By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
Ahead the 2023 general elections, youth have been identified as a strong force that can ensure right leaders are elected.
Partnership to Engage Reform and Learn (PERL) Kaduna Team Lead, Abel Adejor expressed this in his welcome address at a one-day Session with Accountability
Mechanism Including Media to Synthesize Issues on Health and Education, held in Kaduna on Monday May 9, 2022.
Adejor said that if youth forget about their personal interest and work for collective good of the people, they can determine who leads the country.
According to him, from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) data, youth form 51 per cent of registered voters in Nigeria, with middle aged 29 per cent, elderly 15 per cent and old 3.6 per cent.
According to him, out of the that total registered voters in Nigeria of about 84m people, 52 per cent are male, while 47 per cent are female.
He therefore, urged youth who form the majority, to push for candidates that will improve the overall interest of society in sectors like education, healthcare, job creation, agriculture, etc.
“Forget about individual pockets and go collectively for things that will benefit majority,” he said.
He further advised youth that have done online registration for permanent voters card to complete their registration by going to nearest INEC offices to do physical capture.
