The president’s party proposes 6% annual growth by 2031, 28,000 more military personnel, 50,000 police officers, 200,000 affordable homes and available electricity generation toward 10,000 MW.
President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress launched his re-election manifesto, From Reform to Prosperity, on 10 November 2026. Its targets are campaign pledges for a second term, not policies already adopted.
Since his 2023 election, Tinubu has removed fuel subsidies, brought official and parallel foreign-exchange rates closer together, and undertaken tax reforms. Removing the subsidy pushed up living costs, making household expenses a central election issue.
The manifesto targets 6% annual economic growth by 2031. To address insecurity, Tinubu proposes recruiting 28,000 additional military personnel and 50,000 police officers. He also promises to build 200,000 affordable homes and increase available electricity generation toward 10,000 MW.
Tinubu also promises to halve youth unemployment if re-elected. Insecurity has made farming increasingly difficult in northern Nigeria, where much of the country’s agricultural production is concentrated. Joshua Osiyemi, head of the platform Tracka, said many farmers are reluctant to return to their fields because they fear they may not come home safely.
Ikenna Okonkwo, head of research at security risk consulting firm SBM Intelligence, told the BBC that security problems in the north are more complex than recruiting more soldiers. Threats include jihadists and kidnapping gangs, as well as conflict between herders and farmers in central Nigeria.
The proposed homes would address part of a shortage that a technical committee set up by Nigeria’s housing ministry estimated at 14.9 million units in 2025.
Unreliable electricity forces many households and businesses to use generators, raising their costs. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission said the country had installed capacity of 13,625 MW at the end of 2024, but generated an average of 4,223 MW that year. Aging equipment, maintenance gaps, gas-supply constraints and funding challenges have kept output below capacity.
Okonkwo said the manifesto does not say where investment for the electricity target would come from. Osiyemi said some manifesto items seemed inflated, but many could be achievable if the party committed to them. Okonkwo said that if the party won, regaining Nigerians’ trust would be a major challenge.
The International Centre for Investigative Reporting found that imported rice prices rose 184% between May 2023 and October 2025. Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics put inflation at 14% in September 2026, down from a high of 34% in 2024.
SBM Intelligence found that the cost of preparing a pot of jollof rice fell 11.5% between June and September 2026. Okonkwo said Nigerians were nevertheless spending more of their income on basics.
Tinubu’s challengers include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who has criticized the subsidy removal and says he would restore it. Peter Obi, the Nigeria Democratic Congress candidate, unveiled an agenda on 10 November that puts national unity first and security second. Tinubu was declared the winner in 2023 with 8.79 million votes, ahead of Abubakar and third-placed Obi.
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has scheduled the presidential and National Assembly election for 16 January 2027. Tinubu’s pledges set out what he proposes to pursue if voters return him to office.
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