The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has urged Nigerian youths to reject President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid, accusing the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of failing to deal with unemployment, poverty and the rising price of dwelling.
The council additionally faulted the federal authorities’s reported petrol worth low cost, describing it as deceptive and insisting that motorists had been nonetheless paying greater than ₦1,400 per litre at filling stations.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the ADC-PCC, Kola Ologbondiyan, made the decision throughout an interplay with ADC youth leaders in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State on the weekend.
Ologbondiyan mentioned the APC had didn’t ship significant enhancements within the lives of younger Nigerians regardless of spending greater than a decade in energy.
He argued that many graduates remained with out respectable jobs, forcing some to resort to petty buying and selling, recharge card gross sales and point-of-sale (POS) companies to outlive.
“As youths, you have spent almost 12 years under the APC government confronting difficult economic circumstances, with many graduates struggling to find decent employment,” he mentioned.
Ologbondiyan questioned the impression of the reported petrol worth low cost, which he mentioned the federal government claimed would scale back the pump worth to ₦1,350 per litre.
“Check the filling stations in your neighbourhood, and you will discover that Nigerians are still paying above ₦1,400 per litre. What, then, is the reality behind this so-called discount?” he queried.
He maintained that the reported discount had not translated into significant reduction for Nigerians, who proceed to deal with excessive transportation prices and rising enterprise bills.
“No Nigerian should be asked to celebrate a discount that exists only in government announcements while the reality at the filling stations tells a different story,” he mentioned.
The ADC-PCC spokesman added that experiences of queues at filling stations underscored the difficulties shoppers continued to face in accessing petrol.
He accused the Tinubu administration of counting on public bulletins and publicity as a substitute of implementing measures that may ease the financial burden on residents.
“After years in government, Nigerians deserve more than promises, excuses and propaganda. They deserve policies that work and leadership that understands their pain,” Ologbondiyan said.
He urged younger Nigerians to help the ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his operating mate, Rotimi Amaechi, whom he mentioned had proposed a extra clear and people-oriented strategy to financial administration.
According to him, the Atiku/Amaechi ticket would prioritise residents’ welfare and pursue reforms within the petroleum sector that may be clear and attentive to the wants of Nigerians.
“Atiku Abubakar understands the pain Nigerians are going through. His approach will be guided by transparency, accountability and the need to ease the burden on ordinary citizens,” he mentioned.
Ologbondiyan known as on youths to mobilise help for the ADC throughout their communities and wards, urging them to evaluate the presidential candidates primarily based on their data, insurance policies and dedication to the nation’s future.
He mentioned younger Nigerians deserved respectable jobs, inexpensive dwelling circumstances and alternatives to enhance their livelihoods, including that they need to not help a authorities whose guarantees, within the council’s evaluation, had not produced the anticipated outcomes.
“Do not allow yourselves to be deceived again by promises that are not matched by results. Your future is too important to be sacrificed on the altar of political propaganda,” he mentioned.
“Nigerian youths deserve decent jobs, affordable living conditions, opportunities to succeed and a government that takes their aspirations seriously. Nigeria deserves better,” he added.
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