Osinbajo Prepares APC Youth ahead of 2023 Polls.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has said he is confident that Nigeria will remain united as a strong nation to the frustration of those waiting to see its downfall.

He stated this on Monday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Progressives Youth Conference.
According to him, “In the area of disruption and disruptive innovation, the principle that we are stronger together than in little part is a sound principle and it is my respectful view that those who advocate the breaking up of the country are terribly wrong.”

“Our size is crucial for geopolitical and economic relevance. Our people will be better served by a large populous and diverse country. As with all big and diverse countries, our business is to make this union work; it is to give everybody a sense of belonging.

“All of those waiting on the sidelines, hoping that this big country called Nigeria will break up into bits so that they can pick up the pieces, will be very sorely disappointed and I am very sure that those of you who are seated here today will prevent that from happening.”

Osinbajo noted that Nigerians should be given a fair chance at improving their human condition and called on the youth to be part of conversations that will ensure this.

Charging the youth, the vice president noted that they should not just say it was time for them and for the older people to give way, adding that such comment alone will not bring it to manifestation.

The vice president, however, stated that it was the strength of the ideas and the depth of the youths’ organisation and not age that would retire those ahead of them.

“I am also frankly not very impressed with the notion that the role and power of young people are somehow postponed until elders have gone, or that there’s some kind of generational queue that to which we all must subscribe.

“Even if that was true at some point, today, that notion stands on very weak legs indeed,” he said.

Present at the event were APC youth leaders and older party leaders from various country and top government officials.
The conference aimed to get more youth inclusiveness in party politics and position them for the 2023 general elections.