Moghalu Joins New African Security Body’s Board

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the newly launched International Security Conference on Africa (ISCA).

The announcement was made during the inaugural ISCA Conference held in Kigali, Rwanda, recently.

Moghalu currently serves as President of the African School of Governance (ASG). With the appointment, he will join a distinguished team of continental leaders on ISCA’s Board, chaired by Clotilde Mbaranga Gasarabwe, former Assistant Secretary-General for Security Services at the United Nations.

Other board members include: Lt. General Balla Keita, former Force Commander of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA); Frederick Golooba-Mutebi, former Executive Director of the Makerere Institute for Social Research, Uganda, Dr. Richard Sezibera, former Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs; Lt. General Frank Kamanzi, former UN Force Commander in South Sudan and ISCA’s Executive Secretary

The establishment of ISCA represents a major step toward building African-led solutions to the continent’s security challenges, and Moghalu’s inclusion signals the organization’s intent to involve thought leaders with both continental and global policy experience.

As a panelist at the conference, Moghalu delivered a message during a session titled ‘Critical Raw Materials and Supply Chain Warfare’, where he stressed the imperative for Africa to take ownership of its vast mineral wealth and use it to strengthen its geopolitical influence.

“We must control our critical minerals and use them to demand a place at the table,” Moghalu told the high-level audience of security experts, diplomats, and scholars. “Nobody will give you a place you haven’t earned simply out of the milk of human kindness or any sense of justice.”