APC To Unveil Buhari’s Policy Direction Wednesday

Keynote speaker: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (Image source: thesun.co.uk)

The All Progressives Congress is to unveil the roadmap for the policy direction of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration at a two-day Policy Dialogue which begins on Wednesday.

The policy dialogue, which has as its theme “Implementing Change: From Vision to Reality,” is being organized by the Policy, Research and Strategy Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council.

The Deputy Head of the Directorate and a former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said this in Abuja on Monday.

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According to him, the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, will declare open the dialogue, which will be chaired by the Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN).

A former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is expected to be the Keynote speaker at the event where input into the road-map for the actualization of the policies of the incoming administration would be made by experts drawn from various fields of human endeavour.

Abdullahi explained that the core areas of focus at the two-day event would include but not limited to the economy, governance, job creation and security in line with the APC manifestoes for change.

He also said topics for discussion were “Improving the National Economy for Shared Prosperity; “Repositioning Agriculture for Job Creation and Economic Prosperity;” “Developing Infrastructure for National Development;” “Achieving Sustainable Reforms on Oil/Gas Sector;” “Reducing Inequality and Achieving Sustainable Human Development;” “Achieving Holistic and Sustainable Reforms in the Education Sector;” “Developing and Education System Relevant to Nigeria’s Developmental Aspiration;” and “Achieving Qualitative and Affordable Healthcare.”

Other topics, he said, were “Achieving Diversity and Inclusion in Public Life;” “Exploring Sports, Tourism and Creative Industry for Job Creation;” “Governance and Improved Efficiency in Public Service;” “Tackling Corruption in Public Sector;” and “Foreign Policy and Agenda for Change.”

Some of the speakers and discussants expected at the dialogue include a former chairperson of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Ifueko Omogui-Okauru,; a former Minister of Power, Dr. Rilwan Babalola; a former Country Chair, Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Authority, Dr. Tajudeen Umar; President of the International Institute for Petroleum Energy Law and Policy, Prof. Niyi Ayoola Daniels; Resident Representative of UNFPA, Ghana, Tunde Ahonsi; and Maj. Gen. Ishola Williams (retd.).

Others are Chairman of the West African Examination Council, Prof. Pai Obanya; CEO of Economic Associates, Dr. Ayo Teriba; Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Prof. Bolaji Aluko; Prof. Mohammed Tabia of the Department of Islamic Law, Bayero University, Kano; a former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau; a former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; a former Solicitor-General of Lagos State, Fola Arthur-Worrey; a former Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises; Bolanle Onagoruwa, Wale Fapounda of Legal Resources Consortium; and the Chairman of CLEEN Foundation, Prof. Etannibi Alemika.