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President-Elect Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari addressing members of the 8th assembly legislators-elect during their
induction course in Abuja on Wednesday
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A think tank established by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to study
critical areas of the economy and make recommendations to guide the incoming
government yesterday submitted its report to President-elect General Muhammadu
Buhari.
The committee, which was established
four months ago under the Centre for Human Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo
Presidential Library, studied five key areas – education, power, the economy,
security and infrastructure.
Media reports:
The head of Buhari’s media team,
Mallam Garba Shehu, told reporters that the Vice Chairman of the committee and
former Minister of Finance, Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu, presented volumes of the
report to Gen. Buhari during a brief ceremony at Buhari’s private office on
Lobito Crescent in Wuse 2, Abuja.
He said former Nigerian High
Commissioner to United Kingdom Dr. Christopher Kolade, who was head of the
Power Committee, gave various stages of the proposed power sector development
plan to include, short term, medium term and long term solutions.
Shehu said under the short term
solution, the plan seeks to raise power generation to 10,000 MW within a short
period, adding that “the whole idea was that Obasanjo set up his own think-
tank with the aim of carrying out a study on challenges facing the country in
the five key areas. The study was commissioned four months ago so that the
outcome will be made available to the incoming administration after the
election.
Shehu quoted Gen. Buhari as
appreciating Obasanjo and his team for their effort, describing their
intervention as a great impetus for the incoming government.
Gen. Buhari, he said, regretted that
the out-going government that is supposed to give him tips on how to take-off
has done nothing so far and thanked Obasanjo and his team for their gesture,
assuring them that his administration will seek their advice as time goes on.
After the meeting with the
president-elect, the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Centre for Human
Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Prof. Akin Mabogunje,
said the centre had been working on some critical areas of the economy to help
the incoming government.
He said: “The centre sent a
delegation of those who’ve been involved with the preparation of those policy
documents to talk to the president-elect and get him to appreciate what is
being done to help his administration.”
On how the president-elect received the report,
the professor of Geography said: “He was very happy that we’ve been thinking
about how to help him hit the ground running and he expressed his appreciation
for what we’ve been doing”.
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