Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has emerged presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party, Y
Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has emerged presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP. Speaking after clinching the party’s ticket in Abuja on Saturday, Moghalu said the time had come to retire corrupt politicians and build a great nation. In August, Kingsley Moghalu withdrew from the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) which produced Fela Durotoye as its consensus candidate for the 2019 elections.
In his speech, he said his choice to accept the presidential ticket under the YPP was a deliberate one, against people’s advice to do so on a bigger platform. He said instead of being another technocrat whose reform ideas are frustrated by the political leadership, it is time for him to take Nigeria to greater heights under a new political dispensation.
“It is time for something new, something bold, something different. It is time for us to bring the curtain down on an era of waste, corruption, and incompetence that holds Nigeria back from achieving its potential. It’s time for us to come together and retire these professional politicians who laugh at us, believing that they will return to power whether we like or not.
“I am here today to announce that in response to the parties of the past, in response to umbrellas that block out the light of hope, and brooms that sweep away truth and replace them with lies, in response to the parties of tired old tricks and tired old systems, I and millions across Nigeria will choose the YPP. I joined the YPP because I believe it can live up to its name of being progressive, that it can be an agent of raising standards across the board for politics and policy, that it can show Nigerians that it is possible to use politics to lift people from poverty, rather than merely corner our commonwealth for personal gain.”
