In what appears to be a direct attack on President Muhammadu Buhari, who is above 70 years old, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has called on Nigerian youths, to get actively involved in politics, to ensure no politician in his 70s rules the country again.
Saraki, who was ably represented by Senator Dino Maleye, over the weekend, in Abuja, during a dinner and lecture organised by the Nigerian Youth Parliament, described such politicians as, “old cargoes”, who needed to be chased out of the political scene.
He stated that the youths must boot out the old politicians effectively, and it is now vital for them to come out, and be actively involved in politics, so as to take their rightful positions.
He said there was no way someone in his 70s can still be in a leadership position in the Nigerian polity, should the Nigerian youths actively participate, and take charge of the political scene, adding that, the youths constitute more than 60 percent of the electoral votes, which can be used by them to determine who emerges as leaders in the country, at whatever level.
Melaye, told the youths that it was not possible for anyone to rob them of their vast potentials.
“You must picture the future you want to feature in. You need to develop your capacity. There is no way someone in his 70s can still be in a leadership position in the Nigerian polity, if you the youths are effectively involved and in charge.”
Dino’s position Post-Nigeria learnt, is already causing some upset among his party’s leadership, which has already started strategising and making assiduous arrangements, on how to return Buhari, who will be about 76 years old, by 2019.
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