President Muhammadu Buhari (picture courtesy Presidency)
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to prepare to go away in 2019 as Nigerian youths are gained’t wait until 2023.
National President of the group Shettima Yerima famous this over the weekend whereas reacting to Buhari’s plea to youths to not run towards him in 2019 as he signed the “Not Too Young to Run Bill.”
However, Yerima advised Sun that, “It can be not sufficient to signal the invoice, it should even be applied. The youths should additionally rise to the event and work tougher to take over the governance of this nation.
“With or with out the invoice, no one can cease any Nigerian from contesting any place on this nation. The youths must rise to the event. That the president stated the youths ought to wait until after 2023 is a matter of opinion.
“There is nowhere it is stated in the constitution that Nigerian youths should not contest or should wait till after 2023. Nigerians will decide that.”
On how cash impacts the polity, he stated, “If he (Buhari) could make it, youths may make it. So, it's not all about cash. The consciousness is growing
“Nigerians at the moment are wiser, figuring out that politics is just not all about cash; it's about capability to ship and take the nation to the subsequent degree.
“Moneybag politics has not taken this nation wherever; moderately, we're retrogressing each day. It is excessive time we started to have a look at individuals primarily based on advantage, primarily based on their capability.
“So, it's higher to encourage the youthful ones to take over the management of this nation. Money or no cash, we should make sure that credible leaders are elected.
“I don’t think Nigerians want to go back to the same thing over and over again. I strongly believe Nigerian youths can do it better.”