Nentawe Yilwatda, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on Nigerian youths to take the lead in defending and strengthening the country’s democracy amid ongoing political and economic reforms.
Yilwatda made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy, Abimbola Tooki.
“Nigeria’s democracy is at a defining moment. The responsibility to defend and consolidate it rests heavily on our youths, who possess the energy, innovation, and patriotic zeal required to move the nation forward,” he said.
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The APC chairman urged young Nigerians — particularly those between the ages of 25 and 55 — to take ownership of the democratic process and resist attempts by what he described as self-serving political actors seeking to derail the nation’s progress.
“We must not allow individuals who offer no credible alternatives to past challenges to mislead the people or truncate the gains already being recorded,” he added.
Yilwatda warned that entrusting Nigeria’s future to politicians driven by personal ambition could reverse recent gains.
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