Labour Party commends Buhari, says Not-Too-Young-To-Run Act will discourage youths from thuggery

Labour Party says that the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Act will no doubt reduce the rate youths are being used as thugs in politics and other criminal activities in the country.
Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, the National Chairman of the party, on Friday said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
NAN reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, signed into law the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill.
The President had on Tuesday in his Democracy Day Broadcast, pledged to sign the bill.
The bill was passed by the National Assembly in July 2017, to alter Sections 65, 106, 131, 177 of the Constitution to reduce the age qualification for president from 40 to 30, House of Representatives membership, from 30 to 25 and State House of Assembly membership from 30 to 25.
Buhari, however, noted that the new bill did not tamper with the age qualifications for governor and the senate, which remained at 35.
Abdulsalam, who commended Buhari, described the action as a good omen.
He said this was coming at the time when the older generation still in politics had lost focus and were not IT compliant.
He said: “The signing was a good omen, it is a welcome development. It is in conformity with what is going on all over the world now.
“It will prevent many youths from being used as political thugs, cultism and being used for all kinds of vices in Nigeria.
“The youth are gradually taking over the political space. By what we have seen in other countries, Nigeria youth can do fantastically well.”
He said with the signing of the bill, “I expected Nigerian youth to be focused, to have vision and mission for Nigeria and for themselves”.
This, he stressed, would go a long way in curbing unwholesome activities among them.
He said: “Like in our party now, we have two youths who have shown interest to pick our forms to contest for the presidency of this country.
“One is Prince Samuel in Lagos and the other one is Barrister Iyke in America. They are all youths in their own disposition. So it is a welcome development.”
On whether funding may hinder many interested youths from vying for the presidency, he said it was an attitudinal problem of Nigerian politicians.
He said: “If not, there is certain amount of money that must be spent on every category of election either the presidency or the senate.
“But because the PDP and now the APC have monetised all spheres of these categories, then the whole things have been bastardised.
“I just pity the youth, even the women, and the people living with disabilities. They are in these categories of money politics problem.”
He, however, called for an amendment of the law toward ensuring strict compliance on issue of funding.
He said: “The funding is a general situation. So, I think we need to look inward again to see how to change the amendment towards electoral cost in this country.
“If not, nobody will go anywhere, not only the youth.”