By Dare Akogun
The President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria(NYCN), Comrade Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo has attributed poverty and unemployment among the people of the country to be the major cases of voting buying that has characterised the electoral processes in the country.
He however urged the government at all levels to address the issues so as to put a stop to the trend in the country.
Speaking in Ilorin on Tuesday during a one-day North Central zone Youth Leadership summit with the theme, “Youth and Leadership In Nigeria: 2023 In Percpecrive”, Comrade Sukubo said that, the purported issue of voting buying that had characterised elections in the country is due to the spirit of poverty”.
According to him, “the issue of vote buying is a simple matter, the only thing to understand in this electoral process is that, there is high level of poverty and unemployment among Nigerians”.
He said, “These two challenges have necessitated vote buying during elections and it is the menace we are facing now in the country and even all over the world.
“The only way to address the issue of this vote buying is for the government at all levels to provide a level playing ground, reduce unemployment and also address the issue of insecurity that will allow peace to reign supreme all over the places in Nigeria”.
Sukubo who called for unity among the youths and all other stakeholders in the country ahead of 2023 said that, it is unity of purpose that would usher in new socio-economic growth of the country.
He also used the occasion to laud the Kwara state governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for youths inclusive in his administration.
He said that, the development has gone a long way of promoting the skills and intellectual capability of youths in the state.
Sukubo however said that, the youths would do everything possible to support the governor come 2023 so as to assist him to continue with its youths inclusive in governance.
Earlier, the vice president, north central zone of NYCN, Comrade Muhktar Akoshile said that, the summit was organised to educate and enlighten youths in the North Central zone that comprise of Kwara, Kogi, Benue, Nassarawa, Niger and Plateau states.
“It is neither an error of omission nor of commission, but a conscious choice in keeping with our objective of greater representation in the rooms where our future is debated upon at all levels of government, that we chose to hold this leadership summit in Kwara state,” he said.
He said that, the era of using youths as a political tool has gone in the country adding that, the summit will position the youths as future leaders that will also take positive responsibility in the democratic governance of the country.
Akoshile, therefore called on the youths in the state to rally round the Governor AbdulRazaq so as to ensure more youths are involved in the art of governance come 2023.
