Jalo made the comment at the APC National Youth Conference held on Thursday, November 26, and supported by the Independent Republican Institute and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Abuja.
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Jalo urged the Buhari administration to invest in young people, adding that Nigerian youths are tired of the cliché that they were leaders of tomorrow.
He said: “In most cases, the youths of Nigeria are usually used and dumped by politicians; most especially during elections after getting into office, they rarely have something for the young people.
“When in the real sense they (youths) constitute the majority of the voters, with about 60 per cent of the total voting population. There is this saying that the youths are leaders of tomorrow, but in today’s Nigeria, the tomorrow seems to be endless.
“After all, we are leaders of today, not tomorrow, because we have waited long enough and this tomorrow remains an elusive business. It is my opinion that young people be given opportunity to serve in leadership position, especially in this government because of the role they played in ensuring victory during the last election.”
According to The Punch, Jalo stated that in spite of the sacrifices of APC youths during the last election, they have been schemed out now that the party had formed its government.
He bemoaned the fact that with a population of about 70 million people, the youths who constitute a powerful voting bloc are missing in the political space and have been relegated to playing the role of “active spectators.”
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Meanwhile, APC leaders in Kogi East Senatorial District in Kogi state have endorsed the first son of the late Abubakar Audu, Mohammed Audu, as the flag-bearer of the party in the inconclusive governorship election in the state.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the APC to substitute a candidate in the middle of an election.
Title : Appointments: See How APC Youths Blast President Buhari For Excluding Them In His Governments
Description : The national youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ibrahim Jalo, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for what he descr...
Description : The national youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ibrahim Jalo, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for what he descr...
