MAP Faults Tinubu’s Reported Campaign Absence, Backs Adebayo

The Movement Adebayo for President (MAP) has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his reported choice to not take part immediately within the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign tour forward of the 2027 common election, urging Nigerians to contemplate Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Adewole Adebayo, in its place.

The group stated presidential candidates ought to interact immediately with voters and clarify how they intend to handle the nation’s financial, safety and governance challenges.

In a press release titled “Choosing Between President Tinubu and Citizen Adebayo: A Social Democratic Manifesto That Signposts National Redemption,” MAP urged Nigerians to evaluate candidates based mostly on their coverage proposals, governing philosophy and plans for nationwide growth.

It additionally expressed concern over the nation’s financial and safety challenges, calling on APC governors and occasion leaders to put nationwide pursuits above political concerns.

MAP highlighted Adebayo’s manifesto, Farewell to Poverty and Insecurity, which it stated outlines proposed measures to sort out poverty, strengthen nationwide safety and enhance entry to important providers.

The group questioned the reported choice by Tinubu to focus on governance whereas the APC Presidential Campaign Council handles his marketing campaign actions, arguing that direct engagement with voters was essential within the build-up to the election.

MAP stated Adebayo’s manifesto identifies 12 precedence areas, together with nationwide safety, meals safety, electrical energy, reasonably priced power, employment and enterprise, schooling, healthcare, infrastructure, innovation, clear governance, nationwide unity and worldwide relations.

According to the group, the doc additionally outlines a four-year implementation framework meant to ascertain measurable targets and allow Nigerians to evaluate the efficiency of a possible Adebayo administration.

On the proposed first 100 days in workplace, MAP stated the manifesto envisages the institution of a Presidential Delivery and Performance Office to observe authorities programmes and assess progress in opposition to acknowledged aims.

Other proposed measures embody directing ministries, departments and companies to implement the aims of Chapter II of the 1999 Constitution, conducting baseline assessments of key sectors and introducing transparency mechanisms for public procurement and expenditure.

The framework additionally proposes federal-state supply agreements and the publication of a presidential efficiency dashboard to allow residents to trace authorities actions.

For the primary 12 months, the manifesto proposes measures to enhance safety, stabilise important providers, broaden agricultural manufacturing, strengthen home power provide and provoke precedence electrical energy and transport tasks.

It additionally identifies youth abilities growth and employment programmes as a part of efforts to widen financial alternatives.

For the second and third years, the plan envisages increasing industrial clusters and infrastructure tasks, enhancing electrical energy distribution and investing in irrigation, meals storage, processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, know-how, manufacturing, rail transport, broadband, housing and water provide.

The fourth 12 months would concentrate on finishing precedence tasks, strengthening profitable programmes by way of everlasting establishments and publishing audited efficiency stories.
MAP stated the proposed end-of-term scorecard would offer a foundation for assessing the administration’s efficiency in opposition to its commitments.

The group additionally highlighted social democracy, cooperative federalism, evidence-based governance, public-private sector collaboration and citizen participation as central components of Adebayo’s proposed governing philosophy.

It stated Chapter II of the 1999 Constitution, which comprises the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, would information the proposed administration’s strategy to governance.

MAP additional recognized transparency, accountability and the supply of fundamental requirements as key elements of the manifesto.

The group urged Nigerians to look at the doc and examine the coverage commitments of presidential candidates earlier than making their selections within the 2027 election.

It inspired residents to acquire copies of the manifesto by contacting [email protected].
The assertion was signed by the Movement Adebayo for President (MAP), which makes use of the slogan, “The Roadmap to a New Nigeria.”