Buhari failed to deliver in 126 of his 171 campaign promises, poor in others - Report

- SBM Intelligence report says President Buhari failed to fulfill most of his campaign promises

- The president’s campaign organization made a total 171 promises to Nigerian during the campaign trail of the 2015 general election

- In the cases where action have been taken, the action taken on 16 promises regarding the economy, power, and health care only worsen the situation

SBM Intelligence report has revealed that the first two years of President Buhari’s administration did not go well in terms of performance.

The report claims that the Presidency was only able to fulfill as little as four percent of the 171 promises made during the electioneering period.

The report which will soon be released came in the wake of the end of Buhari’s two years in office.

The president’s campaign organization was said to have made a total 171 promises to Nigerian during the campaign trail of the 2015 general election.

SBM Intelligence has however listed the promises and consequently grouped them into 24 categories.

The categories therefore included accountability in public service, anti-corruption, cost of governance, economy, power, infrastructure, education and health care.

According to the report, six promises regarding national security (four) and foreign relations (two) have been fulfilled.

The report also claimed that the administration has taken actions which will help in fulfilling 23 promises regarding anti-corruption, oil and gas, and agriculture, among others.

Going further, the report also claimed that actions are not being taken to fulfill 126 promises.


It also said in the cases where action have been taken, the action taken on 16 promises regarding the economy, power, and health care only worsen the situation.

“The Buhari administration needs to understand that its biggest challenge is not diversifying an already diversified economy, but diversifying government revenues. This will mean widening the very limited tax net while delivering on the promise to cut the cost of governance drastically,” SBM Intelligence said in the report.

“On the first two of these, there was marginal improvement by the government in comparison with its delivery in the first year, but the scorecard is still too poor to definitively proclaim any significant progress.

“On anti-corruption, a low 33 per cent performance score was recorded when measured against the promises, even though it is an improvement on the 17 per cent recorded in the administration’s first year. This attests that the jostling between the government’s executive ability and the National Assembly is impacting on the Buhari administration’s ability to deliver so-called ‘dividends of democracy’ to Nigerians.”

“While the campaign promises of the All Progressives Congress recognised this, the execution in the last two years leaves so much undone, with only eight per cent performance in such a critical category.

“It is also worrying that job creation, housing and social welfare are in negative territory, for a country with a very large youth population, high population growth and an increasing percentage of people living in abject poverty. Today, there are no social safety nets and more and more people have fallen into poverty as a result of economic decline over the last two years.”

According to the report, the performance on two key areas that affect Nigerians today and have significant impact on the future of the country are conspicuously bad.

It said: “Education has a mere three per cent performance, while healthcare has actually deteriorated by eight per cent over the last two years. When measured against events like the avoidable deaths due to meningitis, it is clear that this deterioration is already impacting Nigerians on the ground.

“SBM Intel believes the points raised in this report can serve as a useful reference point for the government and inspire policy makers to make relevant adjustments and allocate necessary resources towards tackling areas of critical national concern.”