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Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, one of the leading contenders of the 2019 Presidential election has been getting the necessary supports both from home and abroad. In a sheer show of solidarity towards her cause, a former President of Malawi, Joyce Banda, on Wednesday, endorsed Oby Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria for the said 2019 general elections.
Banda, who was Malawian president between April 2012 and May 2014, said in a tweet that Ezekwesili is “a servant leader pushing for a better Nigeria.” She explained how Ezekwesili had saved her from corruption allegations in 2013.
“While fighting corruption during my presidency in 2013, Oby Ezekwesili advised me to protect myself with a forensic audit, which the United Kingdom supported,” the former president narrated in her tweet. Banda added that Ezekwesili is “transparent, accountable daughter of Africa.”
On Monday while formally launching her presidential campaign, the former Minister of Education assured Nigerians she would fulfil her electoral promises, adding that a situation where elected candidates deny their promises was bad for Nigeria’s growth.
“The APC campaigned in 2015 on a manifesto that propagated the doctrine of restructuring. President Buhari went along with it every step of the way because it is all about getting into power for him.” He won and then began to renege on his promises, including on restructuring. He suddenly remembered all the reasons why ‘structure is not the problem’ with Nigeria.
