Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has asked young people interested in contestinh the Presidency in 2019 to hold up till 2023, preceding going ahead with their aspiration. He said the youths would need to hold up till after President Muhammadu Buhari, who has communicated his enthusiasm to look for a second term in office, finishes his tenure.
Akeredolu talked on Sunday at the 2018 Youth Day festivity, held at the Adegbemile Cultural Center in Akure, the Ondo State capital where he said if young people need to roll out any attractive improvement, he is prepared to help them to improve the country, noticing that they can simply challenge business as usual with productive feedback.
He said: “let me state it that the youth will have to wait till 2023 before running for the Presidential seat, because this is when Buhari would have completed his second term in the office by God's grace. The older generation may not want to allow you (youth) because they will continue to dream dreams. But you can beat them to it if only you can see visions with your vision and your intellectual capacity"
Governor Akeredolu said, although, he would support the #NotTooYoungToRun bill, which has now become a law, he said youths must first learn to respect their leaders. He also promised to support youths to take up leadership positions, adding that they are the future leaders of the country.
According to him, there is the need for Nigerian youths to come up with new ideas and initiatives that can develop and move the country forward. He explained that his sons, who are technological savvy, have always been leading him in all decisions of the state as they are well informed. Akeredolu also advised them to disengage themselves from negative influences that could ruin their future as they advance in society.
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