In the face of various political activities ahead of the 2019
general elections, permutations have kick started as politicians and
political parties strategze to either gain power or retain it.
While the money bags are busy spreading money here and there, the young
emerging leaders are left with nothing but their dreams and sincere
aspirations. The biggest challenge facing them is lack of funding for
electoral consultations and campaigns. Reason why great minds with
incredible leadership skills always shy away from politics because they
think they do not have the finances needed to face the fraudulent money
bags in the system.
Most of the time these young leaders don’t even have money to buy
nomination forms which are always too exorbitant for the average
Nigerian. This in itself is a deliberate plan by the old gladiators to
keep recycling the themselves in the corridors of power.
With the passage of the #NotTooYoungToRun Bill into law, the young and
patriotic people of Nigeria are optimistic that the right time has come
for them to take center stage in providing the leadership that Nigerians
have earnestly waited for. With the challenges of financing ahead of
them however, it became necessary that a step be taken that will
activate the capacities of young people irrespective of their financial
backgrounds. This is why the #NotTooPoorToRun campaign was initiated as
an activation response to the #NotTooYoungToRun law.
The #NotTooPoorToRun campaign, an initiative of The National Rescue
Movement (NRM) which will be officially launched in a couple of weeks,
seeks to provide an enabling platform within the party for young
aspiring leaders by granting nomination forms/tickets in all electoral
categories free of charge to all aspirants in the 2019 elections.
Addressing newsmen recently, the National Chairman of the party, Senator Saidu Dansadau said;
“This initiative became necessary because if governance continue to
remain in the hands of crooked money bags, then the hope of achieving a
better Nigeria will remain an illusion forever. This is because humble,
true and sincere Nigerians will never have the chance to serve their
Nation politically”.