- A Nigerian senator from the opposition
party has reacted to agitations by youths to be given space in the political leadership of the country
- The senator said the youths cannot
function well in the Senate but the House of Assembly is good for them
- The senator was reportedly berated over his comment by youths on social media The senator representing Plateau-North senatorial district, Jonah David Jang, has said that the Senate is not for young people.
The former governor made the statement during a live radio programme on Friday, February 2, in Jos, Daily Trust reports.
Jang said:
“The Senate is not for young people, only the House of Representatives is good enough.
However, many constituents of the
senator on Saturday, February 3,
allegedly took to social media to berate
him over the comment and accused Jang of “once again attempting to play god.”
Jang’s opponents and constituents also
reminded him of how such utterances
and his “imposition” of a candidate led
to the defeat of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) during the 2015 governorship election.
NAIJ.com previously reported that the
Jigawa state House of Assembly passed
the Not Too Young to Run bill barely 24
hours after the Bauchi state House of
Assembly towed the same line.
Jigawa is now reportedly the 15th state
that has passed the bill.
The Jigawa legislature passed nine of the 15 constitutional bills, transmitted to it by the National Assembly in the on-going constitution amendment process.
Meanwhile, as the 2019 general elections draw near, the federal government said it will open up the political space to accommodate young people in the country.
Solomon Dalung, the minister of youth
and sports development, stated this in
New York while presenting a paper titled:
The role of youth in building sustainable
and resilient communities.
Dalung, who told participants at the
seventh Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) youth forum at UN
headquarters, said the youth were now
asking the elders for a space to
participate.
This was just as UN Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres stressed in a message
to the event that young people are
leaders of today, not just tomorrow.
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