Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki

 

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Igbo youths under the umbrella of Nigeria Youths Organization (NYO) South East zone have appealed to all registered political parties in the country to zone their presidential ticket to the zone.

 

The youths said the gesture will help for a peaceful transition of power that will usher in Nigeria President of Igbo extraction to compensate the zone which they said has suffered severe political marginalization since 1960s.

Igbo youths made the appeal Sunday on the occasion of the 2020 National Youth Day celebration which held across the country.

National Vice President of NYO,South East Zone,Comrade Okorie Chukwumaobi Okorie,who made the appeal to political parties at a press conference in Abakaliki said there was great need to give the zone the opportunity to govern the country like other zones have done to engender equity, justice and fairness in the nation’s politics.

NYO therefore called on governors of the zone and indeed all political office holders from the zone to be proactive in leadership and representations in order to justify the confidence reposed on them by the people warning that the youths can no longer condone poor performance from them.

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Speaking on the EndSARS protest, NYO called on government to convoke national youths conference to dialogue with the youths of the nation to move the nation forward.

Comrade Okorie further called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider the creation of National Youth Development Commission (NYDC) and the building of National Centre for Youth Development in the country.

‘’That we the teeming members of Nigeria Youth Organisation (NYO) South East Zone as a region do call on the Leadership of all the Political Parties in Nigeria to zone their Presidential Tickets to South East Zone in order to pave way for the emergence of a Nigerian President of South Eastern extraction Come 2023 in the interest of Peace, Love, Oneness, Fairness, Equity, Unity, Fair Treatment and Natural Justice.

‘’We cannot thank less the Honourable Minister for Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare for his proactive Leadership which saw Mr President’s approval for the establishment of NIGERIA YOUTH INVESTMENT FUND to the tone of 75billion Naira the first ever since the history of Nigerian State.

‘’As we celebrate this great day, I do convey my message of condolence to all the families who lost their loved ones during the recent struggle for end of SARS, Police Brutality, Corruption and Bad Governance in Nigeria as a whole’’ Okorie said.