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The
All Progressives Congress (APC) says that the signing into law of the
Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari is another promise kept
by the current administration so says the National Publicity Secretary of the
party, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
“This
is indeed another promise kept by the president during his 2018 Democracy Day
address and in our 2015 APC election manifesto,” he said.
According
to him, the APC has promised to provide opportunities for youths to realise,
harness and develop their full potentials.
The
essence, he said, was to facilitate the emergence of a new generation of
citizens committed to the sustenance of good governance and service to the people
and the country generally and went further to applauded the efforts of the
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker, House of Representatives,
Yakubu Dogara, under whose leadership the bill was passed in the National
Assembly and forwarded for presidential assent.
Abudullahi
further congratulated the Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement
(YIAGA), Youngstars Development Initiative (YDI) and the National Democratic
Institute (NDI) who partnered to inaugurate the “Not-Too-Young-To-Run campaign.
“We
believe the massive support the bill received, particularly from APC members in
the National Assembly, speaks volume of the progressive ideals the party
continues to identify with and champion, irrespective of partisan
considerations and interests.
“This
is indeed a major milestone in advocacy efforts to ensure increased
participation and inclusion of marginalised groups, in this case, the youth in
Nigerian politics,” he said, noting that the youth comprise roughly half of the
Nigerian population, adding that it was only right that they take their
rightful place within party leadership structures and elective positions at all
levels.
The
APC spokesman expressed confidence that the new law would inspire a new
thinking among many Nigerian youths pertaining to their roles in elections and
politics, maintaining that youths should not be used as disruptive elements,
thugs and social media mobs, stressing that it was possible for young people to
lead politically and occupy elective positions.
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