The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that youths could play a very important role in deciding those who would become leaders of Nigeria in 2023 elections, given their level of participation in the voters’ registration exercise across the country.
According to INEC, out of the 15.7 million that participated in the exercise, the youth population between the ages of 18 and 34 stood at 9.2 million.
The INEC Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, Mr. Festus Okoye, stated this in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend during the multi-stakeholders conference on increasing young voters’ turnout at the Ekiti election, organised by Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI).
Okoye, however, cautioned the youths that their efforts would come to nothing unless they do the right thing by making use of their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) to vote during elections starting with the June 18 governorship poll.