20 years of PDP, APC have left legacy of poverty, instability ― Professor Moghalu

The presidential aspirant of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has stated that the combined 20 years of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) have left a legacy of poverty, instability, unemployment and a lot of corruption in Nigeria.

This is just as he envisioned that when elected, he would rescue Nigeria from both economic and mind poverties.

Professor Moghalu, speaking to Tribune Online TV, stressed that a lot of people are not happy with where Nigeria is today and are looking for something new.

“The combined 20 years of those parties have left a legacy of poverty, instability, unemployment and a lot of corruption in Nigeria. So, should we then live with poverty, corruption and insecurity continuously?

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“Nigeria’s greatest problem is that it is not a nation. Nigeria is a country; a collection of different tribes, groups and religions, but there is no unified national consciousness. Nigeria is only united in sports. I will be looking at relocating Nigeria from being a country to a nation. Poverty is a very big problem in this country.”

While putting his weight behind restructuring Nigeria, Professor Moghalu lamented that there is too much power vested in the Federal Government and only restructuring can make the 36 states economically buoyant.

“Restructuring is to make Nigeria work. We can achieve that by divulging power to the people. There is too much power concentrated in Abuja and that is why Nigeria is not working and that is why the race to become president is do or die for some. If we divulge power so that the different geopolitical zones can own their resources and manage their own economy, health, education, agriculture and the rest, it is much better so that people can hold them accountable because they are closer to the people. They will pay a tax to the Federal Government and they retain a majority of their earnings. In my own vision, they should retain about 60 per cent and pay 40 per cent to the Federal Government.

“… This government has no vision. They came with a lot of promises to win the elections. Vision and promises are not the same. I have highlighted a vision of leadership and governance, nation-building, economic transformation, and a vision for diplomatic and international affairs… we don’t have all of these today,” Professor Moghalu said.

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