As the administration of Muhammadu Buhari enters its last lap, the Presidency said the enactment of 37 laws, 12 executive orders, and several infrastructure projects, bilateral agreements, and fiscal reforms to grow Nigeria are highlights of the achievements.
The presidency also listed the appointments/election of eminent Nigerians into the leadership of several global organisations in the 90-page fact sheet chronicling the high points of the Muhammadu Buhari-led government as it winds down on May 29.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in a statement on Sunday, said, the 90-page fact sheet released, highlighted ‘Buhari’s footprint on the sands of time.’
It read in part, “In about four weeks, President Muhammadu Buhari will touch down as the country’s number one citizen. For eight years, he has served, making a salutary impact on nearly all sectors of the national landscape: security, economy, anti-corruption, infrastructure; rail, roads, air and seaports, power, housing, water resources, the oil and gas sector, legislative matters, foreign affairs, sports, youth development, and many others.
“The Presidential Communications Team here brings a one-stop shop of achievements under the Buhari administration covering eight years of two terms. It’s a collector’s item, an answer to the questions of those who would rather cavil, looking at a half-empty cup, rather than a half-filled one.
“Those who are objective, taking a dispassionate look at this fact sheet, would admit that President Buhari came and served meritoriously. As he had promised many times, he would not be leaving Nigeria the way he met it.”
On infrastructure, Adesina noted that the regime had, and is constructing, over 961km stretch of rail lines crisscrossing the nation.
The fact sheet also highlighted other infrastructural gains in terms of power, roads, healthcare, housing, oil and gas, and the digital economy.
It noted the launch of a new national 5G policy in 2021 and the successful licensing of two private companies to roll out 5G nationally, adding that Nigeria’s 5G spectrum auction had generated $547m in licence fees.
On the foreign scene, Adesina noted that the Buhari-led government had struck profitable ties and signed various MoUs across infrastructural, security, economy, and humanitarian lines.
These foreign entities include the United Nations, China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Germany, among others.
The regime, the fact sheet said, had also been instrumental in the appointment of several Nigerians as heads of various global organisations.
They include the Designation of the President as the African Union Anti-Corruption Champion for 2018; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, appointed in 2017; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organisation (first African and first woman to hold the position, elected 2021); Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, elected in 2015 and re-elected 2020; and Benedict Oramah, President of African Export-Import Bank, re-elected for a second term in 2020.
Others are Mohammad Barkindo, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries; elected in 2016, and re-elected in 2019; Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court, 2018–2021.
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