President Bola Tinubu has promised to recruit 28,000 additional military personnel and 50,000 police officers as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and tackle terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping.
According to the 109-page APC 2027 Presidential Election Manifesto, titled From Reform to Prosperity Agenda 2027–2031, obtained by The PUNCH, Tinubu plans to achieve six per cent annual economic growth, facilitate the construction of 200,000 affordable homes and sustain a downward trend in inflation and food prices by 2031.
The APC leadership will unveil the 2027–2031 presidential manifesto on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.
The event is scheduled to begin at 11 am.
Under the healthcare component of the manifesto, Tinubu promises to increase the number of functional primary healthcare centres to 90 per cent nationwide and expand active health insurance coverage to 40 per cent of Nigerians.
The manifesto further outlines plans to make communities safer, recruit and train 20,000 additional teachers and scale available electricity generation towards 10,000 megawatts to improve access to power for households and businesses.
The President said his second term would focus on translating the economic reforms and foundations laid during his first tenure into tangible improvements in the lives of Nigerians, with prosperity extending to homes, markets, farms and workplaces across the country.
On what Nigerians should expect by 2031, the manifesto stated, “Safer lives and communities: Stronger protection against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping; a police service that responds when needed; and better protection of our borders.
“Lower living costs and food security: Inflation set on a sustained downward trajectory, domestic food production, storage, and processing expanded, and post-harvest losses halved, and goods moving more quickly and cheaply between states.
“Reliable power for homes, businesses and communities:
Available power generation scaled towards 10,000MW, metering extended towards full coverage, transmission and distribution networks reinforced, and clean energy access extended to underserved communities.
“Expanded jobs and higher real incomes: Annual economic growth accelerated to 6 per cent, youth unemployment halved, and equitable credit reached half of all economically active Nigerians.
“Quality education and accessible healthcare: Out-of-school children halved, more children completing their education, 20,000 additional teachers deployed, health insurance expanded from more than 23 million enrollees to 40 per cent of Nigerians, and primary health centres functioning in at least 90 per cent of facilities, up from 53 per cent today.”
Tinubu pledged to facilitate the construction of 200,000 affordable homes for Nigerian workers by 2031 through the Tinubu Mass Social Housing Scheme, mortgage financing and partnerships with licensed private developers.
He said the initiative would provide more working households with access to decent housing while strengthening regulations to protect property buyers.
