Famous PDP Senator Asks Youths To Vote For Tinubu, Gives Reason

Senator Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu East has urged youths across the country to vote for All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu, claiming that he has youth-friendly policies.

Nnamani, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator, stated that the former Lagos Governor has demonstrated the ability to develop youth-friendly policies.

Tinubu, the Senator said in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, embarked on a series of sustainable policies to address the high unemployment rate, sense of insecurity, and youth bulge that were unusual challenges for the class of 1999.

He stated that at the time, Lagos saw a significant influx of youths seeking better opportunities, and that Tinubu recognized that leaving the youths unattended would have been disastrous, and thus launched waves of reforms that re-energized the economy and ensured that the vast majority of the working population, primarily youths, were employed.

According to him, the APC Presidential Candidate established the Anti-Drug Misuse Campaign initiative to educate adolescents about the dangers of illicit drug use and the pervasive drug abuse epidemic that has successfully destroyed many young people.

“To further address the challenges, Tinubu distributed over one million Naira in grants to each of the registered voluntary youth organizations as tokens of appreciation for their helpful efforts at reorientation and to encourage them to be more productive.

“Tinubu also increased the annual funding for the rehabilitation agencies to over three million Naira and subsequently created youth centers so that people would participate in educational and recreational activities that would help them develop healthy self-esteem in a secure and well-supervised environment.

“Vocational training centers were developed by Tinubu’s administration in March 2003 to rehabilitate hoodlums, neighborhood boys, and the homeless who were desirous of making a turning point in their lives by economically empowering them through training in professions like carpentry, shoemaking, hair dressing and tie-and-dye”, the Senator said.