{"id":160493,"date":"2019-10-15T15:49:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T14:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=160493"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T14:49:57","slug":"moghalu-lets-fix-nigeria-before-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=160493","title":{"rendered":"Moghalu: Let&#8217;s Fix Nigeria Before 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/What-Nigeria-Should-Do-To-South-Africa-Moghalu-Reacts-To-Latest-Xenophobic-Attacks.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the 2019 presidential election, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has resigned from the party.<\/p>\n<p>Moghalu announced his resignation from the party via his Twitter handle, @MoghaluKingsley, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;Without electoral reform which includes electronic voting, our democracy will remain weak. Let\u2019s fix this before 2023. <\/p>\n<div class=\"block-story-object block-story-object-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" data-width=\"550\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Without electoral reform which includes electronic voting, our democracy will remain weak. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fix this before 2023. Please join our non-partisan movement https:\/\/t.co\/TMPQZVwME0 Partisan politics won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fix this problem. To this end, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve resigned my membership of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YPPNational?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YPPNational<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kingsley Moghalu (@MoghaluKingsley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoghaluKingsley\/status\/1183645332049137665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cPlease join our non-partisan movement http:\/\/tobuildanation.org Partisan politics won\u2019t fix this problem. To this end, I\u2019ve resigned my membership of Young Progressive Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria today is approaching its moment of reckoning. We need to focus on solving our problems at their root causes. Electoral reform, voter education for an informed electorate, and constitutional restructuring are the real issues. If we can agree on these, all else can follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we fix our elections \/give our democracy real meaning, our youth will have no excuses not to vote, while they spend their money to vote on @BBNaija!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung people should lead the charge for electoral reform. With nearly 70% of Nigeria\u2019s population, Nigeria\u2019s future is young.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the 2019 presidential election, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has resigned from the party. Moghalu announced his resignation from the party via his Twitter handle, @MoghaluKingsley, on Monday. He said, &#8220;Without electoral reform which includes electronic voting, our democracy will remain weak. Let\u2019s fix this before 2023. 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