By joshua 
… Urge Youth Active Participation of Youths in Politics.
Comrade Aliyu O. Felix a forma Adavi Constituency House of Assembly Aspirant has emphasised the need for the youths to be actively involved in the 2023 general elections in the country.
At a recent forum of Etohueyi women association to mark they are end of the year program Comrade Felix Aliyu gave a talk on the issue of youth participation, role, and their impact in the polity.
In recent times, the youth have been the focus of the main political parties given their recent interest in the political process and their desire for change which has been resonating across the nation. For the first time in the political history of the nation, they have shown a massive interest in the political system, a situation which has become of great concern to politicians.
It was this that prompted me to advise public officeholders and the political class to be deliberate in engaging the youths to foster development, peace, and unity in the country that was my aspiration to contest for the house of Assembly position. even as i acknowledged that challenges abound in the country, concerning political, ethnic, social and religious issues, but hinted that the real test of leadership is the ability to rise and surmount the myriad of challenges facing the nation especially as it concerns the youth.
Until recently, the youths have a reputation for taking to the streets on election day to play football on traffic-free roads and generally milling out in groups. They constitute the majority of the voting-age adults in the country, yet make up the least voting bloc in any election.
Before now, the complaint from the youth was that their votes had neither mattered nor counted and that the powers that be in the country will always rig their way into power regardless. But with recent awareness and the figures from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the majority of the recent registrant in the election process are youth, the need to court their support had become very urgent.
He said: “Our responsibility as a leader and as leaders is to reduce the tendency of poverty and create opportunities to take people out of the shackles of poverty. Education happens to be one; knowledge and skill acquisition is another one. Once you can liberate yourself from the shackles of poverty, you have a free mind, heart and soul to desire and design things for yourself.
“There is a huge opportunity in this country. I want to urge all of you as builders of the nation and leaders of tomorrow; don’t lose hope. People that lose hope are people that are doomed. You cannot lose hope. Every day you wake up is hope for you and that hope should be the thing that should drive you. That hope should be the thing that should propel you.
“You cannot give up because giving up is not an option. In the political, economic and social inclusion space, you cannot give up. Giving up is giving out and that is not the spirit and energy of the youth. The future is here, you are the future. Take hold of it because you need to be in the room to take over. It is important for the youths to participate in the democratic process”.
Comrade Felix also urged our womem to make good use of social media as a weapon for their liberation and ensure that they use it to be better persons in future.
He finally thank Etohueyi women association for finding him worth for the ward as he will continue to impact positively on the life’s of Adavians in his own little ways.