The Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) has called on Christian youths in the country to actively participate in the 2015 general elections because according to it, people rejoice when the righteous rules.
The National President of YOWICAN, Dr Simon Dolly, who was an Awardee at a special convocation and award of honours at the Agape Christian Theological Seminary in Abuja, made this call while speaking with reporters.
According to Dolly, there are a lot of potentials in the youth population which have not been harnessed due to what he termed “their sit at home syndrome”.
He noted that with youth participation in political affairs, they would take over the mantle of leadership from the old generation.
His words, “I want to encourage our youths in particular to participate in the forthcoming election. They said we are the leaders of tomorrow but today, our tomorrow is being threatened. So, we should come out and actively participate so that we can take our place.
“Thank God the national conference has reduced the age to be voted for to 25; so, if you are 25 years old, you can come out for a state assembly. I want to urge the youths to come out and fill these gaps.
“The challenge is that, our leaders do not have plan for the youths and there is no success without a successor. That is why they use and dump us after election. So, I want the youths to come out and take this power from them because power is not given, it is taken”.
A House of Representatives aspirant from Plateau State, Chief Samuel Pukat, also noted that Christians perceived politics as business for pagans; a dirty game that the faithful must not be associated with and that was why their fates to some extent are being decided by the ‘ungodly’.
