Kingsley Moghalu is a
global leader who has made
contributions to the stability,
progress and wealth of nations,
societies and individuals across
such domains as academia,
economic policy, banking and
finance, entrepreneurship, law,
and diplomacy.
He is the author of several books,
and his latest ‘Build, Innovate, and
Grow: My Vision for Our Country’
lays down a detailed blueprint for
his goal to restore Nigeria.
He is the Founder & CEO of Sogato
Strategies LLC, and previously
worked for the United Nations
for 17 years, leading successful
work in national reconciliation
and nation-building in fractured
societies, risk management and
management reform in the UN,
and raising billions of dollars for
social investments in developing
countries by The Global Fund
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria in Geneva.
He returned to Nigeria and was
a deputy governor at the Central
Bank of Nigeria from 2009 – 2014,
leading a team that stabilised
the banking industry after the
2008 global financial crisis. In
2015, he returned to the US to
become a Professor of Practice in
International Business and Public
Policy at The Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts
University from 2015 – 2017.
Kingsley was educated at the
London School of Economics and
Political Science (Ph.D., M.Phil.),
The Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy at Tufts University
(M.A.), University of Nigeria,
Nsukka (LL.B.), and the Institute
of Risk Management in London,
UK. He has completed executive
leadership programs in economic
transformation, macroeconomic management, global leadership,
corporate governance, and
strategy at Harvard Kennedy
School, Harvard Business School,
Wharton, Chicago Booth School
of Business, and the International
Monetary Fund Institute.
A keen philanthropist, Kingsley founded the Isaac Moghalu Foundation, a non-profit organisation that provides support for literacy, educational institutions, and access to education for underprivileged children in rural communities in Nigeria.
He is also presently President of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation. He is also an international keynote speaker at industry conferences, and a frequent commentator in the global media including CNN, BBC World TV, Bloomberg, and the Financial Times. For more information visit: www.tobuildanation.com
What does a Kingsley Moghalu Presidency offer?
CONSTITUTIONAL
RESTRUCTURING
Commence and complete a constitutional restructuring of Nigeria along geopolitical lines in an arrangement that ensures that the federating units own any natural resources found within them and with regional and state police to ensure more effective national security.
Commence and complete a constitutional restructuring of Nigeria along geopolitical lines in an arrangement that ensures that the federating units own any natural resources found within them and with regional and state police to ensure more effective national security.
ECONOMY
Create the enabling environment
for an innovation-driven economy
through appropriate policy.
Establish a 1 trillion naira strong
public-private venture capital
fund to provide equity funding for
medium and small scale businesses
and job creation.
Create a concrete economic
diversification plan similar to that of
Saudi Arabian government that will
ensure a prosperous path beyond
dependency on crude oil.
Power policy will prioritize industrial
clusters such as Aba, Kano, Lagos,
Nnewi, and Onitsha. Investments
and incentives will be established in renewable energy that can serve
households.
Encourage increased foreign
investment in education and
human capital development.
Establish one world-class
hospital in
each of the six geopolitical zones
GENDER EQUITY
Ensure gender equality in access
to educational and financial
opportunities for all girls, boys,
men and women.
Combat violence against women
and ensure men help promote the
agenda of gender equity.
Execute a policy of 50:50 gender
parity in political appointments
to ensure female representation
in decision making and execution
across the nation.
GOVERNANCE
Establish an economic philosophy
from which Nigeria’s economic
vision will be derived. Such a vision
will make clear the respective roles
of the state and the market, and
its position on capitalism and its
various adaptations. The economic
ecosystem will operate and be
managed within this framework.
Principles of corporate governance
will guide the governance and
operations of public sector
institutions
Reduce recurrent expenditure to
50% and increase capital spending
to 50% within two years
Strengthen institutions by ensuring
institutions like the EFCC and
Police work independently of the
presidency.
SECURITY
Comprehensive reform of the
Nigerian Police Force by increasing
the strength of the police force
from 350,000 to a minimum
of 1.5 million policemen and women who are properly trained,
equipped and remunerated.
Control Nigeria’s borders more
effectively.
Redefine the concept of national
security away from narrow, specific
threats to a more broad-based,
interlocking one
EDUCATION
Increase government spending
on education from less than 10%
of the budget to the UNESCO
required minimum of 26%, and
spend more on educational
infrastructure and learning
equipment than on recurrent
expenditure.
Invest heavily in targeted, high
quality teacher training at all levels, along with better pay for teachers.
Attract foreign direct investment
in education and human capital
development in Nigeria by quality
global education institutions
setting up campuses in Nigeria.
NATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
Establish a Worldview Charter
(“One Nation, One Destiny”) setting
out a philosophical foundation for
the Nigerian state and a statement
of collective national ambition
Make the Worldview Charter a core
part of the national educational
curriculum in primary and
secondary education
POWER REFORM
Decentralise the national grid,
direct hydro and gas powered
electricity to industrial zones in
order to assure 24-hour electricity
for manufacturing to reduce
production costs and market
prices of products, and create a
market for renewable energy for
households and other consumers.
Increase investment in
transmission and distribution
infrastructure.
Power policy will prioritize
industrial clusters such as Aba,
Kano, Lagos, Nnewi, and Onitsha.
Investments and incentives will be
established in renewable energy
that can serve households.
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Invest in the creativity of the
Nigerian youth by prioritising the
National Youth Policy of 2009
with particular emphasis on
literacy and encouragement of
youth participation in democratic
processes at all levels.
Encourage the participation of
youth in democratic processes,
politics and leadership in order to
ensure that leadership in Nigeria is
regenerative and inter generational
INNOVATION
Make technology and innovation a
strategic national priority. Protect
intellectual property to incentivise
innovation. Increase government
spending on science, technology
and innovation, with a focus on
capital projects.
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