Join APC, let your voice be heard- Gov. Bello to Nigerian youths »

…urged youths to organize themselves for leadership roles.

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has charged youths across the country to leverage on the upcoming registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressive Congress to enlist themselves as valid members of a platform where their voices could be effectively heard.

He added that youths were not positioned to effectively correct the mistakes of the past if they don’t participate in the process that would engender the change they desire, noting that their indifference would only earn them derogatory names from the older generation.

The Governor gave this charge while speaking on Monday at the swearing in of the Executive Chairman and Vice Chairmen after the just concluded December 12 LG polls in the state.

Governor Bello at the event announced that, subject to local arrangements, all the Local Government Chairmen of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) be made secretaries at their respective LGA, as part of his administration’s strategy to involve more youths in grassroots leadership.

The Governor asserted that President Muhammadu Buhari has created an enabling environment through the party leadership which approved waiver for newly registered members of the party to have equal opportunities with those that were already members.

Governor Bello suggested that youths should organize themselves under the umbrella body of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) so as to become a more formidable force to express their voice and speak against certain concerns.

He vowed that under his watch, youths would never be used and dumped by selfish politicians, cautioning that those with wicked intentions would sought to use issues of ethnicity, religion, class differences to divide their drive but they should hold firm to their belief.

The Governor promised to support and lead youths who were ready to confront the odd to change existing narrative, particularly those who were convinced that youths were no longer the leaders of tomorrow but today.