The group also stated that it will mobilize youths who comprise more than 70 per cent of Nigeria’s population across the six Geo-Political Zones to vote for leaders on competence and capacity.
He said: “Through this initiative, we seek to empower over 70 per cent of Nigeria’s population who constitute the youth population. This 2023 election is going to be issue-based, we don’t intend to vote on the basis of ethnicity or religion. And for the first time, we are trying to develop an agenda that will represent the interests of young people in the country.
“We are not inheriting a country where you currently see in terms of governance solely being dictated on ethnic lines or religious lines, we see young people talk about the issues that really matter to them, issues of unemployment, issues of insecurity and issues of social cohesion.” Also speaking, the Director of Programmes, LEAP Africa, Amabelle Nwakanma, emphasized the importance of mainstreaming the voices of young people in Nigeria and across Africa.Also, Chima Christian, a delegate from the South-East at the National visioning exercise, expressed the importance of the exercise in contributing towards a new Nigeria that upholds the principle of fairness, equity and justice for all geo-political regions.
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