By Gift Olivia Samuel, The Sight News
Professor Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and 2023 presidential aspirant under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) party platform, is set to organize a world press conference in Abuja.
The event, slated to hold on Thursday, 17 March 2022, will address the multiple crises of leadership that are threatening to cause a general breakdown of the country’s socio-economic order – which has been degenerative as a result of the misgovernance of the past years – at a time of global geopolitical tension and economic instability.
The issues to be addressed include the rising inflation in Nigeria and its impact on the welfare of the people; unabating insecurity, featuring shrinking governed spaces and expanding ungoverned spaces; high unemployment – made more worrisome by youth unemployment rate of over 40%; and the continuing weakening of the education system, currently highlighted by the resumption of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
According to a statement by the Spokesperson, Moghalu4Nigeria Movement, Jide Akintunde, Moghalu will also address issues on the international front such as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia which he said, is a geopolitical risk of a mammoth proportion, adding that beyond its impact on the domestic energy price through higher landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), the war in Ukraine can destabilise global markets and world peace.
He further stated that the world press conference will also address critical issues concerning the 2023 general election in Nigeria.
Recall that Moghalu was a candidate in the 2019 presidential election and his candidacy in that election pointed Nigeria towards an alternative leadership profile and possibility.
Moghalu is also a presidential aspirant in the 2023 general election. The former UN diplomat served as CBN Deputy Governor between 2009 and 2014.
