The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, on Tuesday presented a comprehensive policy blueprint to shift national discourse toward ideas-based governance and institutional reform.
Mr Adebayo, who did the public presentation of the presidential blueprint, entitled: ‘Farewell to Poverty and Insecurity’ in Abuja, decried the economic and security challenges currently confronting the country.
He argued that the nation’s challenges stemmed directly from past leadership failures rather than natural limitations.
Mr Adebayo, however, said a four-year term was ample time for a focused administration to deliver tangible structural results, comparing it to completing a university degree.
The new blueprint focuses on human development, economic productivity, and local infrastructure solutions.
According to him, the blueprint outlines a path to generate 75,000 megawatts of electricity, establish four functional public refineries alongside 36 modular refineries, and stabilise the national currency through integrated productivity and employment.
Mr Adebayo, who framed the policy document as an invitation to move away from politics based on ethnicity and tribalism toward a future driven by accountability and sustainable leadership, urged citizens to evaluate it ahead of the 2027 polls,
Reinforcing the presidential candidate’s earlier remarks, the party’s national chairman, Prof. Sadiq Gombe, said governance must move beyond mere administration to practical problem-solving.
”Without security, there can be no meaningful production; without production, there can be no sustainable prosperity,” the chairman stated, outlining the party’s core governance philosophy.
Emphasising the party’s focus on execution and strict oversight, Mr Gombe said the framework relied heavily on performance contracts, regular public monitoring and rigorous accountability mechanisms.
”What our people are now demanding is delivery.
“They want to know what government has promised, what government has done, what remains outstanding and who is responsible,” he added.
Also speaking, the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Dr Usman Bugaje, noted that while Nigerian professionals excelled globally, the nation lagged behind its regional peers in critical development parameters like energy production.
Mr Bugaje said that with the country’s population projected to reach roughly 400 million in the next 25 years, proactive leadership was urgently required to prepare Nigeria for a leading global economic role.
On agricultural productivity, Mr Bugaje noted stark structural inefficiencies compared to international standards.
“Nigeria’s productivity is still between five and six metric tonnes per hectare,” he said, contrasting it with the African average of about 20 metric tonnes and Rwanda’s five-fold post-genocide recovery.
Mr Bugaje said the blueprint offered actionable solutions, specifically targeting energy costs, which drove up expenses across transportation and agriculture, as a critical baseline for national prosperity.
While acknowledging that entrenched political interests might resist structural reforms, he maintained that the party was fully prepared to confront systemic corruption and deliver on its mandate.
“We are not underestimating the difficulties that are going to be there,” he warned, assuring, however, that the party would fight, win and deliver.
(NAN)