Oby Ezekwesili, the presidential
candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), says she will end
Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast.
Speaking in an interview with
Christine Amanpour on Wednesday evening, Ezekwesili said she will overhaul
Nigeria’s security apparatus, and economically fight the environment that
enables terrorism in the region.
The former World Bank
vice-president said one of the research of the World Bank on conflicts, shows
that insurgency thrives when youths have little or no stake in society.
She said her plan includes,
getting the youths in the northeast to think about jobs again.
Her three-pronged approach also
involves the use of cutting-edge technology to gather intelligence for the
defeat of the terrorist group.
Ezekwesili added that leadership
is not gender-specific, stating that all the men in the race for Nigeria’s
presidency know that she is a better candidate for the job.
“Leadership is gender neutral;
what matters is that I come into this with character, competence and capacity.
I am a better candidate than the men in this race, even they will tell you
that.
“I am simply going to keep up
with the issues that I want to solve and be the problem solver. The country
knows me to be that.”
Oby, who was nominated for the
2018 Nobel Peace Prize for making the world less corrupt, says she will
leverage her work at Transparency International, to deal with corruption in
Nigeria.
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