Why Moghalu chose to run for presidency on YPP platform, mute on merger, alliance
After about two months of discussions, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy-Governor and presidential aspirant in the 2019 elections, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has declared to pursue his ambition on the platform of the relatively unknown Young Progressive Party (YPP).
In a statement he issued using his official twitter handle, @MoghaluKingsley, he said the party was chosen for Nigerians to forget the misdeeds of the former leaders.
Though he maintained silence on possible mergers and further alliance with other mainstream political parties, he averred that YPP was chosen after it had affirmatively answered his questions of vision of leadership as one of service and accountability among others.
According to him, the ruling and erstwhile political parties have failed in their promises to the people describing them as “parties of tired old tricks and tired old systems and tired old men.”
The former banking wizkid said “I thought about why I have joined politics , the imperative of a radically new political leadership for Nigeria, one with a vision and the capacity to build a new and different future for our country. That meant almost automatically that I would not be part of the old order of failed and recycled politicians that have run our country aground with poverty, insecurity and corruption as our national legacy.
“I therefore decided that I want to be part of a peaceful, democratic revolution that will usher in a new leadership and political order in our country. YPP is a great dare, a tantalizing promise and a notice of evacuation to Nigeria’s recycled political class.
“So 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 and tired old men, I and millions across Nigeria will choose the YPP of today and tomorrow.”
While branding YPP as a grassroots-oriented party with historic network and cell leaders in every part of the six geo-political zones of the country, Moghalu noted that the party has full and final structures that can finally put an end to the agitations of Nigerians for quality leadership and appealed to Nigerians of voting age to join the party, “to vote and be voted for, so as to execute the party’s progressive plans for the country.”
The Anambra State-born new bread politician had declared his intention to lead Nigeria with the aim of putting the country and particularly the economy on the right part of growth from the first day of swearing in come May, 29, 2019.
