of Nigerians are between 15 and 39, and their awareness and recognition of the democratic power they hold has undoubtedly increased.by the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the ruling All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Bola Tinubu, as winner of the presidential poll with 36.6% of valid votes cast.in election tribunals, with accusations of electoral fraud and mismanagement.
The run-up saw increased youth participation in the discourse and campaigns. Socio-economic problems, including incessant university strikes and high youth unemployment, apparently contributed to their engagement. Young people made upsuggested The effect of the #Obidient wave extended beyond the presidential elections, as around 40 individuals were elected to the National Assembly under the Labour Party. This includes the Federal Capital Territory senator-elect, Ireti Kingibe. Shethe Peoples Democratic Party’s Philip Aduda, who represented the FCT in the National Assembly for two decades. The Labour Party had no seats in the previous National Assembly.
Nigerian youth have led the charge in demanding accountability. They helped document the entire voting process bysocial media updates. Young people also made sure to ‘defend’ their votes, with some remaining at polling units until the early hours of the following morning to monitor the collation process. Some youth groups launched parallel collation projects to verify the INEC’s declared results.