What do you want young people in this party to do?
I want you to lead, not wait for permission. Seek leadership positions, contest elections, become councillors, legislators and governors. Build as entrepreneurs who employ Nigerians, journalists who demand accountability, technology founders who solve Nigerian problems, farmers who transform agriculture, or teachers who shape the next generation. I can provide the platform and the opportunity, but you must bring the competence and pursue excellence in whatever path you choose.
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Finally, lead.
Do not wait indefinitely for permission. Seek leadership positions within this party. Contest elections. Become councillors, legislators and governors. Become entrepreneurs who employ hundreds of Nigerians, journalists who demand accountability, technology founders who solve Nigerian problems, farmers who transform agriculture and teachers who shape the next generation.
Whatever path you choose, prepare yourself and pursue excellence. I can help provide the platform and opportunity, but you must bring the competence.
There is one other responsibility I place upon you: hold us accountable.
Do not become a youth wing that applauds everything its leaders say. If this party deviates from its values, speak up. If people abuse positions entrusted to them, challenge them. If I, as your presidential candidate, fail to live by the commitments I make to you, remind me.
A political party that demands loyalty without accountability will eventually reproduce the same failures it condemns in others.
