JORYS FOCSS i Nodale’s thoughts: ‘The advent of the pandemic has triggered the urge for the ‘governments to guarantee safe and inclusive societies, as well as provide platforms for active citizens participation inthe dynamics of governance; if we are to go far together ‘asa nation and humanity. Though the virus is receding, it is poignant that everyone person's non-pharmaceutical precautionary role has being as important as the other, inrespective of class, creed, culture; and eventually, the efficiency of the inclusive societies’ system to enable everyone play his role effectively is what would determine ifand when we outwit the virus ‘The Jury Justice and Rectitude Advocacy Initiative (The Jurys! Movement) realises that citizens are the life of the nation, and justice is the bedrock of the society; hence, for the citizens to do more and get more from their respective lives which would ultimately add value to the society and nation, there needs to be a nexus between the citizens policies of government and the politics. All three are ‘mutually inclusive, and ifone is disconnected, the society becomes highly unproductive and dysfunctional, But without the people/citizens, there would be no need for polities and policies, no need for systems or government; but as long as there are citizens, politics and policies, systems and governments must integrate and guarantee nclusion and provide platforms for active citizenship. ‘Thats the spirit behind all ourinterventions and policies, which are geared towards a fair and equitable society, “where social justice thrives! ‘Ouremergence was borne out ofthe sheer conviction that citizen's active, targeted, deliberate committed participation in the process of nation building is simply a patriotic duty that extends beyond taxpayment (for which majority of the informal workers have not been captured, UO ae ecu with only 19 million paying taxes of the about 69.5 million working Nigerians- according to the 2018 Bloomberg report) and election voting (of which barely28.614 million people casted votes or 14.07 percent of Nigeria's over 200 million population in the 2019 general elections)and recording barely 35.66 Percent tum out of the 82.344 million registered voters (according to INEC’s report on the 2019 presidential elections), The apathy of Nigerians toward government and indeed, nation building is steadily increasing with cach passing administration, This means that most Nigerians are unwilling and unmotivated to contribute to nation building, especially because State recognised/respected equitable avenues and platforms for meaningful participationare limited and civic spaces shrinking; making iteasy for the minority to have their way, rather than in their say-This has ultimatelyled to the inequality, injustice, ur patriotism, impunity and brazen corruption that has become an existential threat to our beloved Nigeria. These issues arewhat we at The Jury Justice and Rectitude Advocacy Initiative (The Jurys' Movement) seek to surgically reforminour culture, by frontally addressing viz meticulouslyresearched and finicky public policy recommendations with legislative draft bills;followed by an unrelentinglyadvocacy for their implementation, We are already pushing the limits of the apolitical non-governmental organisations’ spacethrough our 2019 Whitepaper on poverty eradication by 2040, through a functional social security system in the thirty-six states of Nigeria: which addresses the four factors of multi-dimensional poverty by focusing on these five thematic areas of JURYS (Justice, Unity, Renaissance/Rectitude, Youth emancipation, Sustainability).These are geared to address the underlying causes of Nigeria's prevailing injustice, disunity, economic woes and lack of moral rectitude, youth restiveness and unsustainable policies, and usher in for peace, progress, prosperity national integration and sustainable development. Though we have successfully stay under the radar and remained effective in our collaborations with multi- lateral stakeholders behind the scene; weplayed substantial roles in the suecessful push for electronic voting and the harmonized tax for value added services for informal workers. Indeed, The Jurys’ Movement is also responsible for producing the jowards a fair and equitable society where social justice thrivJORYS FOCtS i finicky jury service draft bill (Federal and State), the ‘Nigerian Solid Minerals Communities Development Commission draft bill; States’ Sovereign Wealth and Future Investment Funds Authority, Youth Emancipation ‘Trust Fund Authority, Social Security Services Administration draf bills. When implemented, the States’ Social Security Services Administration would enablethe States’ and indeed, Nigeria, do more with functional and reliable data, ensuring that governance with the entire society's structure/system is efficiently administered by optimizing segregated data, ‘The pace we move from starting a public conversation to producing a legislation is what makes the difference between our model of advocacy and legislative suppor, with others. We ensure the sustainability of all our well researched and in-depth policy proposals by integrating surveys, partnering relevant multilateral stakeholders to censure that congruous systems to support and guarantee the success of any of our proposed policies and legislations, are available. We believe that an argument has several sidesto it, the law has but two sides, but justice must have precisely one side- the truth.If we are to achieve a fair and equitable society, deepen and guarantee justice for all citizens citizens would have to be integrated as jurors, to adjudicate in criminal/corruption cases. On this, we have had the privilege ofwarking closely with The Presidency via The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), who have become a formidable partner, by also advocating for the reintroduction of jury trials for corruption cases in Nigeria to President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), We have also had the privilege of working very closely with some of Nigeria's finest nation builders and elder statesmen, especially Chief Phillip Asiodu (CON, CFR) who is like our de-facto nuncio, in advocating some of our policies to the right ears; of course, only after articulately proving the merits of each of these detailed policies to the former, chief economic adviser to the president/minister and Secretary of petroleum/Federal Permanent Secretary and others. We do not just talk, because, talk is cheap, we act; we evaluate how best to implement a policy (gazette, Executive Order or legislation), and go on to make detailed draft that would integrate technological frameworks, advocate as vigorously as possible up to the highest levels of government, till we would have achieved more with less. No political office yet we have Lea ur built an effective process of doing more with less, so that Nigerians can enjoy more value from life in a functional, dynamic, equitable society! ‘Thank youand happy perusal! Ogene Eshomomoh SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS EVENTS ON THE JURY SYSTEM In Match 2018, The Jury Justice and Rectitude ‘Advocacy Initiative partnered with the Nigerian Bar Association (Ikeja branch), Human Rights Committee, to bring the conversation on the reintroduction of til by Jury tothe public space. It ‘was also an opportunity to engage legal practitioners to sample their opinion (viz a questionnaire filled by the participants) on Jury system, as Prof. Taiwo Osipitan, SAN (scholar from the University of Lagos) expatiated the pros and cons to whet the appetite ofthe audience in his keynote lecture on salvaging Nigeria's criminal justice system: thejury option. His command ofthe topic,and recommendation thatafunetional and reliable national database from where to cull patio citizen's names who shall serve as juror, first b place for tral by jury to sueceed: ater which weasits promoters should engage multilateral stakeholders especially the legislators, in proposing a draft legislation for enactment. Rt Hon. Razak Atunwa, chairman 8taFederal House of Representative's Committee on Federal justice, himself a lawyer with significant experience in trial by Jury as a juror and counsel (in the United Kingdom's jurisdiction); sharedhis experience on the proceedings and the impact of jury service on citizens'contribution to nation building and policy formulation. In his words, laws and policies that do not serve the interest of the citizenry can easy be resisted by the citizens and when brought before the jury, suckeitizens are acquitted. The jurors can become @ reliable moral compass of the society! On the other hand, citizens can unite against corruption and injustice and impunity, by patrotically ensuring that they find guilty every corrupt person, in an era here overwhelming evidence is never in short supply! Indeed, the former Speaker ofthe Kwara State House of Assembly gave us a piece of advice thatthe race for the reintroduction of trial by jury must be approached as a marathon and not @ dash. Our advocacy since then has taken deeper roots and borne jowards a fair and equitable society where social justice thrives!JORYS FOCt«s 3 several fruits, Other speakers who gave their support were the then EFCC chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, whose representative guaranteed us that the anti-corruption agency (ACA) would give us the maximum support to get the critical mass of citizens with impeceable characters to join the anti-corruption war, even as jurors. The then national legal adviser of the APC, Dr. MuizBanire, SAN, who was also represented, lent his voice to the call forthe reintroduction of the jury system because of its many benefits to the polity, especially ournascent democracy! ‘The chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, who also chaired the symposium expressed his repugnance to the situation where the epitome of justice, Judges, are frequently and easily compromised to become ‘criminally complicit in the acquittal of (public officials) defendants charged with corruption, even despite ‘overwhelming evidence, a situation that still persists till date. The breaking point for him that convinced him of the mperativeness for trial by jury especially in eriminal and ccomuption cases was not even when a sitting judge was brought to the stands on allegations of corruption; but ‘when, despite incontrovertible evidence against the defendant judge of collecting thirty million Naira and ear gifts from a defense counsel in a corruption case before hhis court, the presiding judge chose to shirk the incontrovertible evidence and even disregarded the need for the defendant judge to open its defense regarding the evidence brought against him. The presiding judge chose camaraderie by justifying the defendant judge's collection of such humongous money and car gif through his wife and his capacity to own such properties due to his prodigious background and inheritances, before ruling a nno-case submission in favour of his co-judge, the defendant, Truly, the only side of justice was defaced simply beeause the truth, evidence, facts of the case, were shirked in arriving the judgement, which would never be ina jury trial! ‘Other eminent elder statesmen and learned silks present included Chief Phillip Asiodu (CON, CFR); Chief Kayode Ogunmekan (late) who was protem chairman until the arrival of Prof. Itsc Sagay, SAN; Prof. Emest ‘Ojukwu, SAN; Mr. Dele Adesina, SAN; Mr Roland Otaru, SAN; our chairman and former NBA Ikeja Chairman, Mr. Dave Ajetomobi; another former NBA. chairman, Mr, Monday Ubani, amongst others. ‘The takeaway from the 2018 symposium was the need to ep up our advocacy; put together a congruous legislative draft bill with a jury selection process that minimizes the chances of any unpatriotic and "unquestionable character from serving asa juror. Offto work we went, taking about four months to put together a detailed draft legislative bill that we took for committee presentation at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Committee on judiciary,LASIEC and Public petitions. At the Committee presentation in October 2018 which was taken line by line by the chairman of the Committee and the Committee sccretariat members. The draft Lagos State jury service bill was declared congruous for the Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Hon, Tunde Braimoh, esq, (Iate)to sponsor the bill, but with some touch-up needed from their legal and legislative drafting department. However, the revise of the Lagos State jury service draft bill was not completed before the electioneering season kicked in, which derailed the eventual enactment process. This experience was a lesson that every legislative bill enactment advocacy must commence at least eighteen months to the end of every political term, The Jury Justice and Rectitude Advocacy Initiative proved to have learnt from the unpleasant experience with the Lagos State House of Assembly, as we swung into action immediately the current political cycle/term resumed.With the support of The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), President Mubammadu Buhari (GCFR) ‘was put on notice of the intention to re-introduce the jury system for corruption cases in 2019, asthe firstof five recommendations to the President if Nigeria is to get the critical mass of patriotic Nigerians with impeccable integrity behind the anti-corruption war, Convinced that the jury service draft bill, with its proposed public participation in the screening of prospective jurors and selection of eligible jurors, establishment of @ single jury service department (under the judiciary), opportunity for jurors to take advantage of the whistle-blowers policy iffwhen they provide evidence of bribery to tank the case jury panel's verdict; the PACAC on November21st, 2019, PACAC collaborated with us to host a stakeholders roundtable on jury trials and thereview of the proposed jury service billwhere about seventeenMDA's from the Executive (The PEJORYS FOC«s 2 Presidency), judiciary and le ‘government, ACAs, as well as society groups were present to deliberate on the content and context of the draft bill. The resolution as read by Prof, Femi Odekunle (late) of PACAC was that the efforts toreintroduce trial by jury especially for corruption cases ‘must be sustained; however, the proposed bill should be revised to incorporate the recommendations and address the concems of the stakeholders. Of course, this was another opportunity for PACAC, which was led to the ‘event by its chairman, Prof. Iise Sagay, SAN, to reiterate her total commitment to the re-introduction of trial by ny. ‘With the success ofthe stakeholder’s roundtable, The Jury Justice and Rectitude Advocacy Initiative went back to the drawing board, and by March 2020, a revised jury service draft bill was concluded by The Jury Justice and Rectitude Advocacy Initiative. Armed with this draft legislation and with the active support of the PACAC, we were able to get the cooperation of the Nigerian Senate, as the jury service bill was cited in the 9th Senate's Legislative Anti-Corruption Strategy (LACS) inaugurated by the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmed Lawan (CON), through the full support of the Senate chairman on anti-corruption and financial crimes, Senator Sulieman kwari (FCA), who has agreed to sponsor the jury service draft bill at the Senate. ‘On this marathon to deepen justice for all by promoting and guaranteeing active citizens inclusion and participation in the adjudication process of corruption, Nigeria's biggest threat; and have successfully garnered the support of the Presidency, Legislature, the Judicial arm (even in subsnationals), as well as multi-lateral stakeholders. The Jury Justice and Rectitude advocacy strongly believes that ‘there are several sides to an argument, two sides to the law, but only one side to justice, which must be the side of the truth unearthed by ‘substantial evidence and reviewed by only citizens who are worth being the moral compass of the society, with faimess, This means that technical judgements must give way to facts, truths and equitablejustice. Between 2018 till date, The Jury Justice and Rectitude Advocacy Initiative las transited from starting the public conversation on trials by jury (with several surveys ‘conducted in the process t6 identify critical issues that citizens desire of the context of the draft bill), to producing a well-researched and generally acceplable eae ear. legislation, to legislative enactment; and soon, to assent by the Executive into Federal and State laws. Ce ee ee eae eee eedSik NBA he rene ‘ Committee on Fadielary. LASHES Sine human fininsiot the LSA. ‘idea a have the support othe E een reviewed by the ‘Kaduna Table 1: Between February 2019 and May 2019, The Jury Justice and Rectitude Advocacy Initiative conducted a ‘comprehensive analysis of global and national economic ‘tends and pattems, at the end of which we produced a draft whitepaper titled vision 2040, save or starve: whitepaper on poverty eradication through a functional social security system in the thirty-six States which proposed about ten policies under the JURYS' thematic areas (in Table 1), t0 address financial unviability of 17| states if they were stripped of Federation Allocation Account (FAA), as highlighted in the 2018 report of the Economic Confidential'sAnnual States’ Viability Index (ASVD, ‘The draft whitepaper identified that a global crisis of the magnitude of Genesis 41 and 43 (of the days of Prime Minister/Governor Joseph Israel in Egypt) which ‘eventually emenged as the covid-19 induced pandemic, was on the horizon, The proposed policies were designed to ensure that the global crisis would be a blessing to The Scorecard of The Jury Justice and Rectitude Advocacy Initiative Nigeria(ns) and be a springboard to eradicate poverty from Nigeria, The ultimate goal was/is to introduce a functional social security services administration managed by thesub-national (State) governments rather than by the Federal government. The document ‘was presented to the Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in November 2019, and have maintained a healthy working relationship with the NGE, inorder to see to their implementation, ‘The proposed policies include: 1, Introduction of the jury system, via legislation 2. Establishment of the Nigerian Solid Minerals Development Commission, via legislation, 3. _ Establishmentof the States’ Sovereign Wealth and Future Investment Funds Authority, via legislation 4, Establishment of the States’ Registration Agency, via legislation Residents! The Jurys’ Movement....owards a fair and equitable society where social justice thrives!JORYS FOCtSs 5. _ Establishment ofthe States' Youth Emancipation ‘Trust Fund Authority, via legislation, 6. Informal sector reform with harmonized tax for value added services, via policy leading to legislation. 7. Establishment of States’ Social Security Service Administration, via legislation, 8, Establishment of States’ Exchange Board, via legislation. 9. tablishment of Regional Stock Exchange Board, via legislation. 10. "National Language policy for national integration, via policy leadingto legislation, ‘Commodities Re-introduction of jury system and other ‘One i reforms: wait, Nigerian Solid Minerals Communities Gas ‘Commision Elcetronie voting, One National language poliey Two all our legislative | One Informal sector reform ‘One States’ Commodities Exchange Board Two Regional Stock Exchange Board Two Yourn States” Youth Emancipation Trust Fund ‘One emancipation Authority Sustainability Legislative draft bills for most of our policy | One proposals, States’ Resident's Registration Number ‘One State's Sovereign Wealth and Future One Investment Fund Authority, States"s Social Security Service System Two Table 2: The JURYS' policies as proposed INFORMALSECTOR REFORM According to the World bank 2018 report, the informal sector (IS) makes up over 60% of Nigeria's working population and the informal workers (IWs) contribute ‘over 65% to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Ina nation with a very low tax per capita and per GDP, where most of the informal workers are not captured in the States’ Intemal Revenue Services (SIRS) tax databasebut pay outrageous levies and fees to touts Posing as government agents; where almost all the IWs are exempted from health insurance coverage, retirement savings contribution and other social security services. ‘Of course, the huge socio-economic gap created between the informal and formal workersdue to the benefits of retirement savings and health insurance co-funded by jowards a fair and equitable society where soci employer enjoyed by the tax-paying formal workers, is one ofthe key causes of poverty amongst the IWs. These benefits enjoyed by the formal workers contributes immenselyto addressing at least two (health, living standard, unemployment) of the four factors of mult-dimensional poverty that [Ws have ‘been unableto outwit eet aedChis schoo! ‘Child moresiy Lighting Use of water Sorrand avai Sor wane OmEnatOr mensional poverty by Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network harmonized tax compliance THE STATES YOUTH EMANCIPATION TRUST FUNDAUTHORITY ‘The National Bureau of Statisties (NBS) puts the total secondary school students in public and private schools for year 2015/2016 at 10,314,296 (Junior and senior secondary at 5,838,987 and 4,475,309 respectively). With an enrolment rate of JSS 1 students put at 2,092,455 and expected to grow atleast 2.5% YoY, and an estimated 25 million unemployed graduates coming from about 308 post-secondary degree awarding institutions which are producing an annual average of 600,000 post-secondary school graduates, the States’ Youth Emancipation Trust Fund Authority (SYETEA) is proposed to adéress the issues of post-secondary. tuition loans/scholarships, guarantee post-secondary education for all; ensure sustainable funding of the education sector, to increase the infrastructure and human resource capacity, guarantee ‘quality of education, investment in commercially viable research; enable financial and academic emancipation of | students and post-secondary school graduates; guarantee ‘access to cheap funds/capital for businessmen and ‘graduate entrepreneurs; ease of enrolment to the tax net and build a reliable database containing at leastacaden and financial records from post-primary school onwards, With this, each secondary school student in every secondary school shall be issued the State's Student Identification Number (SSIN) and Save for Future Emancipation (SAFE) account number, after bio- metric data collection cum registration in. their respectiveschools ‘Students are then expected to save a minimum of NSO regularly into their SAFE account to carn an interest of 7.5% compound interest annually (quarterly compound interval) on their savings for a period of between 6 years and 16 years, when it is expected that they should have finished both secondary and post- secondary schooling, to liquidate their SAFE accounts. The pool of funds would be managed by the SYETFA, with major investments going into the education sector; since the annual withdrawalliquidation rate even at its peak be less than 20% of the total funds inthe pool, Sustainability of SYETFA isto beby legislation! The Jurys’ Movement....owards a fair and equitable society where social justice thrives!J] wenccess, Lege Ee. pe 1 Ee. | igure 2: Purpose of SABE account with the SYETEA. Table 4: Summary of the total financial and population projectionsfor the 36 Sub-nationats’ and EGLT Youth Emancipation Trust Fund Authority, using the 2015/2016 NBS secondary school students data of 10,314,296 students and J.S.S 1 enrolment of 2,092,455 as base population. The Jurys’ Movement...towards a fair and equitable society where social justice thrives!JORYS FOCiS Every State government is expected to deposit NS,000 into the SAFE account of the NYSC members with SAFE accounts under their State's Youth Emancipation ‘rust Fund Authority, during thei service year. The period of operating a SAFE account under any ofthe State's Youth Emancipation Trust Fund Authority is statutorily between 6and 16 years, orimmediately after completion of NYSC. The YETFA would boostsecondary school and post- secondary school enrolment, with the entire education sector now able to sustainably afford the cost of increasing itsenrolment carrying capacity and quality of education, just as each student is expected to be graduating with reasonable amount of money upon graduation, along withthe opportunity to get a Graduate Entrepreneurial Loan (GEL) from the YETFA, of up to 100%of their savings, where theyhave a feasible business plan, Every student and their family would be encouraged to save vigorously so that they can havea very decent sum ‘upon liquidation when they graduate. However, theprojectionsin reflect excludes the repayments on the Business Enterprise Loans (ELS), Student Tuition loans (STLs) and GELs, which would be tan interes of between 5% and 9.75%. STATES’ SOVEREIGN WEALTH INVESTMENT FUNDS AUTHORITY In keeping up with the theme of save or starve, our team adopted Anambra State as its case study in the administration of former governor Peter Obi, who was governor from 2006 to 2014, He adopted a compound Interest savings model, investing twenty-five billion Naira in Diamond bank Nigeria fora five-year tenor and annuity of 9% (monthly compound interval). By 2014, the amount had grown by thirty-seven billion Naira to sixty-two billion Naira; which was eventually liquidated to the benefit ofthe incumbent Anambra State governor, ‘causing them to minimize reliance on loans in achieving, the hand-over-fist that Anambra State is currently experiencing. However, to our chagrin, the model was a one-off system which was not designed to be sustainable; otherwise, Anambra State would have liquidated its second batch of such funds, kept the pace of development and said goodbye to loans forever. Consequently, we designed a legislation-backed model called States’ Sovereign Wealth and Future Investment Funds Authority (SSWEIFA) which first requires sub- nationals to cut the administrative cost of government by AND FUTURE Lea ura jowards a fair and equitable society 10 at least 20%, then adopt an Irrevocable Standing Payment Order (ISPO) concurrent model of saving. 7.5% of the annual consolidated revenue (CR) of the State in three investing arms called Future Assured. Investment Funds (FAIF), Public Infrastructure Funds (PIF), BudgetStabilization Fund(BSF). For cease of comprehension, we projected a summary of the total funds that would acerue to Lagos and Kaduna ‘States per tenor and in 21 years, using the 2020 CR figure provided by the NBS to compute it. In the near future when budget surplus becomes a norm, it would be saved in the BSF; evenas theimpact from the PIF and FAIF projects would also boost the sub-nationa’s IGR, substantially increasing revenue tothe Fund. With the model of project assessment proposed in the the SSAFIFA draft Bill involving the direct beneficiaries, as well as the optimization White, Yellow and Black books for contrators, as well as @ 15% maximum profit margin on any project of the SSWFIFA; corruption in the contract bidding and execution process would be significantly minimized, ‘with quality and funding guaranteed. here social justice thrives!JG@RY FOC#S Future Assured Investment FundPublic s i Infrastrutre Fund Budget Stabilization Fund Share of fund 9) 40 40 20 Annual cere (%) 16.8 hs Tenor (years) 20. 7 3 Witndraval mt (9) 60) 0 os Suing pending stele Concurrent Concurrent Concurrent Condition for access Appropriation law Appropriation lave ‘Appropriation law Gomulatierevonie ant Chast Toate “aaa Claas apt nae Ta Section sow.27 sone eee wins KE nasa NRaSIR NDR NaH 18% of NMONIBN Total Revenue 1 Ys, soma sewn sponse siesoln weeny sorte minaeie 20 Table 5: The Summary of the proposed Lagos State Sé three portfolios/arms xet at the lowest yielding compor debs is $1,406,484,824.30 (*N632,918,250,000) and d N1,140,295,699,198. ‘overeign Wealth and Future Investment Fund's wally). The State's external lomestic debs is NSO7,377,449,198.76 totaling rund interval (an Future Assured Investment FundPublic Inftasinture Fund Budget Stabilization Fund Share of fund (9) "40 w0 7 Sal inert (0) TAS ths 35 Tenor (rears) 20 7 3 Bunaraval tnt) 60 oo os Samgspendime cycle Concurrent Concurrent Concurrent Condition for access” Appropriation law “Appropriation tay Sinpropetation tae Conutathe venue Recto” brass) Ao gat eka neat ae po asa Baseline: 135% inflation Ne2A2on Neezeran NsDKOSN NORGANNON —NGOIN Non IME NTA atnsiaonin ye Table 6: The Summary of the proposed Kaduna State Sovereign Wealth and Future Investment Fund’s three portfoliowarms set at the lowest yieldi ing compound interval (annually). The State's external debt is $567,484,870.18 (£N255,368,250,000) and domestic debt is N68,754,361,083.75, toualing N324,122,611,083.75. STATES COMMODITY'S EXCHANGE BOARD The States! Commodity’s Exchange Board (CEB) is proposed to work as the off-taker, price rmodulator/regulatorand linkage between te farmers and the value-adding industries, for farm produce.The CEB ‘would also manage the’ silos and value-addition processing plants of their respective States’, providing agricultural extension services to farmers especially for produce of comparative advantagetto the State. Established by legislation, the CEB shall comprise industrialists in the agro-aied sector from the State, professors from agriculture faculties, SON, NAFDAC, farmers and policy developers in the agriculture sector The Board would ensure that similar produce are cultivated by farmers who share the same vast farmland, farming as a holding farm oF co-operative; to deploy technology and mechanized equipment, taining on safe and standard use of fertilizers and pesticides, identification of high yield seedlings, ensure access 10 cheap loans, and construction of mini but standard value- adding processing plants with silos in the hubs of such produce, setting standard and universal pricesof farm wards a fair and equi produce and value-added products, and standard quality quality control models, amongst others. ‘The CEB shall also host a bio-metrie database of all farmers, maintain a food bank on behalf of their respective states, commission research on produce of comparative advantages to the States, and maintain active field offices inall hubs in the States where there are silos and value-adding processing plants. The CEB shall also collect not more than 5% from the sale of every kilogram of farm produce sold as produce tax and charge a processing-fees for every kilogram of produce processed inthe plants. Farmers would also be able to bring in their produ in exchange for volume of value-added processed products. Buyers shall also be able to visit these hubs to purchase fresh firm produce or value-added processed products of theirchoice. jable soCRY S Focis STATES' SOCIAL SECURITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Modelled as an artificially intelligent (AD) segregated Database Management System (DBMS) whichaligns and ‘matches individuals under their families, and runs on bio- metric and facial recognition software; residents are issued with the State's Social Security Service Number SSSSN). ‘The SSSSN would also be used to update the records. ‘on each individual resident, up to 65% of their public activities, Parents/guardians with children/dependents data matched and segregated, before iswance of SSSN Parentsguardians with children(dependents data matohed and segregated, before issuance of SSSN Figure 3: Pictorial representation of the flow chart of the onboarding process of State residents unto the SSSSA. ABBREVIATIONS. AI- Artificial Intelligent BYN-Bank Verification Number CBN-Central Bank of Nigeri DBMS- Database Management System HIPN- Health Insurance Policy Number RSAN- Retirement Savings Account Number ve for Future Account ates’ Residents’ Registration Number SSIN- States’ Students Identification Number SSSN- States! Social Security Number SYETFA- States’ Youth Emancipation Trust Fund Lea ca jowards a fair and equitable society where social jus Authority TIN- Tax Identification Number Tem nee)Figure 4: Basie IT architectural schematics of the proposed SSSSA's operational DBMS NATIONAL LANGUAGE POLICYTo deepen national unity & integration as well as promote merit in publi service over Federal Character to ensure that even an Oxford and Harvard graduate would be proud to work in the public service like inthe era before the civil war; a language policy that would compel the teaching and learning of at least two of the three major Nigerian languages (excluding their local language and dialects), as compulsory subjects inthe primary and secondary and post-secondary schools, with a curriculum designed to ensure at east 40% proficiency levels ofthese two other languages, upon completion of post-secondary school, was proposed! Since we have made it a point of duty to encourage and pay heavily for our wards to lear foreign languages, including our de-facto lingua franca, English language; it s also imperative that we deepen the utilization and integration of Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba languages as a ‘minimum, as wellas ur other local dialects Indeed, national integration, unity, co-operation, de- escalation of recurring ethno-religious tension, promotion of mother-languages, preservationof focal and national heritage and culture, adoption of excellence over themis-used federal character. Canada, Switzerland have had to adopt such strategic natfonal language policies; and today, they have a more solid brotherhood bond across their country, despite their ‘multi-lingua State status. Beyond the borders ofthe different creeds, culturestribes and even social classes this policy would enableNigeria Lea ara attain and maintain her state of nationhood due to the singularity in the multiplicity of our language system and case of communication across these previously bold borders; such that every citizen would speak and understandwith a proficiency of at least 40% in any. ‘two other major languages, besides their local language/diatect. Whenever and wherever any two Nigerians of different cultures/tribes meet in about twenty years of implementing this policy, they wouldbe able to find a common ground of communication, usingany of thesemajor local languagesand without any ethno- religious bias or barrier; because, learning any two, local languages from primary to post-secondary ‘would ensure at least 40% proficiency. This would guarantee peace, prosperity, progress, national development. jowards a fair and equitable society where social justice thrives!JORYS FOC#s RU crm oem amr nny Py tates Youth Introduce Save for Futre Emancipation (SAFE) accounts to secondary Emaeipation Tmt schol student to save for berwech 6-16 years il pos secondary Fund Authority graduation, for mp income opon gradation. (SYETFA) Introduce sustainable postsecondary witon loan and scholarship funded fom SA depos guaran ght and arial postsecondary cation fra indigenes Introduce a Stat’ Stident Llentfcation Number system, for every secondary siden o be onthe electronic database othe Stat. Sustainable funding ofthe education ester nthe San Increase population of post-secondary graduates and literacy atin Edo Sia. remy Informal sector reform Universal health insurance coverage for up to 80% of informal workers {ax harmonization and thet families, to increase the numberof persons with access to guality Value-added service) and affordable healthcare States Sovereign Liquidity ofthe health sector to develop its infrastructure, inerease the [Wealth and Future atl of professional medical workets 1 patients and improve the general Tavestment Funds quality of he ‘Authority (SSWFIFA) SWFIFA would enable States build ad equip atleast 2 quality primary, secondary and tertiary public and private healthcenters, in each local ovement Living standards AEN Ensure liquidity of States to invest massively in the development of States Commodities standard publi uilities/infastracture, IPP transport system, agicultur Exchange Bours (CEB) and soid-minerals value-chain to guarantee quality standard of living of NISOMICODEC its residents YETA. Development without loans or debt! Informal sector eform Guarantee sustainable funds with huge valueis transferred to future ‘generations for contemporary development Point of sales and offtakers with right pricing of solid minerals, agricultural produce, with easy access to mining and farming equipment {on a rent, lease, buy) tbe provided by CEB: to curb harvest losses, ‘Stengthen the value chains for more income and value-additon and ‘empower host community indigenes with the relevant slid mineral’ ‘beneticiation skills Provide credit scores for fresh graduates and informal workers access ‘cheap funds for assets and business financing; ensue tat every indigene = substantial funds pon graduation to str life, with a higher Per Capita ome (PCD) ‘To ensure informal workers retire to steady flow of income viz their retirement savings account enjoyed as a direct benefit of tax compliance, {o maintain « minimum standard of living fn old age LCnemplayment Lalor Sexo ‘Tepresie suman heap sins Fe wna worker an eran reas ETA trea graduates toe abieto start and expand tet businesses, Which ower: ee Table 7: The four multi-dimensionalfactors of poverty and our proposed policies and goals to address each factor. 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