“Not Too Young To Run Bill | EBSU Final Year Student Reprimands Old Politicians

An Ebonyi state University, Final Year student of History and International Relations and the founder of Beta Me Better Africa Initiative, an initiative which are committed in rising the next generation of Leaders.

He sees the Not Too Young to Run Bill that was recently passed into Law by the President as a welcome development but goes against the old politicians who are supposed to have retired out of Politics but have remained in politics and have refused to make way for the young ones to take over the running of the affairs of this country.

This was made known to us through his personal blog and gist website.

Read through his full words.

           “The Not Too Young To Run Bill is a welcome development. I must commend Mr President.

  Old age has over the years played primordial role in the Nigerian politics that the young     people long lost faith in this community called Nigeria. We have on several occasions voted ailing Presidents(some died in office while some survived it) due to some kind of party and ethnic sentiments even when we know that they neither qualified nor healthy for Presidency.

But do the youth actually need a permission from the presidency to contest elected posts when they are qualified at 18 to vote and be voted for? Nigeria has spent and still spending fortunes simply to keep some of our aged leaders alive. Am talking about those retired political soldiers currently in civilian clothing’s. They despise our doctors and schools at home but opt for those in London and America, living in orgy of flamboyancy while the populace dies in the hands of herdsmen and Bokoharam. Old age depicts wisdom, knowledge, experience, this means that the best political post for aged politicians is Elder Statesman. Once anyone passes 45,he/she ceases to be considered a youth.

At this time those within the age brackets above 45 should form an invisible advisory committee. Grey hairs means rest, politicians above 45 already have grey hairs so they should be forced to leave the corridor of power for the young and vibrant youths. Youthfulness depicts strength and power, Kim Jong Un is a good example.

The only guarantee that Nigeria may begin to see the shades of development is only when the ship of leadership is navigated by the youth. I don’t mean any kind of youth but the ones who have good background knowledge in History or Economics. History influences the political behavior of a people but it’s one of the subjects not taught in schools. If you think am not telling the truth, watch the US Presidential debates.

History helps one to predict the future but Nigeria could no longer have control over her future because she has long fed on distorted history books and teachers. History tells one why things are the way they are and possible solution on how they may be changed. It makes one to know his immediate environment.

Any nation lacking an economist at the helm spends without earning (wait a moment and think about Nigeria) The principle of being wealthy stems on the rate at which a nation sells or buys goods and services among the comity of nations. When a nation depends on others for virtually all her finished goods then that nation is headed for poverty. When the economy becomes bad, politics is affected as the hungry youth will begin to seek extra normal means of survival which is the principal thing, thus form effective tools in the hands of some dubious political Lord. Although our team is yet to know what is up his sleeves as we cannot categorically state whether he has any intention to contest for any position in the forth coming election in the country.

ARTICLE WRITTEN BY Hon. Ogbodo Kenneth Uchenna

This article does not in any way represent the mindset or standpoint of Ebsu Community. it’s an intellectual property of Hon. Ogbodo Kenneth Uchenna