Eniola Yekini
The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has said the “Reset Nigeria” agenda of the party was designed to address Nigeria’s economic, education, security socio-political challenges.
This was as he said the APM campaign would be issue-based and centred on its reset agenda.
Makinde stated this on Tuesday in Katsina, Katsina State, at the opening of the North-West Zonal Town Hall Meeting of the party with the electorate ahead of the 2027 polls.
The engagement is part of the nationwide town hall meetings planned by the Makinde-Daura Campaign Organisation across the six geopolitical zones.
Makinde said, “For the election, I maintain and repeat it: it won’t be APC versus APM, or APM versus ADC, or ADC versus NDC. It will be APC versus Nigerians.”
He urged Nigerians to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and use them to participate in the 2027 election, stressing that the country was greater than any individual or political system.
“Please get your PVC and show the APC that Nigeria is bigger than individuals.
“It is bigger than even the systems that have held us down,” the governor stated.
On the economy, the APM candidate said his administration would seek to build an economy capable of operating round the clock, arguing that natural resources alone could not guarantee prosperity without skills, knowledge and intensive production.
He noted, “We are determined to reset our economy. Yes, people will argue that Nigeria is rich in natural resources. But natural resources are not enough.
“You must have skills and knowledge, and you must also have intensive production.”
He also promised to overhaul the education sector, saying his administration would establish accurate data on the number of out-of-school children and develop measures to return them to school.
On security, Makinde said his proposed reset would include a review of the country’s security architecture, while also advocating greater involvement of state governments in mining activities.
The governor recommended that the Federal Government should consider devolving mining responsibilities to the states, with the centre retaining an oversight role, arguing that such an arrangement could help address illegal mining and its associated security challenges.