Youth group mobilises to lead, woos Sowore


A youth group under the aegis of Visionary Young Nigerian Leaders Initiative (VYNLI) has declared their readiness to over the affairs of the Nigeria from elders, saying that the future belongs to them. 
The youth, who expressed dissatisfaction with the way the current administration is running the country, said the elders have failed the country.


The group said youths have the capacity to transform the country as they constituted 70 percent of votes that brought President Muhammadu Buhari into power in the last elections. 
Convener of the group, Hon. James Makeri, said they will mobilise 100 million youth and women towards achieving this feat.
He also called on activist, Omoyele Sowore, to abandon his #Revolutionnow movement and join them, saying that his activism approach is not viable without grassroot supporters, and that what is needed for youth to take over leadership of the country is political strategy through youth arise for democracy now. 


According to Makeri, “The gerontocrats are holding Nigeria hostage through destructive policies and loans, mortgaging the future for us the youth because their time on the political stage is fast fading out. They ought to give way for us to shape the sort of future befitting for us and to those who would come after us.”
He said their primary aim to wrestle power from gerontocrates was not to empower themselves and satisfy their vanities, which he claimed some youth were notorious for, but  towards building a sustainable future for all the younger ones and for those coming behind them. 


“Those at the helm of affairs have failed us.  We know we can not climb the ladder without the support of the gerontocrats. For this reason, we want to remind them that the future of Nigeria depends largely on their willingness to surrender key decision making bodies to the youth who would remain here long after to suffer for any misstep taken by the present crop of leaders.”


“We are calling on all Nigerian youth and women to prepare as we take over the leadership of Nigeria in 2023 at all levels. We are aware of our numerical strength in this country and we are going to mobilize that strength during the elections. The era for the youth and women to sit, lament and do nothing in key political decisions in Nigeria is over.


“We urge the youth to remain committed and resolute, as our committee on research and strategies keeps us abreast with relevant and required data of political events unfolding in every local government area in the country. We honestly appreciate some of our past leaders and other international organization for their willingness to support our collective political aspirations.


“We call on the President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and other relevant authorities to do more in the fight against insecurity, youth unemployment, and for an economic viable society, that will attract foreign investors and sustain our local businesses.
“We call on all Nigerians at home and in diaspora to support youth and women as we continue in building the indomitable Nigeria of our dream. We assure you that we will remain passionate and committed to mobilizing all resources within our reach to ensure that our collective dreams as youth become reality,” Makeri said. 

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