[Mhiz Rebecca]

Nigerian Youths have been urged not to worry themselves
about becoming president of the country now.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, gave the advise on Saturday
while answering questions at the 9th Sigma Club Public
Lecture held on Saturday at the International Conference
Centre of the University of Ibadan.
Delivering his lecture titled “Developing the nation through
youth empowerment,” the professor of law urged the youths of
the country to start from the grassroots, move on to the local
government level, then to the state level.
Osinbajo, when asked the rationale behind the exorbitant price
of the nomination form of the All Progressive Congress (APC),
said the chances of Nigerian youths producing a president now
was feasible because the time is yet to come.
“As for the federal level, “don’t worry yourself about running
for president; it will take a while,” the International Center
for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) quoted the vice president as
saying.
He also said anyone who wants venture into politics should
also go into public service.
“Anybody who wants a career in political positions should
also make an attempt to get involved in public service since
there are less than 2000 of such positions. Get involved in
public service,” he added, calling on the youths to always hold
the government accountable if theri future as leaders of
tomorrow would be guaranteed.
His principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, who seeks a
second term in office, NGPOLITICS recalls, had his expression
of interest and nomination forms of the party paid for by his
supporters.
The cost of the presidential forms of the two major political
parties in the country has been so high that the youths could
not afford it although the young population was described by
the government as people who are lazy, seeking to reap where
they did not sow.
While the cost of 2019 presidential form of the opposition
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was fixed at N12million that
of the APC was pegged at N45million.
Source:- Ngpolitics