The Accord Party presidential candidate, Prof. Christopher Imumolen, has urged Nigerian youths to elect leaders that can help them maximise their potential and solve challenges bedeviling the country.
He said at a time when there were fewer opportunities for self-actualisation in the country, it was important for the younger generation to vote for the president and other leaders who will prioritise their growth and development.
In a statement on Monday by his campaign organisation, the 39-year-old presidential candidate urged the youths to exploit the 2023 elections to effect the needed generational change.
According to him, the youths can use the two powerful weapons of unity and numerical strength to great effect in their desire to see that they install a president who is not only young, but energetic and empathetic enough to solve their problems and reposition the country.
The statement read, “How to know a leader who is a problem solver, and who is committed to the welfare of the people is no rocket science. It is evidential. Leadership is the things you do to positively impact the lives of the ordinary man out there.
“That is why I am usually not perturbed when people tell me I lack leadership experience because I haven’t held a political office before.
“But tell me, how much experience did Nelson Mandela have before he became president of a post-apartheid South Africa?
“Yet, Mandela was a far better leader than all those who came before him because he was driven by one thing — the passion to see a better life for the people of his country.
“That is the same passion that is motivating me. I want to see a better Nigeria where things work. Where things will be done differently. And if I can demonstrate this over the years in my little way in the many people-oriented programmes I have initiated and solely sponsored at different levels, then I can definitely do more at a higher level where there will better resources to affect the larger society.
“With my track record of service to Nigerians, including the youths at different levels and capacities; where we have solved problems at micro and macro levels, touching lives, offering scholarships to advance the educational needs of thousands and thousands of students, empowering women, farmers to access loans for businesses and agricultural projects, and so many of such humanitarian endeavours, I think I am eminently qualified to administer the affairs of this country if given the mandate by the people.”
