The presidency says Muhammadu Buhari is the first president
to start and complete a rail project in Nigeria’s history.
In a statement on Sunday, Femi Adesina, special adviser to
the president on media and publicity, said the Buhari administration has broken
“giant-sized jinx” in many areas.
He said the recent announcement of a net profit by the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was a feat achieved under
Buhari’s watch.
Adesina listed other achievements of the administration,
including policies, projects and legislation.
Here is a full list
from the presidency:
(1) Petroleum Industry Bill signed into law in 2021, after
almost two decades in the works. It is aimed at reforming a Petroleum Act
dating back to 1969, as well as other supplementary laws and regulations.
(2) Deep Offshore and Inland Basin (Production Sharing
Contracts) Act, 2019, amended for the first time since 1993.
(3) More than 6
billion dollars of inherited Cash Call Arrears now being cleared by the Buhari
Administration, since 2016. More than 3 billion dollars of the arrears
(payments due to International Oil Companies) have since been paid.
(4) The Buhari Administration has overseen the first
successful Marginal Fields Bid Round in almost 20 years.
(5) The Buhari Administration has launched the first
National Social Investment Programme in the country’s history. Today it is the
largest Social Investment Programme in Africa and one of the largest in the
world.
(6) Restoration of the Federal Budget to a
January-to-December cycle, after more than a decade.
(7) The Nigeria
Center for Disease Control (NCDC) was established in 2011, and for its first
seven years did not have an enabling Act of the National Assembly — Until 2018
when President Buhari assented to the NCDC Act.
(8) Nigeria Police Act, 2020: The first overhaul of the
Police Act since it was originally enacted in 1943
(9) Nigeria Correctional Service Act, 2019 – overhauled the
existing Prisons Act, almost 50 years after it was first enacted.
(10) Finance Acts 2019 and 2020 – the first time ever that
Federal Budgets are being accompanied by dedicated and specific reform
legislation, to support implementation.
(11) Suppression of
Piracy and Other Maritime Offences Bill (SPOMO), 2019: The first of its kind in
the entire Gulf of Guinea, dedicated to prosecuting maritime offences.
(12) Police Trust Fund Act, 2019: First-ever legislation
dedicated to addressing the financing of the Police Force
(13) CAMA, 2020 – the first overhaul of the Company and
Allied Matters Act (CAMA) in 30 years.
(14) Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities
(Prohibition) Act, 2018: Another unprecedented piece of legislation in Nigeria
(15) Treasury Single
Account (TSA) started in 2012, expanded across the entire Government by
President Buhari
Projects:
(16) Itakpe-Warri Rail Line, started in 1987, abandoned for
decades, and finally completed in 2020.
(17) Completion of four standard gauge railway projects
between 2016 and 2021: Abuja-Kaduna Rail Line, Abuja Metro Line, Itakpe-Warri
Rail Line and Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line.
(18) President Buhari is the first President to start and
complete a rail project in Nigeria’s history (Lagos-Ibadan Rail).
(19) The last NLNG Train project (Train 6) was completed in
2008. President Buhari has successfully flagged off Train 7 construction.
(20) Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki Expressway, undergoing full
reconstruction for the first time since it was constructed in the late 1970s.
(21) Bodo-Bonny Bridges and Road: Construction finally
kicked off in 2017, after several decades of planning, and three false starts.
(22) The long-awaited Ogoni Clean-Up kicked off under the
Buhari Administration.
(23) The Nigerian Navy has this year (2021) acquired its
first new Landing Ship Tank (LST) in more than 40 years.
(24) The Nigerian Air Force has enjoyed the largest
investment in fleet renewal in decades, under President Buhari, acquiring more
than two-dozen new aircraft since 2016.
(25) Construction of the first full-scale private refinery
and the first privately financed Deep Sea Port in Nigeria’s history both
started under President Buhari’s watch.
(26) Only one Modular Refinery in the country pre-2016.
Since 2018, there have been several either under construction or already
completed.
(27) Maritime University, Delta State, licensed by the NUC
and operationalized in 2018
(28) Completion, since 2016, of twelve (12) inherited Dam
projects across the country: Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, Taraba; Ogwashi-Uku
Multipurpose Dam, Delta; Adada Dam, Enugu; Sulma Earth Dam, Katsina; Gimi Earth
Dam, Kaduna; Amla-Otukpo Dam, Benue; Amauzari Earth Dam, Imo; Ibiono-Ibom Earth
Dam, Akwa Ibom; Gadau/Lafia Zigau Dam, Bauchi; Alajue Small Earth Dam, Osun;
Kampe Omi Dam, Kogi (Rehabilitation) and Kargo Dam, Kaduna (Rehabilitation).
(29) Completion of three (3) inherited Hydropower Projects,
accounting for more than 100MW of electricity in total: Gurara Hydropower
Project, 30MW, Kaduna State – completed and concessioned in 2020; Kashimbila
Hydropower Project, 40MW, Taraba, Dadin-Kowa Hydropower Project, 40MW, Gombe.
(30) Completion, since 2016, of seven (7) inherited Irrigation
projects and 30 Water Supply Projects inherited by the Administration,
including the Central Ogbia Regional Water Supply Project in Bayelsa State,
Northern Ishan Regional Water Supply Project and the Ojirami Dam Water Supply
Scheme and Reticulation Network, both in Edo State; Sabke, Dutsi and Mashi
Water Supply Project in Katsina State; Vom Water Supply Project and Mangu
Regional Water Supply Scheme in Plateau State; Takum Water Supply Project in
Taraba State; Gambaki/Chinade/Hardawa/Bulkachuwa Water Supply Project in Bauchi
State; Inyishi Regional Water Supply Project in Imo State; Ilobu Water Supply
Scheme and Osogbo Water Supply Scheme in Osun State; Idanre Water Supply
Project in Ondo State; Ofeme Water Supply Project in Abia State; Uburu Water Supply
Scheme in Ebonyi State; Gashua Water Supply Scheme in Yobe State; Kwami Gadam
and Bojude Water Supply Project in Gombe State; the Saki Town Water Supply
Project, Oyo State; and the Zobe and Kazaure Water Supply Projects in Katsina
and Jigawa States respectively.
(31) NDDC HQ Complex, started in the mid-1990s, completed in
2021.
(32) EFCC HQ Complex, construction started in 2011,
completed in 2018.
(33) Zik Mausoleum, started in 1996, completed and
commissioned 2018.
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