The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has said the Nigerian political system is not favourable to the youths.
Sowore said the people that were driven out in the 90s are now back, citing the example of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , who was the head of state in 1984 and still the President in 2023.
“Young people in Nigeria are limited in politics because the designed system wouldn’t allow young people to make progress,” Sowore said in response to a question about why young people were limited in politics. “In 1925, young people created the Nigerian youth movement to fight for independence; people like Herbert Macaulay, and Okoli, young women of then, are not excluded. Over time, young people are being relegated to the background and now, young people are being engaged in thuggery,” he said.
“Young people are running abroad to find greener pastures. What society does to its young people is to educate them, provide other opportunity for people who are not interested in school, provide jobs, that’s how to get society developed,” he said.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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