Former Military President,
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda has declared that now is the time for the
older generation of Nigerian politicians to leave the stage for the younger
ones.
Babangida said his generation had
overstayed in the corridor of power.
He said this when a new political
movement, the New Nigeria, led by its leader, Moses Siloko Siasia visited him
at his Hilltop Residence in Minna.
The former military leader said
he and other like-minds proposed as far as back as 1989 the possibility of
handing over the country’s leadership to younger people.
He added that “some of us assumed
leadership at a very young age.”
“The older generation must give
way for the new one. We have become analogue but this is a digital age; so the
young people should be supported to use their digital knowledge to move the
country forward,” he averred.
The former Head of State said he
was fascinated when the Not Too Young To Rule Bill was presented on the floor
of the House of Representatives.
He said he had followed the
ensuing debate since then, adding that “some of us believe in that aspiration
and would support its realization.”
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If you are unfit to contest you should allowed who is fit and interested to run for a political office to performed their constitutional right.OK
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