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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged youths to consider the 18 candidates contesting the presidential election objectively and choose the one with exceptional records.<\/p>\n
Gbajabiamila particularly urged Nigerian students to fully participate in the 2023 general elections by voting for candidates based on their records.<\/p>\n
The Speaker stated that Nigerian youths should not pass up the opportunity of electing the next political leaders on their terms, which could only be achieved with their full participation in the electoral process.<\/p>\n
Gbajabiamila was quoted to have said this in Abuja on Wednesday when the national executive of the National Association of Nigerian Students led by the President, Usman Barambu, visited him at his office at the National Assembly.<\/p>\n
According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, the National Association of Nigerian Students was on a \u201cthank you\u201d visit to Gbajabiamila over the resolution of the eight-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.<\/p>\n
The statement was titled, \u201c2023 polls: Gbajabiamila Asks Students to Participate Fully, Vote Candidates Based on Records\u2026NANS Appreciates Speaker Over Resolution of ASUU Strike.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also Read:\u00a02023: Our Country Needs Healing, Atiku Is The Balm \u2013 Dino Melaye<\/strong><\/p>\n Gbajabiamila highlighted the importance of the Nigerian youth in national development, saying, \u201cYou are a very important segment of Nigeria for national development. The role of youth in society cannot be overemphasised because you play a very critical role in what happens in this country now and in the future. It is important you understand that we recognise the importance of your place in national development.\u201d<\/p>\n The Speaker pointed out that students could not afford to be detached from the process of electing the next President as the future of the country was at stake.<\/p>\n He said, \u201cWell, for me, you (students) have a lot to do between now and election day.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the next three, or four months, you have a lot to do. What I mean is that you have to now begin to look at things differently, be able to look at things the way they are done in other climes, where people will look at things when it comes to politics and elections.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat do I mean by that? We have so many candidates, not three, not four. People talk about having three frontrunners, perhaps, but as far as I\u2019m concerned, we have 18 candidates running for the President of this country, and I don\u2019t think you should overlook any one of them. You should not. What I want you to do, as is done in advanced democracies, is to look objectively, and this is what is done in other countries, people run on their records.<\/p>\n If a candidate does not have a record to run on and is talking about something else, it means that he doesn\u2019t have a record to run on. The good thing is that most of the candidates, at least the frontrunners, have records. I\u2019m not pitching for anybody here but look at their records. If you feel he deserves to be the President of Nigeria, please, do not hesitate. Vote for that person based on his record.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo of them have been governors for eight years, that\u2019s the only record they have.<\/p>\n \u201cOne has been the vice president for eight years. So, there are records. Vote for records. Every candidate must run on his record. And I believe the way you have been equipped mentally, I have interacted with so many of you, I believe you\u2019re savvy enough to be able to, in spite of all the noise and the smokescreen, zero in on the right person for Nigeria.<\/p>\n \u201cAlso pray, that\u2019s very important. As you consider the candidates, also pray that God will guide you to make the right choice. I believe that it\u2019s going to be a watershed moment in Nigeria and I believe that is exactly what is going to happen. That is the only charge I have for you today because that\u2019s the most important thing before us in Nigeria right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gbajabiamila Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged youths to consider the 18 candidates contesting the presidential election objectively and choose the one with exceptional records. Gbajabiamila particularly urged Nigerian students to fully participate in the 2023 general elections by voting for candidates based on their records. The Speaker stated that Nigerian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1230092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1230090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1230090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1230090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1230090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}