The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Abuja, has released a performance-assessment report of President Muhammadu Buhari’s (PMB) 100 days in office.

The organisation, released its third BuhariMeter report titled: Delivering on Campaign Promises: The First 100 days Report.

 The report provided a short-term assessment of the performance of PMB and his political party, All Progressives Congress (APC), on the delivery of campaign promises. It highlighted area of priorities of the government, actions taken by the government to achieving specific promises, key concerns and makes specific recommendations.

 “The report shows that PMB, in his first 100 days, has only achieved one out of tracked 222 promises, which constitutes 0.5 per cent. Also, noticeable progress has been made to achieving 24 promises, while no action has been taken so far to achieve 197. These constitute 10.8 per cent and 88.7 per cent respectively,” reads a statement from the organisation.

 The report noted that oil and gas industry, combating corruption and insecurity in North eastern Nigeria, have been priorities of the government, adding that efforts have been made to improve power supply, agriculture, create employment and forge more coherent regional and global ties.

 Despite the promising development, the report however expressed concerns on decline in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its implication on the economy, depreciation of naira against major foreign currency and military approach adopted by the government in the fight against insurgency. It also documented incremental security challenge posed by the phenomenon of armed banditry and government irresponsiveness to address the social menace.

 “Within these contexts, the report recommends that PMB should immediately constitute a cabinet to enhance smooth running of the government in tackling challenges confronting the country. It further states that government must unveil its policy direction, articulate a “Marshal plan” to address insecurity, direct efforts to implementing policies and programmes for employment generation and that urgent action should be taken to fulfil unrated 197 promises,” it added.

 CDD, founded in 1997 in London at a time when Nigeria was under military rule, is a non-governmental organisation, which aims to promote the values of democracy, peace and human rights in Africa, particularly in the West African sub-region.