Chuks Okocha in Abuja
African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has urged Nigerian youths to reject All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu within the January 16 presidential election, accusing the ruling celebration of failing the nation’s younger individuals after years in energy.
ADC-PCC mentioned APC, after greater than a decade in authorities, had did not ship significant enhancements within the lives of Nigerian youths, leaving tens of millions grappling with unemployment, poverty and an more and more insufferable price of residing.
The council maintained that Nigerian youths, who represent a vital section of the nation’s inhabitants, deserve a authorities with sensible options to their challenges and a clear imaginative and prescient for his or her future.
Director of Media and Publicity of ADC-PCC, Kola Ologbondiyan, made the decision throughout an interplay with ADC youth leaders in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State on the weekend.
Ologbondiyan warned that voting Tinubu for a second time period would quantity to a grave political miscalculation by younger Nigerians, who, he mentioned, had borne the brunt of the APC administration’s financial insurance policies.
Ologbondiyan said, “As youths, you will have spent nearly 12 years underneath the APC authorities, confronting tough financial circumstances, with many graduates struggling to search out respectable employment.
“For far too many, the out there choices have been petty buying and selling, recharge card gross sales and working point-of-sale (POS) companies merely to outlive.
“Every promise made by this authorities seems to finish in disappointment. The newest instance is the so-called low cost on petrol costs, which the federal government claims will carry the pump value right down to N1,350 per litre.
“Check the filling stations in your neighbourhood, and you will discover that Nigerians are still paying above N1,400 per litre. What, then, is the reality behind this so-called discount?”
Ologbondiyan urged the youths to not proceed to assist a political celebration that had failed to offer credible solutions to their financial and social challenges.
He said, “You can’t proceed to vote for a celebration that has did not display a clear dedication to your future. The time has come to assist a candidate who has proposed sensible measures to make life reasonably priced for Nigerians.
“Go to your various wards and take the message of affordable living to the people. Tell Nigerians that an alternative is available through our presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Rotimi Amaechi.”
