The New Generation Africa CEO had in a statement made available to Guardian Nigeria offered a piece of advice to the younger generation on the need to step up to the plate and make change happen come 2023, Pokovirtuousblog can confirm.
As the 2023 presidential election draw closer in Nigeria, the need to think about voting the right leader into power cannot be over-emphacized. It is on this premise that Nigerian-British Community Leader cum Political Consultant, Daniel Ogoloma's knowledge and experience becomes especially useful. The Harvard University student who has been a leader in the United Kingdom, is the Ambassador of Peace, Ecowas Commission Youth Council (EYC).
In a statement made available to Guardian Nigeria, Friday, January 28, 2022, the Businessman spoke extensively on the need for Nigerian youths to roll up their sleeves and take the baton of leadership, stressing that Tafawa Balewa, Obafemi Awolowo, others rose to prominence in their youthful days.
"2023 should make young people hungry enough for change, for positive impact in their societies. I’m patriot to a generation not a nation. I believe in prosperity for young people. Nigeria has untapped potentials.
"So we must be intentional in our pursuit to remove and install leaders that don’t meet the standard needed to make Nigeria great again. We should be intentional in our fight to see leadership based on meritocracy and not their ability to fill a ‘Ghana must go bag.
"Elections and the power of the electorate is used to demand accountability from those they have elected. The conspiracy of silence in Africa must not be allowed to continue. It has done the continent no good.
“Youngsters can get change Nigeria via the media. Leaders are not in power to be feared, they are in power to serve. As the world gets more sophisticated and generations are changing the leaders must also change. The young must lead the young
"Nnamdi Azikiwe, still in his 30s, founded the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroun (NCNC). Meanwhile, Obafemi Awolowo, Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello and Samuel Akintola, amongst many others in their 20s and 30s, rose to prominence through their activism.
“It’s one thing to be ambitious but another to bring your ambitions to life. Politics is extremely costly in Nigeria. At every stage in our politics, a whole lot of money is involved both at the local and national levels, even though most youths are recent graduates, unemployed or under-employed".
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