The background to The Convergence 2.0 was, first, with the success of ‘Not Too Young To Run’ movement and the emergence of young elected legislators across Nigeria. Severalyoung people were inspired to actually run for office because the constitution ...
Not Too Young To Run: A story of people, power and democratic renewal (I) – Samson Itodo
Nigeria operates a rigid constitution. Rigid constitutions by their nature are complicated and painstaking to change. It takes time, effort and resources to insert a comma, full stop or delete a word from a rigid constitution. This is attributed to the cu ...
Not Too Young To Run: Preparation, competence more important than age – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the age of running for public office in Nigeria should not be a major issue in election to public office as much as competence and preparation of the individual. Mr Osinbajo stated this on Thursday in Abuja when the ...
Nigerian Youth – The Real Third Force – Itodo Samson
More than one year into the 2019 general elections, the political maneuvering has earnestly commenced. In fact, in Nigeria today, everybody both online and offline are already stricken with political fever and the frenzy of the 2019 elections. Unlike othe ...