Nigeria: 35 Young Candidates Vie for Elective Offices in Katsina

10 June 2022
Daily Trust (Abuja)
By Simon Echewofun Sunday

About 35 young candidates are vieing for elective offices in Katsina state in the 2023 general elections.

According to the Katsina State Coordinator, Not Too Young To Run Movement, Ismail Bello, "Following the conclusion of primary elections by political parties, 35 young persons have emerged as candidates to contest in the 2023 elections. 10 of them are going for House of Representatives seats and 25 are going for seats in the State House of Assembly".

He further said youths in the state now recognized the value of political legitimacy in representative democracy, and as such are committing to mobilizing citizens against all forms of voter inducement, electoral corruption and violence.

"We further reaffirm our faith in elections as a mechanism for asserting our sovereignty as a people, and as such we commit to mobilizing one million registered youths, women and persons with disabilities to collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) and vote in the 2023 elections and also to seek political appointment after elections," Bello noted.

Read the original article on Daily Trust.

Tagged:
Copyright © 2022 Daily Trust. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.