2027: Agada Demands Facts, Figures, Timelines From Presidential Candidates
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) presidential candidate, Arc. Dr. Peter Agada, has called for a major shift in Nigeria’s political culture ahead of the 2027 general elections, urging candidates to move beyond rhetoric, ethnic narratives and vague campaign promises and instead present Nigerians with verifiable facts, measurable targets and clear implementation timelines. Speaking during an interactive session with reporters in Abuja over the weekend, Agada said many of the country’s governance challenges were linked to the election of leaders who spend their early years in office setting up committees and reviewing problems instead of implementing solutions. He argued that candidates who promise interventions such as one million jobs or improved healthcare should be able to explain how such promises would be achieved, when results would begin to emerge, and the facts, figures and projections supporting their plans. Agada said if candidates could not provide such details before election day, they should not be seeking executive authority.
Addressing how his campaign intends to promote accountability, Agada presented LabourDirect, a cross-sector digital platform he described as “Government with GPS”, as a proposed solution to Nigeria’s implementation gap. According to him, the platform is designed to integrate planning, budgeting and spatial mapping across the country’s 774 local government areas and 8,809 wards. He explained that the system would help coordinate projects and identify dependencies between infrastructure, using a primary healthcare centre as an example. He said constructing a functional hospital without providing supporting infrastructure such as feeder roads, water and reliable power could undermine its effectiveness. Agada argued that LabourDirect (labour-direct.com) would differ from previous policy frameworks by introducing real-time transparency and citizen-driven monitoring, with the involvement of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), ordinary Nigerians and professional organisations through a National Council of Procurement under proposed EPC reforms. He said citizens would be able to track project budgets, monitor construction milestones from their phones and upload evidence from project sites, while abandoned projects could be flagged for relevant anti-corruption agencies. Agada challenged candidates across the political spectrum to subject their manifestos to similar scrutiny, urging them to show Nigerians the plans, figures and timelines behind their promises.
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