Privatise NNPC, raise GDP to $900bn, cut taxes… Atiku’s policy document

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), has plans to embark on partial privatisation of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The former vice-president also plans to sell all four national
refineries, and cut corporate income tax to be the lowest in
Africa.

According to the Atiku Abubakar policy document seen by
TheCable, the 71-year-old plans to create three million jobs per
year.

The policy document was put together with a major delivery
timeline of 2019 to 2025.

Other items on Atiku’s plan include building 5,000 kilometres of
roads, and 5,000 kilometres of modern railway.

The plan is built on four cardinal points: jobs, infrastructure,
poverty eradication, and human capital development.

The Atiku policy document also seeks to “improve spending
efficiency of the federal government and drastically reduce the
share of recurrent revenue in the budget from 70% to 35% by
2025”.

According wthe document, Atiku also seeks to implement the
petroleum industry bill, ensure Nigeria refines over one million
barrels of oil per day, and generate 20,000 megawatts of power by
2025.

Below is the copy of the policy document in PDF Format

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