How do you plan to involve young people in shaping your government?
I am not just asking young Nigerians to campaign for me. I am asking you to build with me, to take ownership of the future we are proposing, and to participate directly in shaping it. For too long young people have been useful during campaigns but expendable afterward, mobilised for rallies and social media, only to find the important decisions taken in rooms they are absent from. I am asking you to be part of shaping what comes next, not just helping to win it. I promise at least 40% youth inclusion in my government.
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Nigerians are repeatedly told to endure because things will eventually get better. But leadership cannot endlessly demand sacrifice from citizens while offering explanations for their suffering.
Leadership is not the art of explaining suffering. Leadership is the responsibility to reduce it.
That is the choice that will confront Nigerians in the next election.
I AM ASKING YOU TO BUILD WITH ME
I have not come here merely to ask young Nigerians to campaign for Atiku Abubakar. I am asking you to take ownership of the future we are proposing and to participate directly in shaping it.
For too long, young people have been useful to politicians during campaigns but expendable after elections. They are mobilised to fill rallies, dominate social media and defend political leaders, only to discover after victory that the important decisions are still being taken in rooms from which they are absent.