- The NotTooYoungToRun movement is going strong as the days go by
- The youth groups that make up the movement have planned a National Day of Action
- The initiative is geared towards engaging President Muhammadu Buhari on the #NotTooYoungToRun bill
Over 50 youth groups in the country have concluded plans to organise a National Day of Action, in solidarity with Nigerian youths to ensure that the #NotTooYoungToRun is passed into law.
NAIJ.com gathered that the initiative is geared towards engaging President Muhammadu Buhari on the age reduction bill and fulfill his promises to millions of Nigerian youth.
The event would hold on Wednesday, March 14 and kick-off at the popular unity fountain in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The movement clarified that the event is not a protest.
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“The movement calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the constitutional amendment bill especially the age reduction bill as soon as the bills are transmitted to him for assent.
“We therefore, also urge the National Assembly to without further delay transmit the constitutional amendment bills to the president for assent.
“The National Day of Action is designed to demonstrate that the large youth population is in support of the age reduction bill being considered as part of the constitution amendment process,” organisers of the event said at a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, March 9.
They clarified that the National Day of Action is not a protest, but a peaceful citizen engagement with the president.
“We hope to use the National Day of Action to emphasise the need for the constitution review process to be concluded speedily,” they said.
In a related development, the British high commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, has urged President Buhari to assent to the #NotTooYoungToRun bill as soon as it is transmitted to him by the National Assembly.
Arkwright said this on Saturday, February 17, barely 24 hours after the #NotTooYoungToRun movement issued 30-day ultimatum to state assemblies, National Assembly and the executive to conclude the ongoing constitutional amendments process.
While congratulating the movement on the historic feat, he said, the next step is for young people especially women to present themselves as candidates.
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Source: Naija.ng
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