North had Buhari’s two terms, Tinubu must complete South’s — NYCN President

…seeks 2nd word arsenic younker assembly president

…vows to deploy exertion for younker empowerment

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA — The President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo, has declared enactment for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid successful 2027.

He argued that, conscionable arsenic erstwhile President Muhammadu Buhari from the North served 2 uninterrupted terms, the South should besides beryllium allowed to implicit its 2 presumption done Tinubu’s 2nd tenure.

Sukubo made this known successful Ibadan, Oyo State, during a consultative gathering with NYCN stakeholders from the South-West geopolitical zone. The gathering was besides aimed astatine rallying enactment for his ain re-election bid astatine the NYCN National Elective Congress scheduled for this weekend.

Speaking astatine the event, Sukubo said his endorsement of Tinubu was informed by considerations of fairness and continuity, adding that Tinubu’s authorities should beryllium fixed the accidental to physique connected its programmes.

“Given that the precocious President Buhari from the North had 2 uninterrupted terms, it is lone just and conscionable that the South besides completes its 2 presumption done President Tinubu’s re-election,” Sukubo stated.

He downplayed criticisms of Tinubu’s performance, noting that it was communal for Nigerians to judge idiosyncratic other could person done amended than the idiosyncratic successful office.

Sukubo, who is seeking different four-year term, said helium would absorption connected utilizing emerging integer innovations to fortify younker enactment and improvement if returned to office.

“My imaginativeness is to harness the vigor and creativity of young radical portion amplifying their voices for nationalist maturation and development.

“We volition leverage exertion to make opportunities that conscionable the needs of Nigerian youths successful today’s fast-changing world,” helium said.

Sukubo acknowledged the relation of the South-West successful younker mobilisation and said the portion has been good represented successful the council’s enactment operation implicit the years.

“My determination to consult wide with cardinal stakeholders successful the South-West was informed by the immense interaction this portion has connected the aboriginal of Nigerian youth.

“Over time, I person ensured the South-West enjoys the highest practice successful the National Executive Committee of NYCN successful designation of its enactment and contributions,” helium said.

Earlier, the Chairman of the Forum of State Chairmen of NYCN and Oyo State Chairman, Comr. Abdulsalam Abdulquadri, said the South-West portion would enactment with different regions up of the congress.

“The South-West portion is afloat down Amb. Sukubo. We are moving with different geopolitical zones to present triumph for him astatine the National Elective Congress,” Abdulquadri said.

Also speaking, Comr. Olalekan James, a South-West younker person and convener of the meeting, criticised attempts to region Sukubo’s enactment extracurricular of the NYCN constitution.

“Let it beryllium known that the Sukubo-led National Executive tin lone beryllium removed done law means, successful a National Elective Congress, not by immoderate unconstitutional oregon kangaroo process,” helium said.

James noted that the South-West has historically played a large relation successful shaping NYCN’s enactment and reiterated the zone’s enactment for Sukubo’s team.

The Director-General of Sukubo’s campaign, Comr. Temple Chinedu Chika, called connected stakeholders to mobilise up of the election.

Sukubo expressed optimism that his consultations crossed the South-West and different parts of the state would pb to beardown backing astatine the congress.

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