The Leadership of the Concerned Northern Forum, CNF, has on Monday, appealed to Politicians over 60 years old, to stay away from the 2023 Presidency, to give room for younger and more competent Politicians to contest and rule the country, Page 36 learnt.
The Spokesman of the CNF, Comrade Abdulsalam Moh’d Kazeem, in a statement said: “In Nigeria today, our Civil Service (Rules) will not retain any individual above 60 years of age, no matter his/her experience and value the said distinguished/accomplished individual will add to our system, this is enshrined in Law.”
The statement explained that most renowned Civil Servants with an outstanding history of bravery, accountability, transparency, and fairness in service, can later be engaged by the Federal, State, or Local Government, either as Consultants, Advisors, or Committee members, to help formulate and restructure policies that would bring about efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery.
The CNF noted that in foreign nations, people of such age and experience are mostly engaged in charitable activities, free consultancy services, and all forms of selfless services to their nation and populace.
It lamented that in developing nations, the people in the age group are actively involved in all forms of forgeries, desperate moves in aspiring for the Presidency, to which they have no value to add, and their aspiration for such Office is wrongly motivated.
It lamented: “Most of Nigeria’s political elites sources of wealth/ideology is questionable, their state of health is unknown, primary, secondary and university/polytechnic attended is unknown, while their age, name, parents, and even State of origin are disputed.”
According to the statement, the research carried out by the CNF proves that most of the country’s political elites’ inclinations to be President are for reasons not beyond lust for power and affluence, with no blueprint on how to tackle the enormous challenges bedeviling us as a nation.
It observed that the time has come for Nigerians to give their mandate to Candidates below 60 years, with good manifestos, stressing that the political will to help address the immediate, short term and long term problems that have made Nigeria the poverty headquarters of the world, despite its population and abundant resources, which ordinarily should be advantageous to the country at any rate.
The Forum noted that the country is faced with brain drain, due to the effect of poor leadership caused by the so-called “Landlords of Nigeria” that sees nothing good in developing the nation, but developing themselves at the detriment of over 200 million people.
The CNF added: “The time is now, and 2023 Presidency for us should be based on an Individual’s personal competence, health status, integrity, and credibility, will determine his marketability and electability.”
The group explained that it cannot allow the recycling of old Politicians who have been instrumental to the enormous problems facing the country from 1999 till date, to still come and lead the country to more uncertainty, alleging that their achievements are looting, corruption, among others.
It called on progressive youths to take advantage of the not too young to rule, to participate actively, not only on the social media, since no polling unit exists there, rather they should help mobilise and sensitise their fellow youths on how to get their permanent voters cards, become a member of a particular political party, aspire for political Offices, and equally encourage others with leadership potential with either finance, free consultancy services, or soft words of encouragement, which will demonstrate that we are ready to lead our nation too.
“We are the trustees of this nation, and the epoch of being spectators is over, we have to participate actively, because available records show that out of the over 84 million registered voters, the youths represent over 51%, and our nation with a fast-growing population of over 200 million, with more than 60% of the people under 25 years of age, we can and the time is now to unerring our past, and have a nation that can stand tall among the comity of great nations, against all we presently witness today.”
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