Kriz David to reduce unemployment to 3.5% by aligning education with industry
By Kriz David, presidential candidate of Liberation Movement, has promised to reduce unemployment to 3.5 percent by shaping and aligning the educational system with industries. He also plans to craft innovative policies that would transfer medium-sized companies into mega quoted companies.
David also promised to establish Ministry of Entrepreneurial Development that will pursue and cater for macro and small businesses, create a virile and sustainable mortgage system, reposition the financial service industry to service the real or manufacturing companies and reduce interest rate to seven percent.
He stated that under his proposed arrangement, he will establish the Ministry of Talent Management to transform sports into mega business in Nigeria, craft innovative policies that would transform the automobile industry, energy industry, tourism and agriculture.
He also promised to create a fair tax system that will greatly reduce the burden on individuals and companies.
This is one of the key points in the statement made available to BusinessDay by the Liberation Movement presidential flag bearer which details a timeline in which he intends to deliver on his campaign promises.
David observed that some candidates have been mentioning figures of the number of jobs they will create in Nigeria but may not be able to fulfil the promises. According to him, “With over 25 million unemployed youths in the country and over two million job seekers being added to the labour market every year, If you create seven million jobs every year, have you solved the unemployment problem? Absolutely no.”
He further stated that vocational politicians do not create jobs, but make campaign promises and in attempt to fulfil the promises, create ministries and agencies with duplicating functions.
On his plans to tackle corruption, David a forensic expert, said he has developed a model not to only fight corruption, but to create a corruption-free Nigeria.
According to him, “Security means intelligence, and insecurity means lack of intelligence. Curbing crime in any society requires data gathering and analytics, to constantly be ahead of robbers, insurgents and terrorists”.
To him, “It is old fashioned to invest solely in batons and guns to curb crime. Crime prevention is procuring and applying superior intelligence; therefore, you must have the best minds to man the security architecture to achieve a crime free society” he said.
He opines that insecurity in Nigeria has two connotations – the conspiracy of the political elites and the commercial opportunities. Hence, solving the insecurity challenge in Nigeria would require the removal of the current governing and non-governing political elite and the security officers’ cohort.
The Liberation Movement presidential flag bearer said if elected he will organise a fiscal and monetary summit where we shall define the vision for each sector of the economy and ensure alignment among the various sectors.
“Sound and sustainable macro policies framework would be developed to address energy, tourism, agriculture, learning and innovation, automobile, solid minerals, etc. The financial services industry will be repositioned to favour financial inclusion especially developing innovative insurance policies that would transform the large informal sector, asset transformation and attract foreign investors”, he said.
On the present government Change mantra campaign, David said that the change mantra was a deceit, and the 2019 mantra or slogans of ‘Progress’, ‘Next Level’, ‘Nigeria First’ and ‘Nigeria Working Again’ are all deceits.
According to him, “These slogans are copied from America including ‘Take It Back’. These vocational politicians have mastered the art of salesmanship, so the come up with enticing slogans to deceive electorates”.
“Nigeria is in a dire situation. Slogans will not take us from the quagmire that Nigeria is in. That is why I am offering Nigerians ‘Smart Government’ to shape a nation that offers Nigerians a promise and get all Nigerians ride progressively in the path of prosperity”, he said.
KELECHI EWUZIE