A group, the Asiwaju National Students Support Organisation (ANSSO) has called on youths across the country to go and register with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The group made the call ahead of the February 2 commencement of membership registration and revalidation by the party.
A statement by the National Coordinator, Comrade Giwa Muritala, lamented about the low youth involvement in party politics, as most youths only agitate without taking some steps to become members of a political party.
He added that the few who join party politics are always afraid of big parties because of the fear of being dominated and would sometimes end up in parties that would not help them achieve their goals.
“We can only have a fruitful negotiation with the older leaders on the proper ratio for both the young and the old when we have a reasonable number of youths as members of the political party, which will form a very strong ground for proper negotiations.
“The membership registration and revalidation exercise about to be commenced by the ruling APC has created a very good window for both youths and students to join party politics. We must all take responsibility by playing our part. Every youth and student who are up to 18 years can vote and be voted for, but the question remains how many are in a place where they can have all that is required to be voted for?
“We have advocated that we are not too young to run, a movement which gained both national and international attention, now is time to perfect the movement for youth participation by getting involved in party politics, register as a party member, unite with other youths and negotiate for a proper sharing formula of all elective positions between the older leaders, the young ones and women, that’s the only way to make headway.
The group further noted that participating in party politics remains the only means of getting into elective positions in Nigeria now.
