2027: APC Unveils Four-pillar Manifesto for Tinubu’s Second Term Bid

The All Progressives Congress has released a four-pillar manifesto outlining President Bola Tinubu’s agenda for a second term in office, with promises to tackle insecurity, reduce the cost of living, expand infrastructure and strengthen governance between 2027 and 2031.

The manifesto, titled Renewed Hope Agenda 2.0, was made available to PUNCH Online on Tuesday.

The document consolidates the eight-point agenda of the Tinubu administration into four strategic pillars: Secure and Resilient Nation; Better Quality and More Affordable Life for Every Nigerian; Energy, Infrastructure and Economic Growth; and Effective and Accountable Governance.

The party said the new framework was designed to build on the economic reforms and other policies implemented during Tinubu’s first term, with aim to improve on them and living conditions of Nigerians.

In his message in the manifesto, Tinubu said his administration had taken difficult decisions since assuming office in 2023, including the removal of petrol subsidy, unification of the foreign exchange rate and tax reforms.

He said the measures were necessary to strengthen the country’s economic foundations.

“When you entrusted me with the mandate to renew hope in 2023, I offered honesty over easy promises. We confronted long-standing economic realities head-on,” the President said.

Tinubu added that the next phase of his administration would focus on translating economic stabilisation into tangible benefits for households.

“The coming years must focus on tangible improvements: the food on our tables, the power in our homes, the security of our families, and the dignity of meaningful work,” he said.

The first pillar, Secure and Resilient Nation, focuses on tackling terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other security threats.

The APC promised to establish and equip four additional Army divisions in Makurdi, Ilorin, Jalingo and Benin City, recruit and train 28,000 additional military personnel and deploy 50,000 newly recruited police officers.

The manifesto also proposed expanding police recruitment towards a ratio of one officer to 400 citizens, introducing body cameras and digital policing systems, completing electronic surveillance of mapped borders and strengthening community policing.

Under the second pillar, Better Quality and More Affordable Life for Every Nigerian, the party promised to address the cost of living, improve access to education and healthcare, create employment opportunities and expand social protection.

It said the administration would work towards halving the number of out-of-school children by 2031, recruit 20,000 additional teachers and increase health insurance coverage to 40 per cent of Nigerians.

The manifesto also pledged to reduce out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure from 71 per cent to below 50 per cent, expand the number of functional primary healthcare centres to 90 per cent and establish the Tinubu Mass Social Housing Scheme across the country’s 774 local government areas.

The party said it would work towards delivering 200,000 homes during the next term through the housing scheme, mortgage financing and private developers.

On employment, it promised to halve youth unemployment by 2031, provide skills training for two million young people and expand digital literacy programmes to reach 30 million Nigerians.

The third pillar, Energy, Infrastructure and Economic Growth, focuses on improving electricity supply, transportation, agriculture, industrialisation and investment.

The party said it would scale available electricity generation towards 10,000 megawatts, extend electricity metering, strengthen transmission and distribution networks and expand clean energy access to underserved communities.

It also promised to establish at least one flagship industrial hub in each of the six geopolitical zones, more than double non-oil export earnings and create one million export-linked jobs for young Nigerians through talent and services exports by 2030.

The manifesto further projected that annual economic growth would accelerate to six per cent, while promising to complete priority road, rail, port and airport projects to improve trade and reduce transportation costs.

Under the fourth pillar, Effective and Accountable Governance, the APC pledged to strengthen the justice system, fight corruption, improve public service delivery and deepen local government autonomy.

It promised to extend digital case management to magistrate courts and complete the digitalisation of court processes nationwide by 2029.

The party also pledged to publish allocations to all 774 local government councils, establish clear performance and accountability standards and move federal ministries and agencies towards end-to-end digital public services.

On accountability, the manifesto stated that every commitment would have a baseline, target, cost, responsible official and reporting date, with progress published through a public delivery tracker.

“A manifesto is only as strong as the promises a citizen can check,” the document stated, adding that delivery would be reported through public dashboards and verified by independent bodies.

It also outlined four measures for implementing the commitments, including prioritising the recovery of public resources, completing existing projects before starting new ones, attaching measurable targets to promises and allowing citizens to monitor performance.

Tinubu, in his message, acknowledged that the administration’s work was not complete, while asking Nigerians to support its next phase.

“The work is far from complete, and I ask once more for your partnership. Let us turn these hard-won reforms into lasting prosperity and build the Nigeria of our highest aspirations,” he said.

The manifesto also listed several economic indicators which it presented as achievements of the administration since 2023. These included foreign reserves of $55.3bn as of September 2026, GDP growth of 4.43 per cent in the second quarter of 2026 and inflation of 14.63 per cent in September 2026.

It further claimed that monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee distributions had increased, with N18.72tn shared in the first half of 2026, compared with N6.76tn in the corresponding period of 2023.

The document said the four-pillar framework represented a consolidation of the administration’s original eight-point Renewed Hope Agenda, which covered economic reforms, security, agriculture, energy, infrastructure, education, healthcare, economic diversification and governance.

It said the new commitments would guide the administration’s proposed second-term programme from 2027 to 2031, with annual progress reports intended to enable Nigerians to assess delivery.