Opinion: President Buhari’s Cabinet and Implications For Youth Inclusion, By Ibrahim Faruk
During President Buhari’s remarks at the signing of the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill in Abuja on May 31, 2018, he said to the Nigerian youth represented at the State House: “You are undoubtedly Nigeria’s most important resource – not oil, not agriculture, not solid minerals – but you and all of us. Your energy, intelligence and talent are what will drive and develop Nigeria, long after we are all gone.
While attention seems to be focused on the announcement of ministerial nominees, state executive councils provide more opportunity to increase the level of youth inclusion in decision-making spaces.
The Not Too Young To Run law has provided an opportunity for the emergence of competent young officials with character to contribute their quotas to national development in appointive positions in the federal and state cabinets. All eyes are now on President Buhari and the state governors as they constitute their cabinets.
Ibrahim Faruk is a senior programme officer with YIAGA AFRICA’s youth programme and is a member of the Leadership and Strategy Team of the Not Too Young To Run Movement. He can be reached via [email protected], and tweets @IbrhmFaruk
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