For driving the advocacy and process that brought into reality the “Not too young to run” legislation that has led to the successful reduction of age limits for public office seekers, Samson Itodo is LEADERSHIP Outstanding Young Person of the Year 2018. Samson Itodo, a native of Olamaboro local government area of Kogi State, was…
In the time of nationalist like Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu Bello and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, there was some level of guarantee that in the political decision-making processes, a large percentage of the country characterized by various ethnic groups were put into consideration and as such the belief in one Nigeria grew like wild fire.…
2019: YIAGA AFRICA RELEASES SECOND PRE-ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT As part of her commitment to the promotion of electoral integrity in the Nigerian 2019 general elections, YIAGA AFRICA has been conducting pre-election observation in the 774 Local Government Areas of Nigeria. The pre-election observation entails the deployment of 822 Watching The Vote citizens observers in each…
On Sunday the 17th of December 2018, Samson Itodo, Executive Director at YIAGA AFRICA Executive Director, emerged the Young Person of the Year at The Future Awards, 2018. Samson Itodo was nominated alongside David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, Tomi Adeyemi, Nemitaru Ajienkaand Dr. Mahmoud Maina for this most coveted award category endowed this year by Amstel Malta.…
Samson Itodo, Executive Director of YIAGA AFRICA and Convener of the ‘Not-Too-Young-To-Run bill, emerged The Young Person of the Year at the 13th edition of The Future Awards Africa held yesterday, 16 December, 2018 at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. The ground-breaking bill, which was finally signed in 2018, sought to advance…
As part of the fall out of the signing of the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ bill into law, about 400 young candidates of various registered political parties converged in Abuja for a three-day international conference aimed at empowering them to win votes and make positive impact ahead of the 2019 general elections. The bill,…
YIAGA AFRICA’s Media and Communications Assistant, Fisayo Okare, writes on the challenges faced by Young People during Party Primaries and how some were illegally sidelined by Political Parties Abdulhalim Abdulahi Liman Party: APC Position: House of Representatives, Giza Gabazawa Federal Constituency State: Kaduna 30 year-old Abdulhalim Abdulahi Liman spent over 30 million naira steadily…
TheConvergence: You don’t need money to win elections, PDP lawmaker tells young candidates David Ombugadu, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State, has told young political candidates in the upcoming 2019 election that they do not need money to win elections. “You don’t need money to win elections. You need…
400 Young Candidates 30 Speakers 12 Panel Sessions 6 Master Classes
The convener of the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ movement, Samson Itodo, alongside Cynthia Mbamalu, a founding member and project coordinator of the movement, recently visited PREMIUM TIMES ahead of a conference, The Convergence, which the movement is organising. The conference, the first of its kind in Nigeria, hopes to bring together about 400 young…