African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has unveiled part of his 2027 presidential manifesto, proposing the deployment of artificial intelligence to manage Nigeria’s public finances and drone technology to strengthen national defence.

In separate posts shared on his verified X handle on Friday, Sowore said his administration would leverage emerging technologies to tackle corruption, improve transparency and modernise governance if elected president.

The former presidential candidate said artificial intelligence would effectively serve as the country’s “Minister of Finance”, while drones would assume the role of a “Minister of Defence”.

“Sowore2027 will appoint Artificial Intelligence as ‘Minister of Finance’ and a ‘Drone’ as Minister of Defence.

“The AI will eliminate human manipulation, waste, and corruption in public finance by making data-driven, transparent decisions.

“The Drone will redefine national security with modern surveillance, rapid response, precision, and accountability.

“The future of governance is technology, not patronage,” he wrote.

Expanding on the proposal in another post, Sowore argued that blockchain technology and artificial intelligence offered the most effective tools for combating corruption in the public sector.

According to him, blockchain would create a permanent and publicly accessible record of government transactions that could not be altered, while AI would monitor government operations in real time to detect fraud and procurement irregularities.

“Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence are the most powerful weapons against public sector corruption.

“Blockchain creates an immutable public ledger where every government transaction, contract, budget allocation, and expenditure is permanently recorded, time-stamped, and open to public scrutiny. Records cannot be secretly altered or erased.

“Artificial Intelligence continuously audits government operations in real time, detecting fraud, flagging suspicious transactions, identifying conflicts of interest, uncovering procurement irregularities, and exposing corruption before public funds disappear,” he wrote.

Sowore said his administration would deploy both technologies to make corruption “technologically difficult, easily detectable, and swiftly punishable.”

He added, “With AI as ‘Minister of Finance,’ we will no longer need bloated bureaucracies, endless convoys, handwritten receipts, paper ledgers that can be altered, or wasteful seminars that increase overhead, slow decision-making, and fuel systemic corruption.

“The government will become leaner, faster, transparent, and accountable.

“Our goal is not bureaucracy; it is to rapidly improve Nigerians’ quality of life through technology-driven governance.”

The former presidential candidate has consistently advocated the use of technology-driven governance, digital transparency and institutional reforms as key pillars of his #Sowore2027 campaign ahead of the 2027 general election. (The PUNCH)

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