On Sunday, Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), said that Nigeria’s biggest issue was corruption.
Speaking at an Arise TV-organized presidential town hall in Abuja, Kwankwaso stated that corruption in the country’s oil management, fuel subsidies, and other sectors hinders economic growth.
If elected president in 2023, the former governor of Kano State vowed to attack the issue head-on and boost the nation’s economic growth.
He said: “First we have to agree that corruption is a fundamental challenge in the country. Look at our oil which is the biggest asset. We need to start dealing with corruption in this regard and at different levels of the government.
“The issue of corruption is also connected to the issue of fuel subsidy. Even though corruption isn’t doing anything for anybody, the fact that we must be able to create palliatives for Nigerians when it becomes necessary that subsidy has to be removed is very important.
“Next is the issue of the exchange rate. This entails a lot of things. Both it’s very important we deal with the issue that undermines the success of all these to create the opportunity for the country to grow economically.”