2023: Next president needs to be less than 60 years– Nigerian youths demand

Nigerian youths have actually contacted politicians to ensure that the next president of the nation is below the age of 60.

They also recommended that the next president should be somebody who is prepared to demonstrate how far he has factored young people into his management vision.

The youths, under the aegis of the Nigerian Youths Union (NYU), alerted that 2023 would witness the influx of young energy into active politics as was seen during completion SARS demonstration.

In a declaration by its National President, Chinonso Obasi, at the union’s congress in Abuja, the NYU swore to require from striving leaders, their plans to end insecurity, cravings, absence of instructional and health facilities in the country.

The union while requiring the active addition and involvement of youths in governance, stated the present ‘federal government of gerontocrats have failed to reflect sustainable economic plans in its policies, resulting in big loaning”.

“Having actually been omitted from governance, Nigerian youths have put their imaginative energies in music, entertainment, sports, IT while others have taken to crime, web scams, armed banditry, prostitution and numerous anti-social practices to fix their economic problems.”

Obasi firmly insisted that the NYU which makes up Nigerian youths and trainees in between 18 and 35 from the 774 local government locations throughout the nation have actually thrust upon itself the responsibility of guaranteeing youth inclusion in governance as the 2023 general election approach.

“The 2023 basic election is a golden chance for Nigerian youths to take a stand and recover the nation to stimulate inclusive and purposeful governance.

“We will in the next few weeks begin an aggressive citizen registration campaign.

“The very same method Nigerian youths waved the national flag as a sign of resistance during the End SARS protest, every of our members will arm him/herself with a Permanent Voter Card.

” This march for Freedom From Political Oppression (FFPO) project would get down to all the 774 LGAs of the country.

” We will demand user interface with ambitious leaders and subject them to conversations and arguments aimed at bringing out the very best and de-marketing the old.