{"id":3080,"date":"2019-02-19T20:39:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2019-02-19T20:39:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:39:17","slug":"nigeria-kingsley-moghalu-emerges-as-hope-of-nigerians-desperate-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2019\/02\/19\/nigeria-kingsley-moghalu-emerges-as-hope-of-nigerians-desperate-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Kingsley Moghalu Emerges as Hope of Nigerians Desperate for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tagged:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/governance\/\">Governance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/westafrica\/\">West Africa<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com%2Fstories%2F201902150003.html&amp;text=Kingsley%20Moghalu%20Emerges%20as%20Hope%20of%20Nigerians%20Desperate%20for%20Change&amp;via=allafrica&amp;related=allafrica,allafricafrench,allafricasport\"><strong>Tweet<\/strong><\/a><a><strong>Share<\/strong><\/a><a><strong>Google+<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201902150003.html#comments\"><strong>Comment<\/strong><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/#email\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Email<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com%2Fstories%2F201902150003.html&amp;title=Nigeria%3A%20Kingsley%20Moghalu%20Emerges%20as%20Hope%20of%20Nigerians%20Desperate%20for%20Change%20-%20allAfrica.com\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MORE ON THIS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/view\/group\/main\/main\/id\/00066342.html\">Moghalu Seen as &#8216;Change&#8217; 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She is a political activist and entrepreneur from Kano State in the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Moghalu said his choice of Getso \u201cis a recognition of her talent, leadership ability and commitment to a better future for the youth of Nigeria. He repeated his target of appointing a cabinet that is half women, and he hailed Getso\u2019s \u201cpassion for the education of the girl child\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soyinka and other Moghalu supporters say the candidate\u2019s record of accomplishment and public service is accompanied by a detailed and concrete plan of action to transform Africa\u2019s most populous country \u2013 a vision which has been articulated in books, articles, policy documents and public appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Moghalu\u2019s proponents recognize the challenges facing a low-budget campaign in a country where vote buying is widespread and wealthy \u2018godfathers\u2019 can turn out huge crowds for their choices, they argue that Nigeria may not survive another four years of \u201crecycled\u201d rulers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria is one of the starkest examples of the rich-poor gap that is growing worldwide. The country has Africa\u2019s largest economy, an independent and feisty media and a thriving business and professional sector. But it also has a restive youthful population and an unemployment rate that grew from a reported 5 per cent in 2010 to over 23 per cent in 2018, a lack of electricity even in the major cities, poorly resourced schools, endemic corruption; one of the globe\u2019s highest rates of mother\/child death; low levels of immunization; and the largest burden of malaria in the world.<ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is plagued by conflicts \u2013 militias in the oil-producing south, a Boko Haram insurgency in the north and mounting conflicts in the central area between farmers and herders competing for land that is adversely affected by climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moghalu told AllAfrica that all those urgencies can be tackled effectively, \u201cwith organization and execution\u201d. Nigeria today is unable to meet its targets \u2013 for energy, food, security or reducing corruption, he said, due to a \u201clack of effective governance strategy, from the federal government especially\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNigeria can and should feed itself again,\u201d he said. \u201cBut to do that, you need investments in technology-driven, high-yield agriculture.\u201d He cited an example of multi-factor challenges his strategists would have to address to move Nigeria from a large-scale importer of food to producing enough, and preserving enough, to feed its people and to have an excess to earn revenues: \u201cHow do you move goods from cultivation to storage? How do you move them from storage to processing? How do you move them from processing to export? These value chains are areas where we will focus specific Investments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moghalu has plans for spreading electricity among the country\u2019s 200 million people \u2013 where providing centralized grid power would be decades away \u2013 by building an alternative system, heavily based on renewable sources, such as hydro and solar. He has outlined strategies for expanding the tax base and implementing more efficient collection and for tackling the country\u2019s crippling debt obligation \u2013 which has ballooned in the past three years from U.S. $10 billion to $22 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ask him anything \u2013 he has a plan.<\/strong><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He outlined a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201902150002.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">method for providing access to primary health care<\/a>&nbsp;for all Nigerians, that he believes would improve survival rates for women giving birth and for their babies and would reduce the toll of diseases, including malaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He thinks a government led by him and his running mate could unite Nigerians around solving problems rather than competing for resources and power by exploiting divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPolitics have been influenced,\u201d he said, \u201cby ethnicity and religion. But people are now becoming more and more aware that the ethnic arguments and the religious arguments do not put a day&#8217;s meal on the table. 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