Kingsley Moghalu, ex-deputy
governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has asked Nigerians to replace
recycled “failed leaders” with competent and experienced youth.
Moghalu said this at the Shehu
Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, on Wednesday while making a formal declaration of
his presidential bid.
He stated his visions, as laid
out in his recently launched book, ‘Build, Innovate and Grow: My Vision for Our
Country’, Moghalu explained that he is taking a stand to unify Nigeria beyond
ethnicity and put the country on the path to progress.
Moghalu said from day one, he
would hit the ground running, and announce members of his cabinet in 48 hours,
should he emerge the number one citizen of the country.
As part of his plans to transform
the country if elected, Moghalu said he would “empower the ‘Office of the
Citizen’ to hold the government and governance accountable”.
He also promised to reform the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to become independent of the
presidency, while promising to start his anti-corruption war from officials of
his own government.
He said he would ensure
constitutional restructuring to reflect state ownership of resources and the
creation of state police.
Moghalu disclosed his plans to
establish a “concrete economic diversification plan with a concrete path to a
post-oil future for Nigeria, based on emerging global trends”.
“We must stop recycling failed
politicians and regenerate our leadership ranks with competent and experienced
young men or women,” Moghalu said.
“Youths who have prepared
themselves with the relevant qualifications must take over the mantle of
leadership because this struggle is about the future of Nigeria, not its past.
“Strong, knowledgeable guidance
is needed, and I offer myself for service with a solid track record of
leadership,” he said.
“My fellow Nigerians, to quote
the immortal words of the late US president John F. Kennedy, ‘politics is too
important to be left to the politicians’.”
“The world is changing: time and
tide have in several countries swept away old orders and brought in new, more
dynamic ones. Nigeria must not remain stuck in its past. We, you and I, can do
it for our country too.”
He, however, said though he has
been approached by many political parties, he has not decided under which
platform he will run.
He said the movement he is part
of, would decide and communicate it in coming weeks.
Moghalu, who served as CBN deputy
governor from 2009 to 2014, is a political economist, lawyer and a former
United Nations official.
He was also a professor of
practice in international business and public policy at the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Massachusetts, US.
Born on May 7, 1963, Moghalu is a
graduate of the London School of Economics. He also read political science at
the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
He is the founder and president
of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET), a new think
tank based in Abuja.
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