{"id":62441,"date":"2018-05-31T19:19:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T18:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62441"},"modified":"2018-05-31T19:19:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T18:19:20","slug":"pdp-to-buhari-not-too-young-to-run-is-pdp-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/pdp-to-buhari-not-too-young-to-run-is-pdp-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP To Buhari: Not Too Young To Run is PDP Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-id=\"message-view-body\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO iy_A\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lampoons President Muhammadu Buhari<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for attempting to parade<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">themselves as the architects of the \u2018Not Too Young to Run Act, which was<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">sponsored and pursued by the PDP members in the National Assembly and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">state houses of assembly.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President Buhari had no input whatsoever in the bill; never showed any<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">support or enthusiasm towards the initiative but had no option than to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">perform a mandatory statutory duty of assenting to the bill, given that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">it had already passed through the constitutionally required approval of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">two-third of states in the federation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">This development is indeed a democratic victory for the Nigerian youths<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">over forces, particularly, the All Progressives Congress (APC), that had<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">hitherto disdained and disregarded them as lazy and inconsequential but<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">had to succumbed to the dictates of the law and pressure by the youths<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and the PDP.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The party commends the sponsor of the bill, Hon. Tony Nwulu (PDP, Lagos)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and the resilience of the Nigerians youths in getting the initiative<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">through, in line with the vision of the PDP to allow younger Nigerians<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to actively participate in elective positions in governance at all<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">levels.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In preparation for the passage of the bill, the PDP had since launched<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">our \u2018Generation Next Movement\u2019, which has already put younger Nigerians<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">at vantage positions to participate in elective positions ahead of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">2019 general elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In line with the \u2018Generation Next Movement\u2019, the rebranded PDP among<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">other pro-youth incentives, has since approved certain critical clauses<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and waivers so that the young people will actively vie for positions in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the 2019 general elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In line with our dream of providing enabling environment for youths<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">participation in elections and governance, the PDP, after winning in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">2019, will further lower the age qualification to entrench our vision<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">that \u2018whoever can vote can be voted for\u2019, which is a global standard.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The PDP therefore urged the Nigerian youths to immediately take<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">advantage of the Generation Next platform and incentives already<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">established by the repositioned PDP and actively participate in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">collective quest to rescue our nation from the misrule of the APC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"H_7jIs D_F ab_C Q_69H5 E_36RhU\" data-test-id=\"toolbar-hover-area\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lampoons President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for attempting to parade themselves as the architects of the \u2018Not Too Young to Run&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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