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President, Association of Nigerian Students in China (ANSIC) Comrade Farouk Musa Baba Onwana have urged the youths in Nasarawa state and Nigerian at large not to allow themselves to be used by politicians as thugs to unleash violence as the state and country prepares for the 2019 general elections.
Comrade Onwana whose father, late Musa Onwana represented the good people of Nasarawa/Toto federal constituency and died in active service charged the youths in the state to emulate the collective virtues and nationalistic approach of the senior citizens of the state who fought tirelessly for the creation of Nasarawa state from Plateau as the build up to the 2019 general elections kicks off.
Comrade Onwana who is leading the entire executives of ANSIC to organised a one day sensitization programme in the state with the theme ‘Nasarawa/Toto Youth Enlightenment Against Election Violence
(Know your right and know your worth) and youth empowerment scheme’ organised in collaboration with Nasarawa state students Association, Nigerian Students Association in Sudan (NANSS), Toto Student Association (TOSU) and Nasarawa Town Students Union.
The occasion will be under the leadership of Senator Muhammad AbubakarASadiq (BAGADOZI), President Nasarawa State Student Association (ATBU) on the 5th of January 2019 at Community Secondary School, Nasarawa Local government, Nasarawa state by 9am and urged all stakeholders in the state to attend.
He called on the youths in Nasarawa state and the country not to participate in any electoral violence as we are drawing closer to the 2019 general elections, he task the leaders to involve the youths in nation building instead of using them for thuggery and all forms of electoral malpractice.
He urged the youths to be patriotic, dedicated, hardworking, committed, optimistic, focused and hopeful in their entire endeavour, if they must be relevant in the state and the nation.
According to him “when the likes of my late father and other seniorScitizens of the state were struggling for independence i the state from Plateau State, they did not take the issue of ethnic, religion, section or any other thing into consideration
“All they stood collectively was for the state to get created, therefore, youths in the state should try as much as possible to emulate the virtures of these founding fathers if the state to chart a course for the state by ensuring that next year general elections is hitch free, devoid of crisis” he appealed
He stated that the forthcoming election could be disrupted if youths are not guided properly to shun all form of violence before, during and after the 2019 general elections and avoid thuggery, he stress the need for youths to imbibe the habit of volunteerism, to navigate the turbulent murky waters of politics in Nigeria.
He equally urged all political parties in the state to play by the rules and distance themselves from acts that could breach the peace in the state.
He urged the youths to make democracy work in the state by ensuring that thuggery, vote buying, snatching of ballot boxes, President and post election violence were stopped forthwith.
“As 2019 elections draw near, never allow yourselves to be used by anybody either as thugs or for manipulation during elections, rather get interested in who governs you and how the leaders are elected
“the government on their part must empower INEC to conduct free, fair and credible elections in 2019 and beyond, we must give our support while insisting on a permanent end to impunity, zero-tolerance for thuggery and manipulation of elections, the election in 2019 must be the game-changer” he said
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