INTERVIEW: I want to bring more youths, women into politics, says APC youth leader hopeful Rinsola Abiola

. The daughter of late MKO Abiola is a founding member of the APC and has been consistent in mobilising and empowering youths to vie for political office. In this interview with TheCable’s SAMUEL AKPAN, Abiola, who contested the Abeokuta North/Odeda/Obafemi Owode federal constituency seat in 2019, said if elected as the national youth leader of the APC, she would ensure that more opportunities are given to women and youths in the party.

We would do what we can to support our aspirants and our young candidates who will emerge eventually. I’m looking at having a centralised system for young candidates on the platform of the APC. Fundraising is a major challenge for young people who are in elective politics and we all know that funding makes all the difference. So an aggressive fundraising campaign to support our candidates is one of the things that I will be prioritising during my tenure as youth leader if elected.

I also sponsored free passport pictures during the membership registration exercise. To join a political party, you need passport pictures. It may sound odd to people who are well off but in the grassroots things like that actually prevents people sometimes from joining a party because they have to pay for passport pictures. So I didn’t want that to be a problem so I sponsored that personally.

Now, why do I think I have a good chance with my aspiration? Firstly, my contributions, even my most dedicated detractors cannot deny that I have made worthy contributions to this party in terms of youths and women representation and investments in my own personal capacity. Secondly, this is the role that I’m eminently qualified for and I have done a lot of work not just within the political space but also within the civil society.

I got my membership form back in June 2019. People are being mischievous and saying I only joined the party last year or two years ago.My vision for young people generally is a Nigeria where our leadership reflects our demographic distribution or demographic strands. Young people make up a large throng of our population and I believe that needs to be reflected in the government structure of our country.

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