By Gabriel Ameh, The Sight News
ABUJA: Former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in 2019, Professor Kingsley Moghalu has declared his plan to run for the office of the President of Nigeria, under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) party in the 2023 general election.
The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who made his intentions known at a world press conference in Abuja on Thursday, March 17, 2022, disclosed that if elected, he will run a government with a dream team of highly competent Nigerians from all parts of the country, along with strengthened, independent institutions, adding that they we will deliver results on a 4-point agenda in four years (4 by 4).
According to him, “I intend, with all humility, to present myself again as a candidate for the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the 2023 general elections.
“If elected, I will run a government with a dream team of highly competent Nigerians from all parts of our country, along with strengthened, independent institutions. We will deliver results on a 4-point agenda in four years (4 by 4).
“Security for all Nigerians and Nigeria’s territory; War against poverty: skills, jobs for our youth, and an innovative economy; Accelerated education and healthcare reform; and Good governance: inclusive, transparent, effective, and accountable.
“This is my SWAG Agenda for 21st century Nigeria. I seek the support of all compatriots, of everyone who is tired of our present national situation. We also need the energy and support of our youth, the middle class, entrepreneurs, and our compatriots in the diaspora”, he said.
Moghalu, who however noted Nigeria is at the worst place it has been since the civil war, stressed on the need to return to the fundamentals, adding that leadership—not just politics— is the main driver of the progress of human societies.
“We must as a nation move from divisive politics that are making us poorer and weaker collectively, and now turn our politics into a search for real leadership that can unify our country and take it to prosperity”, he noted.
