The presidential candidate said this during an interview with Inspiration FM.
“This country is in a state of anomy, things have not been this bad, especially in terms of unity and the devaluation of life.”
“The chances that woman will die in pregnancy is high in Nigeria” he added.
During the interview, Mimiko affirmed that “the body language of the government” does not reflect that the ruling All Progressives Congress Buhari-led administration value the lives of Nigerians citing the recent killings by the herdsman and the recent abduction and killing of some Red cross staff by terrorist group.
The terrorist group has killed at least 20,000 in the country’s remote north-east and displaced millions of people. The two-term governor confirmed that one of those things he achieved while in government was the minimization of the maternal mortality in the state.
He stated that the high rate of poverty in the country is also one of those things driving him to contest in 2019. The presidential hopeful also promised restructuring.
“All our challenges, not one will go until we restructure, we have to restructure, we have to devolve power to sub-national groups,” Mimiko said.
He argued that the more states and sub-national groups are granted autonomy, the more productive they will be. They will be able to leverage on their God-given endowment.
“The more you decentralize, the lower the propensity to be corrupt. The more concentrated power at the center the more propensity for corruption,” he affirmed.
Mimiko, however, stated that his experience and all the opportunity he has achieved will influence his governance when he is elected.