Senator blasts Nigerian youths on focus, political will

Following the recent campaign of youths with the slogan, #NotTooYoungToRun, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Cybercrime, Senator Abdulfatai
Buhari, on Monday lamblast the Nigerian youth, accusing them of lacking focus, coordination and political will to challenge the elders to hold political positions or public offices.

Buhari spoke while delivering a lecture titled: ‘Not Too Young to Rule Movement: Issues, Challenges and Prospects in View,’ at a public lecture organised by the Federation of Oyo State Students’ Union (FOSSU), held at the Assembly Hall of The Polytechnic Ibadan.

The event was in commemoration of the 57th independence anniversary of Nigeria.

It could be recalled that both the Upper and Lower Houses of the National Assembly had recently passed into law the, ‘Not Too Young To Run Bill’  meant to amend the age requirements to run for public offices.

His words: “Researches have shown that apart from obsession of African leaders to power, African and most especially Nigerian youths are their own worst enemy. Looking at their percentage and their numerical strength, they ought to be dictating who gets what, when and how in our political space and even in the country at large.

“But it is quite unfortunate they are not coordinated and lacks the political will to challenge the elders. According to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics 70 per cent of the Nigerian population are youthful and United Nations estimated nearly 50 per cent of the developing world population to be youths and children.”

He however, challenged Nigerian youth that the time has finally come for them “to swing to action and break the jinx of the long awaited tomorrow which may never come and start leading from today.