A Professor at the University of Benin identified as Godspower Ekuobase, has declared his interest in running for 2023 presidency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ekuobase, who is a Professor of Services Computing charged Nigerians to be wary of moneybag aspirants, who have nothing to offer Nigerians, but to buy their way through to corner the state resources.
While Speaking to newsmen in Benin, Edo State, he said time had come for those who have the technical know how to be given the chance to run the country.
“Nigeria is not for sale; what we want is not the people that have money but people that have the intellect, brain and the love for the country. When you say you are looking for the person that has money, he will want to get his money back. We are not selling Nigeria,” he said.
According to him, the country is where it is because citizens have been choosing leaders based on financial capability instead of knowledge adding that the nation has failed to measure up with other countries based on poor successive leaderships.
“I want to contest for presidency because I have the strength, age and the support of the elderly and the young ones.”
“That is why I am going to ensure that Nigeria reckon with the league of nations. We are too backward, and we need to step up our game, knowledge must come in. We need people that can think” he said.
He further added that if he is elected he would focus on agriculture, security, job creation, education, health, technology among others to make Nigeria a producing nation and not import dependent.
