Saturday, March 03, 2018

"I will restructure Nigeria if elected" - Professor Kingsley Moghalu

Professor Kingsley Moghalu, Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  has vowed to restructure Nigeria and return it to true federalism by 2021, as well as reform the police, healthcare, education, and the energy sector if he is elected president in 2019.
Moghalu, the first aspirant from the Southeast zone to aspire for Nigerian presidency in 2019 made the declaration at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja yesterday, where he said
a combination of military rule, oil booms and busts, and successive leadership failures of the political class have robbed the country of its dreamed greatness since independence.
The presidential hopeful served as Chairman, Board of Directors of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) and the Financial Institutions Training Centre. He is also the founder and President of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET), a new think tank based in Abuja.While he kept mute over the political platform under which he intends to achieve his ambition despite the fact that Nigeria’s current Electoral Law does not allow for independent candidacy, Moghalu said, “My focus, for now, is the people of Nigeria and not on party platforms that have in the past, been mere vehicles for capturing political power.”
Describing Nigeria as a nation of great people, Moghalu said what the country needed most now is a committed movement of the people, by the people and most importantly for the people to move the nation forward and break with its troubled past.The former CBN deputy governor assured Nigerians he has the competence, capacity, and character to lead the country and transformed it into a viable and strong nation among the comity of nations, saying, “My colleagues, mentors, friends, and family could vouch for my character.
According to him, “I am not here to tell you that there are quick, easy solutions to our nation’s problems. Decades of economic and leadership mismanagement could not be undone in a few short weeks or months. Things will be difficult and painful but choices would have to be collectively made.“What I am here to tell you is that: together, we can choose a new path. Together, we can set a bold agenda. Together, we can deliver for ourselves a different outcome.”
The financial mogul urged the Nigerian electorate not to sell their conscience or their votes to politicians that have nothing to offer or those that have offered the country nothing credible since 1999 when Nigeria returned to democratic rule.He insisted that every Nigerian should take the coming general election as a matter of must and a task that must be achieved to change the destiny of the country for good, growth and development, saying, “The best way to achieve this is for every eligible and qualified Nigerians to obtain their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), which is their weapon and strength to change the country, to determine their future and that of the coming generation.”Describing Nigeria as a nation of great people, Moghalu said what the country needed most now is a committed movement of the people, by the people and most importantly for the people to move the nation forward and break with its troubled past.The former CBN deputy governor assured Nigerians he has the competence, capacity, and character to lead the country and transformed it into a viable and strong nation among the comity of nations, saying, “My colleagues, mentors, friends, and family could vouch for my character.
According to him, “I am not here to tell you that there are quick, easy solutions to our nation’s problems. Decades of economic and leadership mismanagement could not be undone in a few short weeks or months. Things will be difficult and painful but choices would have to be collectively made.“What I am here to tell you is that: together, we can choose a new path. Together, we can set a bold agenda. Together, we can deliver for ourselves a different outcome.”
The financial mogul urged the Nigerian electorate not to sell their conscience or their votes to politicians that have nothing to offer or those that have offered the country nothing credible since 1999 when Nigeria returned to democratic rule.He insisted that every Nigerian should take the coming general election as a matter of must and a task that must be achieved to change the destiny of the country for good, growth and development, saying, “The best way to achieve this is for every eligible and qualified Nigerians to obtain their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), which is their weapon and strength to change the country, to determine their future and that of the coming generation.”
Describing Nigeria as a nation of great people, Moghalu said what the country needed most now is a committed movement of the people, by the people and most importantly for the people to move the nation forward and break with its troubled past.The former CBN deputy governor assured Nigerians he has the competence, capacity, and character to lead the country and transformed it into a viable and strong nation among the comity of nations, saying, “My colleagues, mentors, friends, and family could vouch for my character.
According to him, “I am not here to tell you that there are quick, easy solutions to our nation’s problems. Decades of economic and leadership mismanagement could not be undone in a few short weeks or months. Things will be difficult and painful but choices would have to be collectively made.“What I am here to tell you is that: together, we can choose a new path. Together, we can set a bold agenda. Together, we can deliver for ourselves a different outcome.”
The financial mogul urged the Nigerian electorate not to sell their conscience or their votes to politicians that have nothing to offer or those that have offered the country nothing credible since 1999 when Nigeria returned to democratic rule.He insisted that every Nigerian should take the coming general election as a matter of must and a task that must be achieved to change the destiny of the country for good, growth and development, saying, “The best way to achieve this is for every eligible and qualified Nigerians to obtain their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), which is their weapon and strength to change the country, to determine their future and that of the coming generation.”

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