The administration of President Bola Tinubu has unveiled the top 10 policies Nigerians should look out for in 2025.

Top on the list is the National Youth Confab which is expected to kick off in the first quarter of the new year as the administration seeks to strengthen the synergy between its young population and the leadership.

The administration sees the confab as a testament to its commitment to youth inclusiveness and investment as nation-builders.

The Ministry of Youth will soon announce the modalities for selecting the conference’s representatives from across the country.

Second on the list is the National Credit Guarantee Company which is expected to launch before the end of the second quarter of 2025.

The Federal Government revealed that the company will assist in further consolidating and increasing access to credit for individuals and critical sectors of the economy to boost national economic output.

Nigerians are also expected to witness the implementation of the Tax Reform Bills which are currently being debated on the floor of the National Assembly.

The bills are expected to strengthen Nigeria’s tax collection capacity and also fix many basics of the economy which will in turn tackle poverty, inflation, unemployment, and poor revenue as well as strengthen the ease-of-doing business rating of the country.

The second phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme is another policy to be implemented this year after the first phase of the scheme benefited tens of thousands of civil servants.

The second phase will benefit the general public as the administration increases access to consumable goods which will help drive industrialisation, reduce corruption and improve the standard of living of the populace.

The Tinubu administration has listed some infrastructures to be inaugurated in 2025, some of which include the Phase One of the Lagos-Calabar Highway; three bus terminal stations in FCT; Renewed Hope Cities; the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project; Kaduna Refinery; 52MW Maiduguri Emergency Power Project (MEPP); Next phase of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI); Kaduna power project (Kudendan power plant) and the 375MW Egbema Power Station, Imo State.

Another policy of the administration is the establishment of Special Agro Processing Zones which is an initiative of the Federal Government in partnership with the African Development Bank.

The zones are expected to improve food production on a large scale in the country with six states pencilled down for the first phase. Large farming clusters will also be set up across the country.

The administration stated that the judgement of the Supreme Court on local government autonomy is expected to be fully implemented in 2025.

The implementation is expected to improve governance at the grassroots as it enables the Federal Government to send allocations directly to local governments without interference from the states as currently obtainable.

Following the introduction of a new Ministry of Livestock by the Tinubu administration, a National Livestock Programme is billed to commence in 2025 as Nigeria seeks to harness the potential in the livestock sector.

Northern Nigeria is a major player in the development of livestock and with a new operational framework in place, the sector is expected to contribute significantly to the economic growth of Nigeria, eliminate issues of farmers-herders crisis and reduce poverty in the country.

The year 2025 will see the introduction of a New National Identification Card, AFRIGO card, proposed by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

The card which also offers payment solutions will help in improving the financial inclusion situation of the country, provide access to government services and also restore confidence in the identification system of the country.
The administration revealed that plans have been finalised to establish creative villages of arts in each state across Nigeria, named “Renewed Hope Creative Villages.”

The initiative would collaborate with state governments to identify historic locations and transform them into creative hubs. This one-stop-shop solution will help the government harness the potential of the sector to create thousands of jobs, preserve monumental sites across the country and develop a sector that could contribute immensely to economic growth.