The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore has condemned the attitude of young Nigerians towards politics, saying the latter have no clear aspirations to become leaders.
This comes in light of the swearing-in of 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the Senegalese president.
Faye was sworn in at an event attended by several African leaders, including Nigeria President Bola Tinubu in Dakar on Tuesday.
According to Sowore, Nigerian youths are only scheming to become personal assistants to governors and other leaders.
“Our young people are concerned with doing what I call tag along. They are more interested in becoming special assistants to governors or senators.
“I have not seen that clear aspiration on the part of our young people to become leaders.
“You cannot be young, mission-driven, and a visionary and go and hide your bushel under some of these old people who have no idea of how to even operate a phone.
“Youthfulness is also important in the sense that you need leaders that are alert and capable and responsive and do not have to spend half of the time in the hospital,” Sowore was quoted to have said on Tuesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
