<\/p>\n
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has stated that President Goodluck
\nJonathan administration has surpassed previous administrations in terms of
\nservice delivery to the people that cut across all sectors of the economy<\/p>\n
The Vice President made this statement today in Kaduna at a meeting with
\nWomen and youth groups in the state.<\/p>\n
Arc Namadi Sambo said that their administration has kept faith with its
\ncampaign promises of transforming the country as evidenced by its
\nunprecedented record of achievements across all sectors of the economy. He
\nsaid that when their administration came on board, the power sector could
\nbarely generate 20,000mw but within three years they were able to generate
\n4,500mw of power, complete eleven thermal power plants, built 3,500km of
\ntransmission line as well as 295 injection sub-stations in the country, a
\nrecord that surpassed all previous records added together in the history
\nof the nation.<\/p>\n
In the transport sector, the Vice President said that the Goodluck
\nJonathan administration was able to build about 20,000km of road network
\nas well as 3,500km of rail lines cutting across north, east, south and
\nwest while at the same time reviving the comatose rail sector, which had
\nsuffered neglect for the past three decades and train services were
\nbrought back to life.<\/p>\n
In the Education Sector, the Vice President stated that no nation in the
\nhistory of the world has established fourteen universities in three years,
\na feat the Goodluck Jonathan Administration has achieved. He added that
\none of these universities was the Police Academy in Wudil, which had been
\nupgraded to a degree-awarding institution; the first ever in Africa. He
\nadded that the administration has also expended over N664billion to
\ntertiary institutions under the Tertiary Education Trust Funds (TETFUND)
\nin training and capacity building of staff as well as in projects
\nexecution in both federal and state-owned institutions of higher learning
\nin the country. At the primary and basic education levels, he said that
\nabout N297billion support fund under the Universal Basic Education UBEC
\nwas expended adding that, in line with the President\u2019s directive that all
\nchildren of school age were sent to school, about 10 million Almajirai and
\nother out of school children had been catered for under the Almajirai
\nModel Schools and other specialized schools for boys and girls established
\nin the South-South and South-East to cater for the underprivileged class
\nin the society.<\/p>\n
Arc Namadi Sambo added that, under the Nigerian Industrial Revolution
\nPlan, Nigeria has achieved self-sufficiency in cement production and was
\non her way to achieving the same level in rice production and other
\nagricultural produce. \u201cWhen this administration came on board, Nigeria
\ncould barely produce 10million tons of cement and had to import an
\nadditional 9 million tones to satisfy local demand. With the coming into
\nbeing of the Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan, today Nigeria has become
\na net exporter of cement products producing over 30million metric tons and
\nexporting about 11million.\u201d He said<\/p>\n
In the agricultural sector, the vice president stated that the e-wallet
\nsystem of fertilizer introduced by their administration has ensured the
\navailability of the product to farmers as at and when needed making a
\nsavings of over N100billion to government while at the same time removing
\ncorruption that had hitherto characterize its distribution.<\/p>\n
On youth and women empowerment, Arc Namadi Sambo said that their
\nadministration has evolved several strategies to create job and wealth for
\nthe teeming youth and women of the country amongst which were the Subsidy
\nRe-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), Youth Empowerment Scheme
\n(YES), Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWin) and several
\nother schemes. He also added that last year, the administration has
\ncreated the Presidential Jobs Board with the mandate to create at least 2
\nmillion jobs annually for the next ten years to breach the unemployment
\ngap in the country as well as the Micro, Small and Medium Scale
\nEnterprises (MSMEs) Council to provide access to capital for micro, small
\nand medium scale enterprises in the country.<\/p>\n
The Vice President however called on them to come out en-masse and ensure
\ntotal victory for the party in the forthcoming elections as their
\nadministration has accorded women and youths the highest priority.<\/p>\n
On their part, the Youth and Women groups promised total victory for the
\nPeople\u2019s Democratic Party in all positions contested for in the party in
\nthe State.<\/p>\n
In a related development, the Vice President has also met with religious
\nleaders from the central zone in Kaduna state where he called for their
\nprayers on the peaceful conduct of the forthcoming general elections and
\nan end to the insecurity in the country while urging them to return to
\ntheir communities and preach on the need for peace and peaceful
\ncoexistence amongst their adherents for it is only in the atmosphere of
\npeace and tranquility that they development could be achieved.<\/p>\n
The Vice President has however assured the religious clerics that federal
\ngovernment has recorded great successes in its war with the terrorists in
\nthe North-eastern part of the country. He said that already the Nigerian
\narmed forces armed forces had liberated all areas under occupation by the
\nterrorists in Adamawa and Yobe states and seven out of the ten local
\ngovernment areas occupied by the dreaded sect in Borno state.<\/p>\n
Both Representatives of the leaders of the Islamic and Christian religions
\ngroups assured the Vice President that they would play their part as
\nreligious leaders in guiding their followers on the noble path of peace,
\nwhile adding that they had been consulting with several youth groups and
\nassociations to ensure that the post-election violence of 2011 that has
\ncaused wanton destruction of lives and property, did not repeat itself.<\/p>\n
Prayers were offered for an end to the insecurity in the country as well
\nfor peaceful polls in the forthcoming general elections.<\/p>\n
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