The manifesto’s numbers are out — 6% growth, 78,000 recruits, 200,000 homes — and Tinubu calls subsidy-restoration promises 'lies'

Photo: President Bola Tinubu with Governor Umar Namadi · Source: The Sun (10 Nov 2026 file photo)

The APC manifesto’s numbers are out — 6% growth, 78,000 security recruits, 200,000 homes — and at the Dutse rally Tinubu called subsidy-restoration promises 'lies'.

President Bola Tinubu visited Jigawa State on Tuesday for his first official visit since taking office in May 2023, telling an APC rally in Dutse that the fuel subsidy will never return.

“To those who say subsidy is coming back, it is a lie... It is not going to come back,” he said, arguing Nigeria cannot keep sacrificing resources meant for children’s education and long-term development to sustain consumption subsidies. He promised interest-free loans for farmers.

He commissioned the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Multipurpose Skills Acquisition Centre and a three-kilometre stretch of the 15-kilometre Police-to-Palace Road in Dutse, and flagged off 400 tractors, 60 combine harvesters, 150 boom sprayers and 150 seeders for farmers.

Governor Umar Namadi praised the skills centre and said Tuesday was declared a public holiday so residents could attend. Tinubu cited the Sokoto–Badagry Highway as evidence of the administration’s infrastructure commitment.

The contents of the APC’s 2027–2031 presidential manifesto are now public. The 109-page document — obtained by The PUNCH and formally unveiled on Tuesday at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja — promises 6% annual economic growth by 2031, halving youth unemployment, equitable credit for half of all economically active Nigerians, 200,000 affordable homes, electricity supply towards 10,000MW, 20,000 additional teachers, and 78,000 additional security personnel (28,000 military + 50,000 police), plus 30,150 NSCDC personnel to take over static security duties from the police. It also proposes completing four new Army divisions in Makurdi, Ilorin, Jalingo and Benin City.

Tinubu’s “liars” line at the Dutse rally was aimed at opposition candidates promising to restore fuel subsidy — Daily Post reports it was aimed at Atiku Abubakar (ADC) and Peter Obi (NDC), who have both promised to restore subsidy; Atiku restated his position on X on Monday. Tinubu also said money recovered by the EFCC will be used to fund NELFUND, and promised to subsidise farming and reward small-scale farmers.

The manifesto is a set of promises for 2031, not delivered policy — NewsFlux is reporting the targets as targets. The document’s title varies between outlets (Punch/PM News: “From Reform to Prosperity Agenda 2027–2031”; New Diplomat: “Translating Reforms to Shared Prosperity: Agenda 2027–2031”) and no one title is presented as settled. The “liars” line is Tinubu’s characterisation of his opponents' promises, not a finding of fact.

Update, 11 Nov 2026 (morning): this article was updated after the APC manifesto’s contents became public — 6% growth, 78,000 security recruits, 200,000 homes — and Tinubu called subsidy-restoration promises “lies” at the Dutse rally. The manifesto’s exact title varies between outlets and is not presented as settled.

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