ABUJA – National Youth leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo, yesterday dissociated the party from claims in some quarters that it was sponsoring a candidate for the President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN).
Speaking with Journalists at the party Secretariat in Abuja, Jalo, who ruled out the possibility of the election any time soon said that the president government would have to form its cabinet, appoint a Youth Minister to coordinate the affairs of the youth before any election could hold.
Making allusion to his home State, the Youth Leader stated that certain structures needed to be put in place before the election would hold.
He however stated that the government of President Buhari had lofty programmes for the youth as contained in his campaign promises.
He said: “There was supposed to to be an election for the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) but we all witnessed what happened particularly that the election could not hold because of the crises, but for the reason that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is new, therefore they have to make sure that all things are in place before they can go ahead with the election.
“Though, we heard that some people are saying they emerged the leadership of the Council but to my own understanding there was no election and the party has not endorsed anybody and the party has not asked anybody to contest for any position. What we are looking forward to is to ensure that new executive council members are in place, particularly the Minister of Youth who will be responsible for the conduct of the NYCN election.
“Our advice is that if at all election is going to hold, there has to be mechanism in place to ensure that things are done in proper way and in proper manner.
“Let me give example of my state, Gombe, from my investigation there was no youth council election for the past ten years, so if you want to build a structure you have to start from the foundation. So, the youth council election to my understanding has to start from the local government to state and the federal, that’s how you get your delegates and know who and who that are supposed to come and vote for the national leaders.”
Speaking on the crisis rocking the council, Jalo stated that the problem had to be studied before solutions could be proffered.
“We have to make sure that we look into it thoroughly and address some of the problems we inherited before we can come up with a position.”
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