I will bring to Nigeria a transparent and accountable government. A government where every day Nigerians who take an interest in our affairs can simply go online and call up any institution serving the public and investigate their cash inflow and outflow. A government where every public account can be scrutinised and our funds followed by our people. A Nigeria of little secrets. An open country. A country where the interest of the people is the only purpose of holding public office.
Eunice Atuejide is a 39 year old mother of five, from Ukehe, Enugu State. Eunice studied Agricultural Economics at the University of Ibadan, in Oyo State; Business Administration in Germany, French, German and Spanish languages in different countries in Europe; Film Making, Acting and Communication skills in the USA, and numerous qualifications in law in the UK and Nigeria.
She has visited at least 76 countries and over 130 cities in the world, she holds a blackbelt in Taekwondo and trains to keep fit.
Eunice is a barrister and Solicitor in Nigeria and also a solicitor in England and Wales
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Eunice For President
In offering myself to lead this country, my promise to you all is that I will always do that which is best for all the sides. My administration will not focus only on the interest of any person, tribe, religion, region, ethnic group, political group, campaign funding entities, businesses – none! Every person’s interest will be ably and properly represented, and each side will get that which is best suited for their circumstance in relation to the general circumstance of our dear country. I guarantee us equality on the negotiation table. No side is superior to any other side.
Health
HealthNIP is committed to improving standards in the area of the physical, and mental health and well-being of every Nigerian. We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege, so our health care system has to put Nigerians first.
NIP will fight for a comprehensive system of primary health care delivery which will include dental and mental health care. We will improve federal and state hospitals. We will provide funding for qualified community health centres to be built across all local communities in the country. We will ensure these health centres are well equipped and supported by qualified workforce in each community based setting.
NIP will provide training and support to this workforce, encourage private health providers to work with our rural communities through our National Youth Service Corps and other institutions. We will create a comprehensive strategy to increase the pool of primary health care professionals in Nigeria, and by this – significantly increase the number of our men and women who are gainfully employed.
We must renew and expand our existing facilities, however emphasis will be laid to developing these community health centres, community mental health centres, family planning centres, and accident and emergency clinics near all major roads in Nigeria.
These health centres will provide critically important community based prevention and treatment in our cities, towns and villages. They will aid accident victims in situations of emergency, and help Nigerians learn basic facts on how to provide proper care for our elderly, disabled and young children, prevent unwanted pregnancies, and avoid communicable diseases to mention only but a few.
Agriculture
AgricultureAgriculture in Nigeria is still viewed by many as the option to consider for our rural and uneducated communities or for when we retire. Indeed, Agriculture involves small scale planting of food crops, raising domestic animals for consumption, and providing basic raw materials for various industries in our economy, however all this can and should be done on an industrial scale.
NIP will support the next generation of arable and pastoral farmers and ranchers throughout the country. We will provide funding and encourage programs which protect and enhance family farms, local food markets, and regional food systems, however we will also invite investments on a large scale to every manner of agriculture and production of raw materials for use in Nigeria and for export.
NIP will develop programmes to help our younger generations take on the study of agriculture as a core module. We will actively encourage industrial farming and food processing by offering free to low cost materials, loans and subsidies to businesses in the food production industry which deliver feasible plans for urbanising and exponentially expanding our food production systems in Nigeria.
Education
EducationNIP believes every Nigerian child, no matter their ethnicity, religion, family earnings, or location should have access to high quality education, preferably from nursery school onwards. We will provide the opportunity for our young persons to get great education, so Nigeria can one day join the league of the best educated people and workforce in the world.
In support of efforts to educate Nigeria, NIP will set up a Sovereign Education Fund which will invest wisely for the purpose of supporting the education of Nigerians, the training of our educators, and the promotion of the institutions of learning in Nigeria. The fund will award scholarships to highly talented but indigent students, support research, and promote quality training of students in Nigerian schools.
The Fund will also be responsible for providing waivers to indigent parents of pupils in Secondary schools to enable them study at the time they should, and to prevent that parents use lack of funds as excuse to avoid their responsibilities to ensure their children are properly educated.
NIP will set up a strict enforcement agency which will ensure parents who persistently avoid their duties to ensure their children attend school, are properly punished in accordance with extant laws.
National Security
Foreign & DefenceNIP will protect Nigeria and Nigerians. We will work hard to stem the spate of violent crimes in our country. Cases of mobbing, armed robbery, unlawful killing, lynching, rape etc. will be handled expeditiously and those found guilty severely punished.
We will work with our security agencies to assure security of life and safety of property in Nigeria. We will invest heavily in equipment and training for our security agencies and ensure probity and accountability is restored to their leadership.
We will strengthen our military, navy, police, prison services, air force, civil defence, road safety commission and every security agency entrusted with the safety of people and property in Nigeria. CCTV will be used widely to monitor criminal activities throughout our communities so as to keep our people and our property safe.
We will deal wisely and firmly with those who seek to endanger us or our visitors and friends. We will expand and develop our armaments, provide training for our security forces and agencies, ensure they are properly remunerated, and make sure that they are each committed to keeping us safe, and together as one strong indivisible country.
NIP will stop at nothing to deter aggression, and promote peace, however we will always use diplomacy and dialogue to confront security threats so as to ensure combat is our last resort.
Transportation
OtherMoving from one point to the next in Nigeria is a big chore. Our roads are so bad, air transportation is almost non-existent, our waterways are only useful in areas where they connect foreign vessels, our train network nearly does not exist. But Nigeria has the man power and earning potential to ensure our transportation systems work.
Road Transportation
NIP proposes to use existing road maps in Nigeria to plan a new road network for the entire country. We will take into account the needs and peculiarities of our different communities, the current and projected traffic volume in each area, and the cultural preservations of each community to determine where new roads need to be built, and how to efficiently renew all existing roads which have fallen into disrepair.
NIP will enter multiple Public-Private-Partnerships (“PPP”) with proven, renowned and completely reliable road construction companies in Nigeria and rest of the world. The rehabilitation of our old roads, and the construction of new ones in Nigeria was long overdue. The time to build safe and extensive road networks in Nigeria is now.
Air Transportation
Nigeria has several airports, but hardly any of them meet the standards we see when we travel abroad. We have had and still have many airlines, yet none of them can offer the level of services we experience when we travel abroad with foreign airlines. NIP will change this.
We will enter Build-Operate-and Transfer (“BOT”) arrangements with companies in Nigeria and all over the world who have the proven expertise to build world class airports, runways and duty free shops within the airports in record time.
We will provide strict regulatory guidelines for airlines in Nigeria to follow in dealing with passengers in situations of delays or cancellation of flights. We will raise the bar for airline operators in Nigeria, however we will also make the conditions for entry and participation in the business of safely carrying Nigerians and her visitors from place to place easier.
Railway
Railway will be the safest method of carrying commuters and cargo from place to place in Nigeria, yet we do not have a functional, not to mention a reliable railway system in Nigeria. NIP will change that.
Just like our roads and airways, we will revitalise the Nigerian railway systems. We will enter BOT agreements with companies that can design and build an enviable railway network for Nigeria. Nigerians will be able to commute from State to State in record time if they choose to remain in their local communities while they work in larger cities. Distance will not be the reason our people decline the work they really want to do.
Waterways
Water as a means of transportation in Nigeria requires urgent attention. Our seaports are in disarray, other waterways are few and far in-between, and much of the routes are completely neglected.
NIP will facilitate development of safe and comfortable water transportation systems in Nigeria by embarking on dredging projects where needed, the construction of dams, channelization and canalisation of our rivers. The riverine areas will specifically benefit from all the development and investments because both their local trades, and the inflow of tourists will ensure they are earning their keeps locally. Using the rivers and seaways, they can take people from corner to corner in their own communities as a means of livelihood. NIP will therefore create more jobs for Nigerians.
Economy
EconomyThe intellectual, organisational and administrative incapacities of past leaderships in Nigeria led to the development and implementation of unresponsive economic policies for Nigeria. This led to unprecedented hardship to the people of Nigeria.
NIP is therefore committed to an economic recovery which will benefit every Nigerian. We will fight to ensure resources are adequately allocated nationwide to ensure rural development, job training, and critical infrastructural investments throughout Nigeria.
NIP will work to improve our roads, railways, airports and the use of the internet in community development. We will advance Nigeria’s infrastructure so as to attract businesses and thereby create good jobs across the entire country. Under NIP’s leadership, Nigerians will enjoy a much easier life, with more and better roads, train networks, reliable and safe air transportation, universal broadband and better mobile phone connections, so as to ensure everyone is part of the global digital economy.
NIP will aim to achieve a self-reliant economy which will depend on the vast resources available to our country, including her people. We will strive for a policy of privatisation for sectors of the economy where government control is only a deterrent to development.
NIP aims to diversify the economy, reduce reliance on crude oil, reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, and with that expand the middle class which will strengthen our economy.
Governance at Grass root level
GovernanceWhereas privatisation forms a major part of the economic policy NIP will adopt, we are fully aware that we should not be contracting, or privatising work that is inherently governmental in nature. These will include our postal services, public transportation, foundational school services, and state and local government services.
NIP is of the view that government services should be culturally and linguistically appropriate. So even though the federal government is constitutionally responsible for making laws on almost every part of our life as a country, our national assembly can already devolve some of these matters to the State and Local Governments to enable smooth running of government.
We believe that the most effective way to identify the problems facing our country is to devolve more power to manage resources to our local governments. Useful data can be collected directly from different communities to fully understand and address their specific needs. The federal and state governments can develop solutions by enacting evidence-based public policies which are in tandem with the constitutional provisions.
We recognise the confusion this may cause considering our current constitutional provisions, however there is huge value in allowing our communities design remedies for their problems from within. The state and federal government will carefully consider the needs of different communities according to the proposals from those closest to them, and affirm or veto specific measures where the need for such arises.
Introducing the use of technology to improve outcomes and government accountability at all levels will also allow proper goal setting, and help track performance.
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