Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, declared that, if he were to become president of Nigeria, he would forbid any government official from operating an imported vehicle.
Nigerian politicians, according to Moghalu, ought to support and invest in local alternatives rather than driving automobiles made abroad.
In response to the House of Representatives’ assurance that the members of the 10th National Assembly would soon receive vehicles to facilitate their work, he made this statement in a post via his X on Monday.
Akin Rotimi, the head of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, revealed this in a statement.
“For the duration of the 10th Assembly, the vehicles shall remain the property of the National Assembly at the expiration of the tenure of the 10th Assembly in 2027, should the extant assets deboarding policy of government still be in place,” Rotimi has said on Sunday.
However, in his X post on Monday, Moghalu noted that it is a display of patriotic leadership and commitment to reduce the cost of governance.
“If I were President of Nigeria or Governor of a State, no government official will drive a foreign-made vehicle at government expense (procurement) when we have local alternatives,” Moghalu wrote.
“That is one demonstration of patriotic leadership and commitment to cutting the cost of governance,” he added.
Moghalu was the presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the 2019 general election.
