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| Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari |
The Presidency has listed numerous jinxes broken by the Buhari administration in recent times.
Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina listed
the jinxes in a special write-up on Sunday in Abuja.
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
JINXES BROKEN BY THE MUHAMMADU BUHARI
ADMINISTRATION—PRESIDENCY
A giant-sized jinx was broken recently when
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced a first Net Profit
in the 44-year history of the organization. Under President Muhammadu Buhari,
who doubles as Minister for Petroleum Resources, the oil conglomerate announced
a first-ever profit of N287 billion. Such had never happened before.
But that was by no means the only major
jinx broken in the lifetime of the Buhari administration. They abound. And here
are just some of them. The list is by no means exhaustive:
Policies and legislation:
*Petroleum Industry Bill signed into law in
2021, after almost two decades in the works. It is aimed at reforming a
Petroleum Act dating back to 1969, as well as other supplementary laws and
regulations.
*Deep Offshore and Inland Basin (Production
Sharing Contracts) Act, 2019, amended for the first time since 1993.
*More than 6 billion dollars of inherited
Cash Call Arrears now being cleared by the Buhari Administration, since 2016.
More than 3 billion dollars of the arrears (payments due to International Oil
Companies) have since been paid.
*The Buhari Administration has overseen the
first successful Marginal Fields Bid Round in almost 20 years.
*The Buhari Administration has launched the first National Social Investment Programme in the country’s history. Today it is the largest Social Investment Programme in Africa and one of the largest in the world.
*Restoration of the Federal Budget to a
January-to-December cycle, after more than a decade.
*The Nigeria Center for Disease Control
(NCDC) was established in 2011, and for its first seven years did not have an
enabling Act of the National Assembly — Until 2018 when President Buhari
assented to the NCDC Act.
*Nigeria Police Act, 2020: The first overhaul of the Police Act since it was originally enacted in 1943
*Nigeria Correctional Service Act, 2019 -
overhauled the existing Prisons Act, almost 50 years after it was first
enacted.
*Finance Acts 2019 and 2020 - the first
time ever that Federal Budgets are being accompanied by dedicated and specific
reform legislation, to support implementation.
*Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime
Offences Bill (SPOMO), 2019: The first of its kind in the entire Gulf of
Guinea, dedicated to prosecuting maritime offences.
*Police Trust Fund Act, 2019: First-ever
legislation dedicated to addressing the financing of the Police Force
*CAMA, 2020 - the first overhaul of the
Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) in 30 years.
*Discrimination Against Persons With
Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018: Another unprecedented piece of
legislation in Nigeria
*Treasury Single Account (TSA) started in
2012, expanded across the entire Government by President Buhari
Projects
*Itakpe-Warri
Rail Line, started in 1987, abandoned for decades, and finally completed in
2020
*Completion of four standard gauge railway
projects between 2016 and 2021: Abuja-Kaduna Rail Line, Abuja Metro Line,
Itakpe-Warri Rail Line and Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line.
*President Buhari is the first President to
start and complete a rail project in Nigeria’s history (Lagos-Ibadan Rail).
*The last NLNG Train project (Train 6) was
completed in 2008. President Buhari has successfully flagged off Train 7
construction.
*Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki Expressway,
undergoing full reconstruction for the first time since it was constructed in
the late 1970s.
*Bodo-Bonny Bridges and Road: Construction
finally kicked off in 2017, after several decades of planning, and three false
starts.
*The long-awaited Ogoni Clean-Up kicked off
under the Buhari Administration.
*The Nigerian Navy has this year (2021)
acquired its first new Landing Ship Tank (LST) in more than 40 years.
*The Nigerian Air Force has enjoyed the
largest investment in fleet renewal in decades, under President Buhari,
acquiring more than two-dozen new aircraft since 2016.
*Construction of the first full-scale private refinery and the first privately financed Deep Sea Port in Nigeria’s history both started under President Buhari’s watch.
*Only one Modular Refinery in the country
pre-2016. Since 2018, there have been several either under construction or
already completed.
*Maritime University, Delta State, licensed
by the NUC and operationalized in 2018
*Completion, since 2016, of twelve (12)
inherited Dam projects across the country: Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, Taraba;
Ogwashi-Uku Multipurpose Dam, Delta; Adada Dam, Enugu; Sulma Earth Dam,
Katsina; Gimi Earth Dam, Kaduna; Amla-Otukpo Dam, Benue; Amauzari Earth Dam,
Imo; Ibiono-Ibom Earth Dam, Akwa Ibom; Gadau/Lafia Zigau Dam, Bauchi; Alajue
Small Earth Dam, Osun; Kampe Omi Dam, Kogi (Rehabilitation) and Kargo Dam,
Kaduna (Rehabilitation)
*Completion of three (3) inherited
Hydropower Projects, accounting for more than 100MW of electricity in total:
Gurara Hydropower Project, 30MW, Kaduna State - completed and concessioned in
2020; Kashimbila Hydropower Project, 40MW, Taraba, Dadin-Kowa Hydropower
Project, 40MW, Gombe.
*Completion, since 2016, of seven (7)
inherited Irrigation projects and 30 Water Supply Projects inherited by the
Administration, including the Central Ogbia Regional Water Supply Project in
Bayelsa State, Northern Ishan Regional Water Supply Project and the Ojirami Dam
Water Supply Scheme and Reticulation Network, both in Edo State; Sabke, Dutsi
and Mashi Water Supply Project in Katsina State; Vom Water Supply Project and
Mangu Regional Water Supply Scheme in Plateau State; Takum Water Supply Project
in Taraba State; Gambaki/Chinade/Hardawa/Bulkachuwa Water Supply Project in
Bauchi State; Inyishi Regional Water Supply Project in Imo State; Ilobu Water
Supply Scheme and Osogbo Water Supply Scheme in Osun State; Idanre Water Supply
Project in Ondo State; Ofeme Water Supply Project in Abia State; Uburu Water
Supply Scheme in Ebonyi State; Gashua Water Supply Scheme in Yobe State; Kwami
Gadam and Bojude Water Supply Project in Gombe State; the Saki Town Water
Supply Project, Oyo State; and the Zobe and Kazaure Water Supply Projects in
Katsina and Jigawa States respectively.
*NDDC HQ Complex, started in the mid-1990s,
completed in 2021.
*EFCC HQ Complex, construction started in
2011, completed in 2018.
*Zik Mausoleum, started in 1996, completed
and commissioned 2018.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
September 5, 2021
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