‘Yar’Adua’s 7-Point Agenda Designed for 8 Yrs’

The 7-Point Agenda of President Umaru Yar’Adua was designed to last for a period of eight years, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters, Senator Polycarp Nwite has said.
Also, the Yar’Adua Vision for New Nigeria has clarified its position, saying it is committed to monitoring the various stages of implementations of the Seven Point Programme of the President.
Nwite told  THISDAY in Abuja  that there is no way the programme would last for only four years.
He said that the level of under development and decay in the country were so pervasive to warrant the implementation of the programme within four years.
“It (7-point Agenda) is designed for 8 years. It cannot be completed within four years. There is no way he can complete the seven point agenda within  four years," he said adding “the monumental destruction in this country before the President came in is not something you can solve in 12 years but as the saying goes, a million mile journey starts from the right step (and) the right step is what Mr. President has taken towards solving the ills of this country and we are going to solve it by the grace of God.”
He said that he would advise Yar'Adua to contest the 2011 Presidential election on account of his sterling performance in office.
 Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Dr. Mohammed Harilu Bello had also said that the seven point agenda was designed to last for eight years.
But  National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Prof. Ahmed Alkali said in Kaduna during a book launch that no decision has been taken by President Yar’Adua to contest or not, as consultations are still on going.
He also said that the party is yet to take a decision on whether to throw the contest open for all interested aspirants.
Meanwhile, the National Secretary of the Yar’Adua Vision for New Nigeria , Dr. Aminu Idris yesterday said that the main objective of the group is how to promote the implementation of the seven point agenda of the President in the 36 states of the federation.
“We are not a political party, but as a political pressure group, we are out to ensure that the seven point agenda is given adequate publicity. We are more or less ensuring that the good works of the President on what has been achieved in the seven point agenda is well publicised,” he said.