‘Youths should leverage Not too Young to Run Act’

Nigerian youths have been challenged to take advantage of the Not too Young to Run law to actively participate in political scene to change the political atmosphere Speaker Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hon Abubakar Suleiman stated this at a youth policy advocacy consultative workshop on framing a youth policy advocacy agenda in Bauchi. The […]

Nigerian youths have been challenged to take advantage of the Not too Young to Run law to actively participate in political scene to change the political atmosphere

Speaker Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hon Abubakar Suleiman stated this at a youth policy advocacy consultative workshop on framing a youth policy advocacy agenda in Bauchi.

The event also had the inauguration of the Bauchi State House of Assembly Chapter of the Youth Parliamentarians Forum (YPF).

Suleiman said, “Politics without active participation of youths and women is not complete, therefore I challenge the youths to come out and make the political atmosphere more competitive and active.”

The Speaker commended the initiative of the Young Parliamentarian Forum for encouraging young people to venture into politics full-fledged expressing optimism that with more efforts by the YPF more young people will be drawn into politics

Chairman of Youth Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) Hon. Kabir  said that the Forum was created to enhance the quantitative and qualitative participation of young persons in parliament and in the decision making process.

Tukura said that the inauguration of YPF is a response to the global need of bringing young persons closer to decision making points and harnessing their potential for future leadership necessities.