Southern youths endorse Buhari for a second term, pass vote of confidence on Buratai

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- The Southern Youth Leaders Forum has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office

- The forum also passed a vote-of-confidence on Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai

- The forum commended the Buhari administration, service chiefs and officers of the Nigeria Armed Forces, for the restoration of peace in the north-east and middle-belt

President Muhammadu Buhari has been endorsed for a second term in office, by the Southern Youth Leaders Forum, Vanguard reports.

The group gave the endorsement in a communiqué signed by Comrade Odeyemi Oladimeji on behalf of National Committee of Yoruba Youth, Engr Fidelis Nze KSN on behalf of the Igbo Youth Assembly and Comrade Nathaniel Ekutu on behalf of the South-South Youth Coalition, at the end of a summit on Wednesday, June 20.

NAIJ.com gathers that the forum also passed a vote-of-confidence on Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, and recommended the Army chief and other service chiefs for a special national honour by the federal government.

The youths commended President Buhari for his administration’s successes in the cardinal areas of economy, security and anti-corruption since assumption of office; and condemned what they termed as “the various attempt by some politicians and people of vested interest, towards pushing the country dangerously to the edge of the slope, particularly the antics of creating scares among our people, just for the purpose of ambitions tied towards the 2019 general elections.”

The forum also lauded the Buhari administration, service chiefs and officers of the Nigeria Armed Forces, for the restoration of peace in the north-eastern part of the country, the middle-belt and other troubled areas.

It commended the Army for the peaceful Eid-el-Fitri celebrations across the nation and especially in the north-east where Internally Displaced Persons were able to return to their ancestral homes to observe the festivities.

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that young leaders from southern Nigeria made a strong call for a more sustainable strategy for democratic inclusion of young people in the country's current political process and structure ahead of the 2019 general election.

The call was part of the resolution reached at the Southern Young Leaders Conference for Economic and Political Consciousness Conference which took place in Enugu.

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