Nobody will give you power, take it — Turaki urges Nigerian youths

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has urged Nigerian youths to instrumentality an progressive relation successful politics, saying governmental powerfulness volition not simply beryllium handed to them.

Turaki said youths indispensable cull the recurring committedness that they are the “leaders of tomorrow” and actively enactment successful the conflict for governmental powerfulness and enactment positions.

He spoke connected Monday portion delivering a code astatine the 2nd variation of the Bala AbdulKadir Mohammed Colloquium, held astatine the Ahmadu Bello International Conference Centre, Bauchi, to commemorate the 68th day of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed.

The erstwhile PDP nationalist president said Nigerian youths had been told for decades that their clip to pb would come, arguing that the concern would not alteration unless they became much deliberate astir seeking governmental power.

He said, “Power is ne'er given; powerfulness is taken. If you beryllium down and expect that powerfulness volition beryllium fixed to you, you are 18, they volition archer you, ‘Youths of contiguous are leaders of tomorrow.’ You are 28, you are 38, you volition adjacent get to 68, they volition inactive proceed to archer you, ‘Don’t worry, you are youth, you are going to beryllium leaders of tomorrow.’ When, erstwhile volition that time come?”

Turaki cited the illustration of erstwhile Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon,...