Senate President Bukola Saraki has urged Nigerian youths to say no to all forms of violence in the coming general election.
Saraki, represented by Senator Philip Tanimu Aduda, gave the charge at the official inauguration of the new leadership of the Youth Wing Christian Association of Nigeria (YUWICAN), at the weekend in Abuja.
“I call on all Nigerian youths not to participate in any electoral violence as we are drawing closer to the 2019 election. They are welcome on board in the building of our country and we promise that we will not fail them,” he said.
The new leadership of the YOWICAN includes Apostle Nyeneime Andy (President), Pastor Adegbegi E. Ayodeji (Vice President), Pius Peter (Assistant National Secretary), and Miss Ekom Ladi Lydia (Treasurer).
Others are the National Directors; Ama Kalu, Okoye Paschal, Isaiah Tovishede, Kenny Steve and Ibrahim Istifanus Tal.
Also speaking, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) urged political leaders across the country to involve the Nigerian youths in nation building instead of using them for thuggery and all forms of electoral malpractices.
The CAN President, Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, said “Election is coming, campaign has begun. I call on all our politicians to stop using our youths for violence and electoral manipulations. God has deposited a lot of potentials in our youths with a view to using them as builders of this country. The politicians should stop misusing them. I call on all Nigerian youths especially the Christian youths to shun all electoral violence and manipulations.”
