46 promises Buhari made to Nigerians before becoming President

During the 2015 election campaign President Muhammadu Buhari made numerous pledges to Nigerians.

These promises were a crucial factor in their successful bid for power. In the interests of transparency and accountability, Pulse has compiled a list of the commitments made by Buhari and the APC prior to their assumption of the presidency.

This list was sourced from various materials, including the APC policy document and manifesto, Buhari's 100-day covenant, and speeches delivered at campaign rallies and town hall meetings across the country.

1. Public declaration of what government officials own and owe
2. Have police for the state and community
3. Government officials can't go abroad for medical treatment
4. Give women at least 35% of top government positions
5. Restart the Ajaokuta steel company
6. Make enough electricity for everyone all the time
7. Give jobs to 740,000 graduates in all states and the capital city
8. Pay for school and university for science students who are good at it
9. Create 20,000 jobs per state every year
10. Create 3 million jobs every year
11. Teach new skills to graduates and give them loans to start businesses, creating 5 million new jobs by 2019
12. Churches and Mosques don't pay taxes, but their businesses do
13. Give money to unemployed youth who finished their national service for one year, while they learn new skills and start businesses
14. Make the economy grow by 10% each year
15. Give money to the poorest families if their kids go to school and are vaccinated
16. Train 100,000 police officers and make a new anti-terrorism agency
17. Give free fruit and a meal every day to children in public primary schools
18. Build an airport in Ekiti state
19. Change how people's origin is used so that Nigerians are Nigerians first
20. Create a Crime Squad to fight terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, and more
21. Make a law that protects people who report crime
22. Help other African countries and work closely with them
23. Create a group that stops fighting in the country
24. Government officials can only earn a certain amount of money
25. Create peace in places that have had problems, like Niger Delta and Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno, and Abia
26. The president won't make Nigeria Muslim
27. Clean up the whole country
28. Make sure the Central Bank is free to do its job
29. Make getting a visa faster and easier
30. Make it easier for girls to go to school
31. Make a database of all Nigerians
32. Make Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment the most important things for the economy
33. Create 6 new groups to help the economy grow in different areas
34. Put money in each area to make them better
35. Change the rules about owning land and make a computer system for it
36. Make refineries work better
37. Make 2 million new middle-class families who own homes in the first year, then 1 million more every year
38. Make 4 million new middle-class families who own homes by 2019, with loans to help them
39. Create a system where people can get low-interest loans to buy homes
40. Put money in agriculture to make more jobs
41. Make sure farmers can sell their crops for a good price and keep them safe
42. Make a bank just for building things
43. Build a really big highway
44. Make new railway lines, with one-third done by 2019
45. Make sure every state has an airport that works
46. Stop burning gas and sell more of it.

Accountability remains a crucial aspect of any democratic society, and it is essential for citizens to hold their leaders accountable for the promises they make during campaigns.

Only by holding leaders accountable can citizens ensure that democracy continues to thrive and that the country moves forward towards peace, progress and prosperity.