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As a political economist, I think about how Africa, and Nigeria in particular, can move from poverty to prosperity.

— Kingsley Moghalu

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For Nigeria's economy to improve, the entire framework for leading and managing it must be overhauled.

I do not believe that the Nigerian political leadership class is sincere or capable of changing this country for the better.

The greatest problem of Nigeria is incompetent leadership.

My parents played a strong role in who I am today, in terms of the importance of having character, values and integrity.

Watching the failure of recycled politicians pushed me to run for president.

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It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.

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If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.

Leo Tolstoy

The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.

Emil Cioran The Trouble With Being Born (1973)

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