the face of dwindling oil revenues in the first three years of the administration,” it said.
COVID-19
On COVID-19, the Presidency stated that the President established an Economic Sustainability Committee in March 2020, which would be presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in order to create a comprehensive economic plan to address the disruptions and dislocations brought on by the pandemic while also handling the challenges it presented.
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