The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of June 12 Democracy Day.
Speaking in Abuja, on Wednesday, the President of NYCN, Oladele John Nihi congratulated the victorious candidates in the 2019 general elections and commended other candidates who were not successful at the elections for their offer of service to Nigeria.
“We celebrate today not just our democracy day but also a change of government from one political party to another at different levels. It is a unique experience and celebration in our democratic experience. It confirms that our democracy is not just growing and developing but it is also maturing.
“We trust that the elected candidates appreciate the trust imposed in them and the hope and expectations of the electorate for a better Nigeria where the good of the majority of Nigerians is the guiding principle of government.
“While we agree that we are not where we want to be as a nation, we may also be forced to acknowledge that we are not where we use to be even though our speed and approach to development leaves much to be desired.
“We expect that the agenda of the new administration in the first 100 days in office would be to tackle the problems of infrastructural deficiency, unemployment, insecurity, pervasive corruption, and revenue leakages. Though these issues are pressing, the National Youth Council of Nigeria expects the administration to also set out also as part of its agenda the amendment and reformation of Nigerian Laws to make them meet present day challenges. Government policies must favour the Nigerian youth and to actualise the desired change agenda there must be reformation of our Laws to give legal backing to the change agenda.
“The NYCN offers its unflinching support to the administration in the exercise of amending, reforming and update of Nigerian Laws.
“We want to implore all Nigerian youth to continue to keep faith with the nation, remain law abiding, get involved in governance and learn to hold our leaders accountable as the concise explanation on why we have not been able to experience real development in spite of our rich human capital resource is due to massive deficit in leadership capital,” Nihi said.
