To GOD be the glory 2015 has surely become veracity, vivid to the eyes and audible to the ears. It is crystal clear that a new year always comes with expectation were people will restructure vision and plans in order to actualize their aims. Also general election is not left out as politicians are showcasing their ambition for elective offices. This year 2015 is year that the fate of the nation will also be determined in the next four years in the course of the fast approaching general election. Many political parties have made known there manifestos for the public to vote them into various offices as the days of voting is drawing closer. The power now is in hands of the electorates to determine who will represent them in the next four years at various level of government.
Election as we all know play requisite and essential role in shaping the country destiny, for this reason citizen are enthusing to participate fully and exercise their franchise due to the fact they constitute the real cradle of power in election as they make their choice to elect people that they believe will lead them to the promise land. Elections are very important in other to strengthen democracy in our dear country, therefore there is necessity for every individual of voting age to go out passionately and demonstrate is love to the country by voting in the fourth coming election in violence free and peaceful manner. Violence will not solve any situation rather it worsen the status-quo of every nation. It is sine-qua-non for the youths not to allow them to be used as political thugs for fracas during and after the election because there are sundry good things ahead of every youth to benefit from life, beware that you are too precious to be used as agent of destruction and your blood is too significant to be used as sacrifice during election, remember election will come and go but a life lost cannot be recuperate during and after election. Though an election may be seen as a battle but it is a battle needed to be fight in a peaceful way and not by violence. It is a battle of ballot, not a battle of bullets. A ballot paper we know is not just a piece of paper, it is a very powerful weapon that determine the stand of the country during election but it efficacy is always determine by the electorates who know the vitality and vigor of the ballot paper. Choosing who will represent you in all arms of government is always individual obligation to ascertain. “The time is always right to do what is right-Martin Luther King Jr”, Youths of Nigeria, the said times is fast approaching for us to elect our leaders into various offices, Therefore I urge us to vote for true democracy, vote for transparency, vote for integrity, vote for credibility bearing it in mind that your vote determine the fortune and fate of our great country in the next four years. In clamoring for better Nigeria the PVC is not left out since it is the only medium for one to vote therefore getting the PVC is of great importance and exquisite to all youths who are optimist that Nigeria must move forward and better.
Furthermore irrespective of the challenges our dear country is facing Nigeria still remain our country and we the citizens also have an imperative role to play to make the country a better place to live because every good country need a good citizens. Every individual have a purpose and a reason of been in a country which one is joining hands together to build a nation where the next generation will look unto and said truly our fathers have performed their onus. Thereafter the major concern of every Nigeria youth should be on how to make Nigeria a better place to live rather than to be used as thugs for destructions at various levels. It is gloomy, melancholy to see the youth been pugnacious and truculent against each other instead of working together in harmony to achieve a better nation which is the dream of every Nigerian. As election is approaching the boiling point and politicians are canvassing for votes, the youth cannot be left out since they have a fundamental role to play, but the question is, does the youth realize the power they possess in nation building and national development? As politics gather momentum the youth need to beware of the power they have in nation building and national development by utilizing their vote wisely and sagely. The youth cannot be separated from nation building and national development since they have been advocated as future vanguard leaders of tomorrow. To me after several observation I conclude by saying; the youth are not only the leaders of tomorrow both also the partners of today development, because the youth I believe are the actor of change and progress in every society thus the involvement of the youth in national development is indispensable and essential in the country. As a youth, if you do not vote in the fourth coming election it means you are endangering our future and enslave the generation yet unborn, therefore the time is now to vote rightly and vote for a better and forward Nigeria.
According to statistic the Nigeria youth is over 60% of the country population. Youth understanding of electoral issues, awareness of planned programme of activities, the appreciation of non-violent participation and subsequent implication of a peaceful and democratic election on the present and future development of the Nigeria is very much imperative for the sustainable development of the nation. With all enthusiasm I solicit fervently to all Nigeria youths to participate fully in taking Nigeria to the promise land. According to Helen Keller “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”. The future hope of Nigeria is the youth therefore join hand in moving Nigeria forward. Your vote is your power therefore votes for forward and better Nigeria. Nigeria must move forward and by the grace of God Nigeria will reach is promise land.
God bless Nigeria and God bless Nigeria Youths.
ANDERSON ANDERSON AWAJIOGBANA
From Rivers State Nigeria
