By Ahmad Umar:
A group, Youth Political Hotspot of DE Watson Leadership Academy has urged youths to embrace and support other fellows aspiring to political positions in respective of tribal ,cultural and religious differences.
Leader of the group, Alhassan Adamu of the Federal College of Education and Technical Gombe, Northeast Nigeria, made the call at a news briefing organized by Leadtots and Human Development Services of the National Endowment for Democracy, USA over the weekend in Gombe.
He said every youth should be an advocate of a fellow youth running for elective position in the country.
“We call on every youth in Nigeria to get involved in partisan politics, get registered and inspire more youths to run for elective position from grass root of local government, state and Federal levels.
“Youths must come out en mass to support the aim of the not too young to run bill on increasing their participation in politics, we are half of the population in the country and the world at large.
“Improving youth and women involvement in partisan politics is necessary in strengthening democracy in the country this is one way of ensuring that everyone from every aspect of life had equal opportunity to take part in decision making and leadership.
“Relying primarily on the strength of just aged men as leaders can result in an imbalance of perspectives and ideas. Only inclusiveness of Youth and women in party politics can solve this.
Adam explained that the group was formed by the De Watson Leadership Academy and funded by the National Endowment for Democracy USA under the service of Leadtots and Human Development Services in order to bring student union leaders to share ideas and exchange good practices.
“The student union bodies being the hub of political leadership development have great responsibilities in the training, strengthening of politics with positive and sound ideologies among student union leaders at the stage of their political development.” he said.
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