Economic Confidential

•     Restore inter-religious peace between Muslims and Christians
•     End sources of and all acts of terror
•     Abolishing the Almajiri system and enact laws to penalize same
•     Revive and recapitalize the joint Northern Company the NNDC and upgrade it to a Multinational company
•     An Agricultural master plan for exports of cash crops such as cotton
•     Right sizing and restructuring of educational institution to emphasize on sciences and tech
•     Investment in Solid minerals exploration and exportation
•     Massive reforestation program in the border states
•     A tourism master plan and massive investment in hospitality industry
•     Investment in solar Energy and hydroelectric power
•     Abolishing or reforming the Emirate system to adapt it to the realities of the 21st century
•     Investment in sports academies
•     Abolishing unnecessary religious censorship on film industry and massive investment on Kano film industry or Kannywood
•     Reaching out to China, Brazil, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia on reviving Kano, Kaduna and Jos moribund industries
•     Resettling the Fulani cattle rearing and modernizing and streamlining the meat and leather Industry for domestic consumption and export
•     Internal revenue generation drive
•     Fiscal autonomy of state assemblies and local Government councils
•     A Dubai style international markets in the states bordering Abuja
•     State Governors must end pilfering public funds
•     Massive and free ICT education for pupils, Students and Youths
•     Reviving Lake Chad for fishing and oil exploration
•     Massive international media campaign to restore the good image of the region and to attract investment
•     Proactive civil society groups to challenge Bad governance, extremism and rights violations
•     Establishing six university of Medicine and free education for eligible students
•     Use of Mosques and Churches for Micro credit scheme
•     Setting up of a Northern Investment Bank
•     Ten year energy independence program by investing in and developing Bio fuels
•     Setting up of Northern Investment Forum offices in Dubai, China, India, Brazil and South Korea.

Shehu Sani
President
Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria

1. Introduction
1.1 The Code Group had issued a statement on the State of the Nation which was carried in Daily Trust, Leadership, Peoples Daily and Thisday newspapers between March 21st and 23rd 2012. The statement highlighted the security and other challenges facing the nation, including the danger posed by Boko Haram, and offered suggestions on how best to tackle them. Unfortunately, since that statement, many more deaths and destructions had occured again. Newspaper houses both in Abuja and Kaduna as well as university campuses in Kano and Gombe were bombed. Innocent people were either killed by the blasts or shot as they flee the carnage. We condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms and offer our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. According to the teachings of Islam, no one is allowed to take another person’s life unjustly.