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Youths should stop waiting for political power – Idris Abiola-Ajimobi

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Nigerian youths need to go out and get involved in politics so as to be able to influence governance in the country positively.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for the Ibadan Southwest Constituency II seat in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Alhaji Idris Abolaji Abiola-Ajimobi stated this while speaking in an interview with Radio Nigeria.

Alhaji Abiola-Ajimobi said the time of waiting for handouts in politics has passed and urged youths to use all their skills to positively engage the political system of the country.

He added that although a lot has been done in the past to make the political terrain easy for the youths, especially with the Not-Too-Young-To-Run act, there is still a long way to go for Nigerian youths in actualizing their ambitions.

Watch the full interview here.

Maxwell Oyekunle

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Nigeria’s political space still too expensive for youths – Oyo YPP Chairman

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The level of sensitization on the “Not Too Young To Run” law should be geared up in order to witness an increased involvement of youths in subsequent elections in Nigeria.

This was the submission of the Oyo State chairman, Young Progressive Party, YPP, Mr Adeyemi Adedeji, while featuring on Political Space, an interview programme on Radio Nigeria Ibadan.

Mr Adedeji said although the law had slightly increased youths’ political participation, the level of sensitization on the not too young to run law was low.

Mr Adedeji believes that the political environment was too expensive for the youths, which he said had been one of the main hindrances to the active participation of youths in electoral processes.

The YPP State chairman maintained that the younger generation had a significant role in political processes and the goal of the party was to create enabling environment for them.

He said Nigerians should watch out for YPP as the party was adequately prepared for the 2023 general elections.

Oluwakayode Banjo