All Progressives Congress, Prof.
Yemi Osinbajo, has assured that the
General Muhammadu Buhari
government will slash tariffs on
imported vehicles.
He also said that the APC
government would tackle the power
problem by decentralising power
generation across the country.
While addressing a town hall
meeting of political stakeholders in
Ondo State on Tuesday, Osinbajo
said Buhari will not Islamise
Nigeria contrary to the campaign
smear of the Peoples Democratic
Party.
He said, “We do not agree that
there should be high tariffs on
imported cars whether new or old
ones because Nigeria is not
producing cars for now.
“What we will do first is to fix
power and encourage local
production of cars. But before then
we will reduce the high tariffs that
Nigerians are paying to import
vehicles into the country.”
Prof. Osinbajo argued that
Nigerians should not find it
difficult to purchase cars for their
soci0-economic activities, and the
APC government would ensure
lower tariffs when voted into
power.
On power, the vice presidential
candidate said the problem in
Nigeria was traceable to the lack of
supply of gas to the power plants.
He promised that module power
plants would be situated in
neighborhoods where power is
needed and gas supplied to it using
trucks and other means besides
pipelines.
According to him, the model has
already been put to use in Lagos
State where such plants supply
power to designated
neighborhoods.
Osinbajo also denied that the APC
government would ban commercial
motor cycles across the country,
saying okada would be allowed
provided riders obey laws and keep
to the rules in the states where they
operate.
He lamented the unemployment
situation in the country, saying that
as an emergency measure, the APC
government would cooperate with
states in creating 20,000 jobs
annually in the country.
He said corruption would be
stopped so that resources would be
available for development projects.
He said under APC government, it
would be criminal not to pay
pensions, saying the law that would
be put in place would compel
employers to ensure pensioners got
their entitlements as soon as they
retire.
Osinbajo added that the job
creation strategy would involve
making loans available to small
businesses with little or no interest.
Source: PunchNg
