Omoluabi Team Alliance Socio-Cultural and Political Group Writes President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Mr. President and Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, permit me to congratulate you on the occasion of your swearing-in and assumption of office as the 6th democratically elected president of Nigeria. As democrats let me in this letter not join others to tag you the 16th President like you are tagged in most media outfits. It is no other reason than the fact that only leaders who secured the mandates of the people through the ballots should be recognized by true democrats. You belong to this category of leaders in the annals of history. I must say categorically that your rise to stardom is monumental, timely and a well deserved feat that reflects the story of a man whose emergence wasn't accidental but incidental. No doubt your love and loyalty to Nigeria with so much zeal to pursue your targeted goal has brought you this far.
Your Excellency. it becomes pertinent to write this open letter to you at this time when you are about to fully settle down to face the task and responsibilities the nation has handed over to you premised on the fact that you voluntarily requested for it. As good Nigerians, as a group and your kinsmen we shall continually seek the face of God Almighty on your behalf for His wisdom, knowledge and mental alertness in providing good governance. It will be morally right to remind you that your journey from your Ikoyi bourdillion palace to the seat of power in Aso villa wasn't an easy one at all. Fate was at work despite conspiracies against your life long ambition. The conspirators can now treat their wounds but history and posterity will not pardon their obnoxious acts especially those brethren you started the journey with and hatched the plans together to journey into stardom abinitio. Mr. President you are now father of the nation as it was prophesized so be magnanimous in victory and put Nigeria first in all you do.
However, alot is expected from you as Commander -in- Chief and so we deem it fit to promptly provide advise to you in our capacity as a socio- cultural and political group whose sole interest is advocacy for good governance. In lieu of this, it becomes pertinent to advise as follows:
A. Economy:
1.Constitute an high tech powerful National Economic team with members drawn from academia, industry, manufacturing and financial institutions. This team should provide weekly reports and brief to your office as matter of urgency.
2. Banks and other financial institutions be made to maintain a uniform interest rate and a single digit to assist small,medium and large scale investors.
3.Reverse and stop immediately all loans and other borrowings already approved that has not been issued out by world bank or other international financial institutions.
4.Replace the CBN Governor Godwin Emeifele immediately. He has overstayed his usefulness at the apex bank.
5.Open very busy land border corridors that are economically viable indefinitely while other land borders that are prone to insurgencies and are a security threat to our nation be closed immediately.
6. Manufacturing and production sectors be made more viable. Very low tax rate, removal of multiple taxation, visa on arrival for willing international investors.
7. Attention be given to investors coming from Europe, Asia, America and other foreign nationals who have the financial capacity to come invest in Nigeria. Visa available to them on arrival with other terms and conditions apply.
8. Key areas for investment in Nigeria must include automobiles(cars and motorbikes), textiles, leathers and tanning, diary and agriculture,electronics and gadgets, iron and steels, food processing, restaurants and kitchens and many more should be listed with strict regulations from government agency.
B.Power and Electricity:
1. Total deregulation of the power sector
2. Foreign investors
interested need to come apply with terms and conditions. Investors from Asia and Europe be encouraged.
3. Retrieve licenses from incompetent domestic contractors who are struggling with survival and interrupted services to Nigerians .
4. Encourage Independent, States and even Local Governments power generation from anu source deem fit.
C.Security:
1. Senior security personnels who have a minimum of 10 years to serve be given compulsory retirements with immediate effect.
2. Close all borders along porous zones in the northern part of Nigeria.
3.Full invasion of sambisa forest with the forest brought down. Declare the zone a no- trespassers going area. However, because of the rich content of the vast valuable economic resources identified as californium, it is advised to lease out to a foreign mining company who could be interested with terms and conditions apply.
4.Decongest weapon and armouries by approving one per geopolitical zones.
5.Approve state police for a more efficient security architecture which is in tandem with the 1 citizen 1 police ratio.
6.Enforce the use of high - tech RS/GIS surveillance tools to combat crimes.
7. Replace all expired service chiefs who have overstayed their time.
Among others.
D.Education:
1. Rehabilitate and fund all old Unity schools nationwide. Rejig their administration and admission policies to foster national unity.
2.Rebuild,rehabilitate and rejig the administration of all Federal Technical Schools nationwide and get them upgraded to diploma awarding institutions.
3.Rejig and fund all Teachers' Training Colleges nationwide.
4.Grant universities full autonomy but TETFund must allowed to continue with Staff training and development.
5..Approve foreign investors who may wish to come invest in the Nigerian Education Sector from primary to tertiary level.
6.Provide intervention and funding for all private schools and institutions of learning as that already has taken care of unemployment.
Among others.
E.Agriculture:
1. States be mandated to create farmers village in each states with the facilities required to function and accommodate youths.
2.Ranching be established by government while license be approved to private ranch owners. Then open or nomadic grazing becomes a crime.
3. Dairy, skin and leather companies from foreign investors be licensed to transform and process available raw materials from our livestock farmers.
4.Return and re-invest in cocoa, coffee and other economic crops.While government create export avenue through new and existing agencies.
5. Fertilizer and inorganic manure companies be allowed to come invest in Nigeria.
6. Build on other programmes in the agric sector that was initiated by the last administration.
F. Oil and Gas:
1.Sustain some programmes and policies initiated by the last administration.
2. Fight oil and gas sabotage with all available arsenal.
3.Encourage modular and local content refineries but approve with license and regulate
4.All oil multinationals engaged with the upstream sector must be made to build a refinery with FGN owning 30% share with strict regulations.
5.All oil and gas multinationals involved in the upstream sector must declare their total production and report same on a monthly basis for transparency and accountability.
6.Close all land and water bodies and corridors to crude oil export for the next 2 years as the first pilot phase to non tolerance to crude oil and gas theft and the in-country crude oil refining scheme.
7.De- list any inland basin that has no capacity to yield upto a minimum of 50-100 barrel of oil per day from the list of oil producing states.
G.Youths and Senior Citizens:
Mr. President. the teeming youths are also very important and vital to the attention of your administration. Remember they opposed you with a protest vote which is enough to tell you they are a strong force to reckon with. It is now up to you to put up policies, programmes and agenda that are youth friendly. Engage the youths in governance, empower the youths and let them feel your impact across all sectors. Your administration will have nothing to loose if you deem it fit to return power to the 774 local governments across the country. This is the third tier of government that is much more closer to the people. It will be needful to say that the effectiveness and efficiency in the implementation of most state and federal government policies and programmes have their impacts felt most in the local government areas which play hosts to wards, units and even sub- units existing at the doorposts of the masses. All these you can achieve without procrastination. Remember if you do, you get the accolades and your name written eternally on gold.
Above all remember your source, your home, your own constituency and immediate kinsmen in the scheme of things for the sake of an agenda that must be preserved and maintained intact. We have all toiled for your success, offered our blessings and gave our full supports that have yielded good fruits. We all toiled day night from our various corners to see that your aspirations come true. You represent an ideology, a political school of thought that must not be betrayed under any. circumstance. Remember the duo of late Awolowo and MKO Abiola meant well for this country. We want you to do better than they have ever thought or meant for this country.
Continue to be a progressive and a thorough bred democrat you are known for.
May the good spirit of Omoluabi never depart from you President Bola Ahmed Tinubu(GCFR).
Long Live Federal Republic of Nigeria
E- Signed:
Omoluabi Jayeola A.O.
National Convener
Reachable on: 08063563668_
Email: jaffero2001@yahoo.com
31/5/2023.
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