Politics

Arewa Youth Reveals Condition To Support Tinubu, Atiku, Others

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2 years ago

Jun 13, 2022.

A.A.S Opeyemi

We’ll choose presidential candidate to support after they pick running mates – Arewa Youths
…recall, INEC pegged July 15, 2022, as deadline for the parties to submit names of gubernatorial candidates and their running mates.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has stated that the union will support any presidential candidate who chooses youth as his running mate in the general elections of 2023.

Shettima Yerima, the group’s president, stated this in an interview with on Monday.

He urged the ruling All Progressives Congress’s Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party’s Peter Obi to choose youths as their running mates in order to increase youth participation in the country’s affairs.

He said, “The ultimate thing is that the youths should try to get their PVC. After all, it’s not just these two political parties that we have.

“We have the opportunity to turn things around. And it’s possible that things will turn around in favour of the Nigerian youths.

“Everybody should get their PVC. After a few weeks, we can make a decision. Already, I’m embarking on consultations with our counterparts across the country.

“Our decision on who to support will depend on who they pick as their running mates. We want a candidate that will have the younger generation at heart and who they pick as their running mates will tell us more about who they are,” he added.

FURTHER READING

The Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, had set a deadline of Friday, June 17, 2022, for political parties to submit the names of their presidential candidates and running mates.

The deadline for parties to submit names of gubernatorial candidates and their running mates was set for Friday, July 15, 2022.

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