I received yesterday a visit by the leaders of the 19 Northern States arm of the National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Riders Association (NACTMORA), more popularly known as “Keke NAPEP” and “Okada” riders. I thanked the grassroots trade group, led by their Northern States
Chairman, Nasir Umar Amburtsa, for their strong support for me declared at their Abuja press conference of May 7, 2021. Amburtsa was accompanied by Zaharadeen Ismail, Chairman, Zamfara State Chapter of NACTMORA, Sanusi Usman, Chairman, Katsina State, Abubakar
Dalhatu, Chairman, Sokoto State, Suraj Adamu, Chairman, Kebbi State, Sanusi Adamu and Aliyu Muhammad, Abuja FCT Chapter. It is significant that at a time when Nigeria is so troubled and divided, such a group with millions of members is the first to ask me to step out as a
candidate to lead our country from 2023. I am humbled by, and grateful for their support. 2023 will be different from 2019. This train is leaving the station. Join our political movement Moghalu4Nigeria (M4N, more later) at Moghalu4Nigeria.org .
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At my press conference yesterday in Abuja I called on President @MBuhari to set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help stabilize Nigeria and begin a process of national healing and reconciliation. Its primary assignment should be to reconcile Nigerians across sectarian
divides that have been sustained by the wrong use of the more unfortunate aspects of our national history, especially from the first coup of January 1966, the counter-coup of July 1966, to the end of the Civil War in January 1970. If we are to build a nation, we must confront our
history and utilize it for reconciliation and not for division. We should stop sweeping history under the carpet. A TRC exercise, if well handled, will help cleanse the bitterness that has been planted in the hearts of many our compatriots. As a former senior official of @UN I
Speaking at the Horasis Global Meeting this morning in a session on democracy with Esko Aho, Former Prime Minister of Finland, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Former President of Latvia, Sundeep Waslekar, Founder, Strategic Foresight Group, India, Randa Fahmy, Founder, Makeup America!, USA
, and P. Gunasegaram, Executive Director, Sekhar Institute, Malaysia. Gunasegaram talked about “undemocratic democracy” in Malaysia. Esko told us a long tradition of the rule of law, trust in institutions, and social mobility driven by investments in education are why democracy
thrives in Scandinavia. Randa said she had been taught “America was the gold standard in democracy, but we are not”. Vaira recalled that Latvia’s desire to join the European Union and NATO pushed Latvia to massive democratic reforms. I spoke about the challenge of democracy in
2. We live daily today under the shadow of terrorists. Our economy is collapsing. Many families cannot afford the price of food. Millions of young men and women have no jobs and have no hope
3. Our university students know more about ASUU strikes and long school closures than any skills they need to be competitive in the world of the 21st century.
4. Only the rich and powerful can access quality healthcare in our country or abroad as medical tourists, because our health system, like most other systems, is broken. I lost my father, Isaac Moghalu, in December 1998 because he had a stroke but the doctors were on strike, and
I am as disturbed by the general narrative against the Fulani, because of the failure of @NigeriaGov to secure our country from invading foreign terrorists - a failure that many Fulani & others in Northern Nigeria find as unconscionable as other Nigerians in the South - as I
am with the @PoliceNG Inspector-General's reported order to police to essentially violate human rights and engage in extra judicial killings in the Southeast under the guise of "Operation Restore Peace" in the region against Biafra secessionist agitators. The IG says President
@MBuhari has ordered a "shoot at sight" against anyone carrying an AK-47 rifle illegally, ostensibly as a justification for his spurious orders regarding the Southeast. I'd like to know how many terrorist "herdsmen" in Nigeria have been "shot at sight" so far since the
Consultations: I had a great visit yesterday evening to Prof. George Obiozor, President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, at the Ohaneze HQ in Enugu. I was accompanied by Prof. Ernest Madu, Founder of The Heart Institute of the Caribbean, the largest private hospital in Jamaica,
and Barrister Ike Akaraiwe @kizor . Obiozor, a distinguished scholar-diplomat who has served Nigeria as Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Ambassador to Cyprus, Israel, and the United States, received us very warmly. I was humbled to be described
by him as “a great man” and “a citizen without reproach” (quoting the late Dr. Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe). We discussed the state of Nigeria today and possible pathways to resolution, and of course the role of Ndigbo as an important component of a country in search of real
I believe that the @UN Security Council and the @_AfricanUnion should quickly consider the appointment of a joint Special Envoy on the one hand, or a combined one of the US, UK, and @EU_Commission on the other, on Nigeria's political/ security crisis.
This approach has become necessary because President @Mbuhari 's @NigeriaGov appears unwilling or unable to address the real issues facing Nigeria. For this reason, the legitimate agitation of numerous ethnic nationalities for a fundamental constitutional restructuring of Nigeria
(the best way out of our nationhood, security and economic crisis) is met essentially with disdain by the federal government. The reality on the ground, however, is that Nigeria’s sovereignty is now a "shared sovereignty" in which we have vast ungoverned spaces, and the very