#Dangote: Days After Meeting #Tinubu, Jonathan Tells Nigerian Youths Presidential Candidate To Vote For—-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a message to Nigerian youths on the type of Presidential Candidate they should vote come 2023.
This is coming a few days after he had a closed door meeting with Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. Jonathan, in a congratulatory message to Bishop Matthew Kukah on occasion of his Birthday celebration, urged Nigerians not to lower their guard, but use the forthcoming 2023 elections to save the country’s democracy.
Tinubu meets, seeks ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s Support for 2023 In a message sent to renowned cleric, titled; ‘Nigeria’s Unfinished Greatness: Next steps’, Jonathan urged Nigerians to remain vigilant and put all hands on deck to choose leaders that will take the nation to the promised land He said, “Obviously, many people, especially our youth are becoming increasingly disillusioned about our politics and our democracy.
“However, we must remain on the democratic path because it is the only practical way of effectively managing our diversity, developing sustainably and recording progress as a nation.
“The task before all of us is not to lower our guard, lest the democracy we cherish today, succumbs to threats and recedes into fascism tomorrow. “Towards this goal, we are again faced with a good opportunity of choosing our leaders as the nation prepares to go to the polls next year.
Let us choose those that will take us to the desired destination and the promised land. “I am particularly thrilled that Nigerian youths are participating actively in the politics of 2023. According to the latest figures from INEC, youths constitute the majority of the 96.2 million registered voters, in the build-up to the next election.
That is a good sign.” He charged the youths that have registered ahead of the 2023 elections to endeavor to walk their talk by making sure they come out to vote on election day. According to him, “They should, by all means, resist the machinations of unscrupulous politicians who would wish to exploit them by luring them to commit acts of violence or disrupt the process of free and fair elections. “Our recent experience with the heightened youth interest in politics shows how desirous they are of participating directly in the governance process.
They now know better not to lend their youthful energy to unpatriotic acts, during elections.” “In the course of the last few years since I left government, I have been involved in the work of promoting democracy, credible elections and peaceful transitions across Africa.
