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Presidential aspirant under the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, has claimed that he has no interest in being a politician but a leader.
The former Deputy-Governor of the Centarl Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stated that there should be no retreat nor surrender in the quest to take back the nation from “old and recycled politicians.”
Moghalu disclosed this during the To Build a Nation (TBAN) town hall meeting at the National Centre for Women Development in Abuja over the weekend.
Speaking at the event, Moghalu also said that 2019 will be a defining moment in the nation’s history, as Nigerians will have to “make a choice between poverty and prosperity; between stability and lack of cohesion; between security and insecurity”.
He emphasised that Nigerians must be prepared to send the old politicians into retirement in the 2019 elections by voting the right way, the leadership way, stating that the instrument the people must get to make that choice is their Permanent Voters Card (PVC).
Decrying the absence of leaders with a worldview, Moghalu said, “We will rebuild this country into a nation. We will set out a national ambition, a world view for this country and we will no longer continue to worship the god of small things such as oil and tribalism.”
The presidential aspirant also stated his intention to run an innovation-led and development-driven country, while also growing the economy and creating jobs for people by launching a one trillion Naira venture capital fund to invest in new businesses for young entrepreneurs.
Upon being elected as President, Moghalu explained that the federal government would also set up a skills acquisition Centre in all the 774 local government areas in the country so that citizens can acquire the skills necessary to prosper.
He also mentioned his plans to increase budget allocation for education from the current 7 percent to 20 percent and healthcare allocation from 3 percent to 15 percent.
