The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised to create one million jobs in the first 24 months if elected.
Former Lagos Deputy Governor Otunba Femi Pedro gave this assurance in Abuja when he explained the manifesto of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at a one-way symposium.
According to Pedro, Tinubu has 12 key economic points to get Nigeria out of the current economic doldrum.
Other key economic activities that Tinubu will implement, he said, include: to bring back manufacturing companies like Dunlop that left the country many years ago; resuscitate the commodity boards; empower women; expand infrastructure provision and curtail the run- away inflation.
In June, 2022, the former Lagos state Governor said it is his turn to lead Africa’s most populous nation after his backing helped propel President Muhammadu Buhari to power seven years ago.
Nigeria will go to the polls to choose a new president next February.
Tinubu, a powerful political figure from Lagos, merged his party with Buhari’s in 2013 to form the APC, which finally delivered victory to Buhari, who had lost in three previous presidential elections.
In a speech broadcast on local TV on Friday, the 70-year-old Tinubu told a party meeting in Ogun state that he had supported Buhari on the understanding that he would contest the 2023 presidential election.
“It is my time, I’m educated, I’m experienced. I have been serving you (Buhari) for a long time, bring me (the) presidency, it is my turn,” said Tinubu.
“If not for me that stood behind Buhari he wouldn’t have become the president.”