Talking Africa On Nigeria - a podcast by ALC Pan-African Radio

Nigeria is set to hold its General Elections in February 2019. The election will be another test of the democratic gains Nigeria has made since it returned to multiparty democracy in 1999 after more than three decades of military rule. This has been evident with the high number of participants registered to take part in the elections; with thirty-nine individuals having already declared their interest to contest for the presidential position.
For about six years now the violent insurgency by the extremist group Boko Haram has been the main issue affecting Nigeria, this alongside the slow economic, growth corruption, tribalism and religion polarization are the main issues at heart of this election. The question on the minds of the 84 million registered voters remains which candidate is best suited to tackle these issues head on.
ALC Radio sat down with Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, one of the Presidential hopefuls in the upcoming election. The core question is whether Dr. Obiageli, co-founder of transparency international co-founder of Transparency International the Global Anti-Corruption body based in Berlin Germany and a previous federal Minister of Solid Minerals and later Minister of Education during the President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Presidency will be able to challenge the current two top contenders – the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, and former vice president Atiku Abubakar. Dr. Obiageli says she wants Nigerian politics to take a radical departure from what it has been known to be, but will she?

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