A Nigerian intellectual and former Deputy Governor of the
CBN, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has indicated interest to contest in the
2019 Presidential election.
A former Deputy Governor of the CBN, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu,
announced on Monday that he was consulting widely to run for the
presidency in 2019, DailyTrust has reported.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, Moghalu said the time has come for
technocrats, intellectuals and experienced people to take power from
Nigeria’s career politicians.
He said that he would not be deterred from joining the race, in
spite of speculations that 2023 was the year slated for Igbos to have a
shot at the presidency. Moghalu argued that politics in Nigeria should
be detribalised for Africa’s most populous nation to grow and take its
rightful place in the comity of nations.
“It is the turn of any competent Nigerian to aspire for the
post of presidency because career politicians have failed Nigeria.’’
He said that zoning, which had been used by the major political
parties, might have been relevant in the past but that it was no longer
necessary because competence should be placed above tribe in present day
Nigeria.
“The future of Nigeria rests in technocratic interventions. We
need thinking people that will take Nigeria from the politics of stomach
infrastructure to politics of mental infrastructure.’’
The former CBN chief said that the first part to progress for
Nigeria was for the people to begin to think differently and beyond
tribe in choosing those who would lead them.
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