2019: Stop using youths as thugs — CAN urges politicians

The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, has cautioned politicians against using youths as thugs during the 2019 general elections. He said the youth should be involved in nation building instead of being used for all forms of electoral malpractices. Ayokunle made the call at the official inauguration of […]

The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, has cautioned politicians against using youths as thugs during the 2019 general elections.

He said the youth should be involved in nation building instead of being used for all forms of electoral malpractices.

Ayokunle made the call at the official inauguration of the new leadership of the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) held at the Christian Centre, Abuja on Friday.

He charged Nigerian youths to be patriotic, dedicated, hardworking, committed, optimistic and focused, saying they must be relevant as the country is facing a lot of challenges threatening its stability.

He decried the menace of unemployment in the country despite the potentials of the youths, which he attributed to visionless leadership and how politicians have been misusing the youths for selfish reasons.

“It is obvious that election is coming, campaign has begun. And I want to call on all our politicians to stop using our youths for violence and electoral manipulations. God has deposited a lot of potentials in our youths with a view to using them as builders of this country,” he said.

The CAN president also reminded those playing leadership roles in the church to regard their tasks as sacrifices to God instead of seeing their works as channels of enriching themselves.