A former deputy governor
of Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu,
has pulled out from the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) after the
emergence of Fela Durotoye as the consensus candidate.
Moghalu,
who is a presidential aspirant under the Young Progressive Party (YPP) said his
decision among other reasons was necessary because ‘PACT did not produce a
truly consensus candidate.’
He
also appealed for continued cooperation from his supporters noting that he is
firmly in the race for the 2019 Presidential election.
“I
wish to inform members of my “To Build A Nation” (TBAN) movement, the Kingsley
Moghalu Support Organisation (KIMSO) nationwide, the Kingsley Moghalu Volunteer
Force, Youth for Kingsley (Y4K), Women for Kingsley (W4K), Kingsley Moghalu
Disciples, the Young Progressive Party (YPP) and my other supporters nationwide
and in the diaspora that I am pressing ahead with my plan to contest the 2019
presidential election.
“This
is despite the arrangement for a consensus candidate among the young
presidential aspirants under the aegis of Presidential Aspirants Coming
Together (PACT), which today produced an outcome that has left many Nigerians
expressing surprise and disappointment,” Moghalu said in a statement released
on Friday.
Moghalu explaining further
his reasons for pulling out of the PACT arrangement, said it did not produce a
truly consensus candidate because all the aspirants were not carried along.
“Only
seven aspirants participated in the final voting out of the original 18
aspirants, mainly because many of the aspirants had withdrawn from the process.
“Four
candidates who were present in the meeting withdrew from the process even while
the voting process was ongoing. Therefore, PACT did not produce a truly
consensus candidate,” he said.
Moghalu
added that clause 13 of the PACT Memorandum of Understanding asserts the
supremacy of the constitutional rights of the aspirants to pursue their
political aspirations.
He
said he has chosen to continue to pursue his vision in the presidential race
for 2019 in the national interest and in deference of support for his candidacy
from all parts of Nigeria.
“I
will remain focused on the objective of providing a competent leadership that
will help unite our country and build a nation, wage a decisive war against
poverty and unemployment, and restore respect for Nigeria in the society of
nations,” he said.
Moghalu
noted that it is his well-considered view that the Office of the President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria requires competence and experience in these
three vital areas.
PACT
is an alliance made up of 18 presidential aspirants from different political
parties.
Credit: Channels TV
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