By Adeola Badru
Ibadan — About 1,000 youths from the 5 wards of Egbeda Native Authorities Space in Oyo State attended Youth in Politics Sensitisation 1.0 at Egbeda-Ona Ara City Corridor over the weekend. The occasion was convened by Omolara Svenson Busari as a part of her Youths and Ladies in Politics Sensitisation Programme.
Busari, who delivered the keynote handle beneath the theme “Seeds of Change: Younger Nigerians and the Way forward for Democracy,” urged younger individuals to start their political engagement on the native stage — at school boards, market unions and ward councils — and to maneuver progressively into larger places of work.
“Begin native. Prepare, mentor, fund, shield, and maintain elected officers accountable. We should cease seeing politics as one thing executed by others and begin proudly owning the method,” she mentioned.
She famous a decline in youth illustration in elected places of work between the 2018 and 2023 election cycles and urged contributors to take sensible steps to reverse the pattern. Busari recognized obstacles to youth participation together with unemployment, restricted mentorship, low confidence, and the price of political participation, and known as for sustained efforts to deal with these boundaries.
The programme emphasised the position of mentorship, civic schooling and peaceable engagement, and inspired youths to reject violence and construct constructive networks inside their communities.
Native get together officers welcomed the initiative. Olawale Odeleye, APC Chairman in Egbeda Native Authorities, described the sensitisation drive as an necessary step to revive youth participation, whereas Youth Chief Lateef Abiodun mentioned it had begun to vary attitudes about civic duty amongst younger individuals within the space.
Individuals attended workshops on management, campaigning, and group organising, and organisers mentioned the programme will proceed with follow-up classes and mentorship actions aimed toward making ready younger individuals for lively roles within the political course of.
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