Wednesday, 2nd June, 2021: Former Presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu on Tuesday declared his intention to contest for Nigeria President in the coming 2023 general election.

The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, who on 2019 general election contested for Presidential sit under the platform of Young Progressive Party (YPP), made his intentions known in a statement which he term, “2023: I will run because the people matter.“There is no hope out of our troubles until Nigeria faces the leadership question and looks for capacity, competence, and a compassionate heart for the suffering poor.”

Moghalu also reaffirmed his ambition to run for Presidency, stating that an inclusive national leadership and constitutional restructuring can curb the ongoing violence in the country.

He said, “What is the value of a Nigerian life?

“We live daily in the shadow of terrorists. The economy is collapsing. Many families cannot afford the price of food.

“Only the emergence of a visionary, competent, and inclusive national leadership on the one hand, and the fundamental constitutional restructuring of Nigeria on the other, can arrest Nigeria’s ongoing and violent disintegration into a completely failed state.

“For the sake of the youths of our country, I intend, with all humility, to present myself again to Nigerians as a candidate for the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the 2023 general elections.”