Not Too Young To Run movement vows to increase youth representation by 2023
- The Not Too Young To Run movement recently held its leadership and strategy retreat in Lagos
- The retreat was designed to reflect on the movement’s organizing model and to design scenarios for the 2023 Nigerian elections
- The leadership of the movement also designed three strategic goals ahead of the elections
The Not Too Young To Run movement has reaffirmed its commitment to continue to promote political inclusion of youth, women and People With Disabilities (PWDs) ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The group made its stance known after a three-day retreat held by its leaders in Lagos recently.
The group in a statement sent to journalists on Saturday, December 14 and signed by its convener, Samson Itodo, stated that it would ensure the conversation on the political inclusion continues to guarantee transformative politics and purposeful leadership in Nigeria.
Having successfully reduced the age of running for the presidency, the House of Representatives and state houses of assembly from 40 to 35 years and from 35 to 25 years respectively, the leadership of the movement, vowed to mitigate any hindrance to increasing youth representation in elective offices.
The group revealed that it aims to increase the number of young women, men, and PWDs with competence, character and capacity in elective office to 30% in 2023.
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Itodo further stated that the Not Too Young To Run leadership will build a grassroots movement of 5 million young women, men and PWDs committed to promoting political inclusion, democratic rights, transformative politics and purposeful leadership.
While maintaining its non-partisan identity of a social movement committed to political inclusion and transformative politics and leadership, he said the movement remains driven by its core values of Solidarity, Patriotism, Inclusion, Responsible leadership, Integrity and Trust (SPIRIT).
He also revealed that the movement will be opening and recruiting more organizers and leaders across Nigeria and some parts of Africa.
This, he noted, would enable expansion to build international solidarity on political inclusion and transformative leadership across 25 African countries by 2023.
“To this end, the movement will be establishing Not Too Young To Run hubs across Nigeria. In 2020, the movement will create 100 hubs across the country. State coordinators will be assigned new responsibilities in furtherance of this goal,” Itodo said.
Reflecting on the success of the movement, Itodo said the Not Too Young To Run movement has built power from within, which the government couldn’t ignore.
He further said the historic assent to the age reduction bill not only disrupted the political space but has renewed hope and mobilized the positive energy of young people.
The movement, according to him, has birthed other movements because the team demonstrated how effective organizing can be in achieving good results.
Meanwhile, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has denied reports suggesting he has joined the 2023 presidential race. The former governor of Ogun state was reacting to the circulation of his purported presidential posters on social media.
In a statement sent to journalists by his spokesman, Alhaji Bola Adeyemi, Senator Amosun said it belies logic that such a move would be his preoccupation at the moment, “when indeed I have not spent a year in my current assignment as the senator representing Ogun Central District.”
He stated that anyone nursing a presidential ambition at the moment is an enemy of Nigeria and “does not desire any good for Mr President.”
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