Social Democratic Party presidential candidate Adewole Adebayo has outlined a reform agenda focused on security, agriculture, mining, taxation and productivity during an engagement with leaders of the Middle Belt Forum.
Adebayo sharply criticised President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies and argued that the current administration had failed to place citizens at the centre of economic planning.
He said a productive economy depended on households, businesses and public enterprises generating value beyond basic consumption.
The SDP candidate promised to restructure security institutions to make them more responsive to communities.
He also pledged to revitalise agriculture and formalise mining so that mineral resources could contribute more effectively to national development.
Progressive taxation was identified as another priority.
Adebayo said his foreign policy would focus on partnerships that improved security and strengthened Nigeria’s international economic reputation.
He also said migration policy should support the productivity and standing of Nigerians working abroad.
The presidential candidate accused the current administration of excessive taxation, borrowing and concentration of public contracting.
Those claims represent Adebayo’s political assessment and were not independently established in the source material.
He said his campaign would present an alternative economic programme centred on productivity, wider participation and stronger domestic enterprise.
