Why can't we campaign for and/or vote into power one of these younger minds?

truth is that Nigerians are short sighted.... in other words, these old politicians constantly use our brain to fry pofpof ..... what stops us from being France ?
We will say "who's this one?; he is testing his political popularity or the best quote "he is too young to handle Nigeria"". And see how the youngest governor dey Jones for Kogi state

The truth is, in this present day nigeria, if u will win any election you must have enough money to throw around, or have a backbone (Godfather) that will do equivalent.

And non of these guys Av that luxury, even if we campaign from now till June next year, selection will still be done before the election

The way Nigeria is divided it can't work

You have the North who has the most oldest active politicians

You have the South West who will sell their birth rights to make sure they rally and vote those old northern politicians

You have the South East shouting Ipob or nothing

You have south south shouting our oil our oil

The way Nigeria is it can slightly get better and the better was during goodluck Jonathan era

Because we are addicted to lifelessness and caricatures...

Because they have no chance of winning. And this is not because of the candidates per se, but because of the current stage of our democracy. Our democracy is only 24 years old. As such, we can't have a Trump or Macron rise from obscurity, because we haven't tackled the basics.

We have not reformed campaign finance. In terms of policy, the economy, and most of our critical issues; the vast majority of our voting population is grossly uninformed or unable to engage. 80% of those who'd read both the Next Level and Atiku's Policy Plan will not understand up to 5% of it. Then there are the subtle but very real ethnic and religious bias that cloud the election process.

As a result, campaigning for any of these candidates is an exercise in futility as anyone doing so would be setting the cart before the horse.

Lastly, virtually all of those candidates are just as complicit as to the state we've found ourselves as any of the geriatric front runners for 2019.

* Donald Duke was a governor who performed averagely. His star project Tinapa is one of the most iconic white elephant projects of the last two decades. He is on record for sabotaging an elected government on the direction of the same powers that be.
* Madam Oby served under OBJ, like Atiku. She also sold us the scam in 2015. If Buhari had rewarded her like her BBOG co-founder Hadi, it is highly unlikely she'd be contesting for the Presidency. She's no different from Keyamo and the other anywhere-belle-face activists.
* Sowore also sold us the scam in 2015. And as late as 2017 was still selling the scam even when the illiterates in the village knew otherwise. He like Buhari has a narcissistic complex thinking he holds all the solutions. There's no one he hasn't derided forgetting as President, he'd would need to handle these forces with care and engage if he's to make any progress.
* Moghalu was a CBN deputy governor. Enough said.
* Durotoye also sold us the scam in 2015 and his campaign rips directly from the books of how our established politicians ply their trade. Bottom line, his candidacy does not hold as much promise as his high-sounding words may appear.

These our young aspirants are the Babangida, Abacha, and other young military officers during Nigeria's infancy. Pillars that have been part of the problem whitewashing themselves as saviors. My advice for them is to go local and change things. If the Presidency is the only way you can effect change, you need to take a chill pill.

Buhari was a military governor. Atiku won a governorship election. GEJ, Yar'Adua, and OBJ same thing. It is the height of arrogance to expect that because you run a newspaper, ran an activist campaign, or are young, then the nation's seat of power should be gifted to you.

-Lord

The few youths who has been given the chance to rule what was their output?.

Just look at yaya Bello

because those that are really gonna vote do not know them .

Because most of Nigerians minds are too young and myopic to see the tyrannies in the current set of polithievians parading themselves year in year out.

They have turned Nigeria politics to friends and family business jumping from the executhieves to the legislooters(back and forth).

Our destinies is in our hands to do always with these old cargoes through our ballots. But the questions is:

Will the current electoral system allow this ?

Some of our youth are just daft cos I wonder why any youth will support APC or PDP who clearly have nothing else to offer....Anyway #Sowore2019

Let's boycott APC and PDP
Support our future
Leave all this drama.

Because we don't know what we want as a country

Muoghalu is a brilliant mind no doubt, but he is only popular on social media.
Donald Duke is a role model worthy of emulation, but is disconnected from the grassroots.
Sowore is daring but you can't bet that a typical Ariaria trader, a Kano based maisanu, an Ibadan roadside mechanic can point out his face in a newspaper.

You cannot just win elections because you are young. You cannot rule Nigeria because you are smart. You cannot get millions of votes because you are courageous. Politics is local , you must do some work at the grassroots level. You have to test yourself at the lower tier before you can be trusted with the tough task of leading at the highest level. He who does not understand the microcosm will struggle to have a grasp of the macrocosm.

We are blessed with brilliant minds in Nigeria but intelligence, alone, is not enough. Nigerians are tired of Buhari, but casting your vote for any other candidate but Atiku is a blatant endorsement of ineptitude. Don't reinforce failiure.
I am #Atikulating

Simple answer
Nigerians are still the same old fools we have always been.
That's y we keep getting same results

U don't understsnd Nigeria.. These old men have killed this country.. These young politicians don't have the resources to rig and buy votes at grass root.. That is the issue and the grass root people don't have sense..

I think I have the solution to the problem, but it is too late to be used in the forthcoming election. We can oust them from the helms if we, the youth, want to do it easily.

Simply because all the younger ones are either sell-outs and vote-splitters.

Donald Duke who is the only viable, credible young candidate is just getting the experience for the actual contest in 2023.

All of us here stand with Atiku/Obi.
Not because Atiku is a saint but because Buhari is a disaster.

Because 80% of Nigerians are fools. The present and past leaders has made the citizens believe that this is how a nation should be run but only few people who had the privilege of traveling to sane countries and see how government is being run think otherwise. The truth is, most Nigerians are used to suffering and they think it's a normal thing. So why won't they support this old politicians with evil minds.

Same thing I've been thinking of recently.
We are not serious as a Nation.
We pay lip service to better life but we refuse to work hard to achieve it.
Why on earth would anyone support Buhari or Atiku?
We are not just serious!

Because Nigerians are conderm people with stupid reasoning

It is just so sad dat we keep recycling dose guys who constantly use our head.

Because Nigeria is a Sh!t Hole.

A country of 180 million People cannot throw their weight against any of these Expired Looting Forefathers. It's always Either the DEVIL or SATAN to them, while the youthful and qualified ones are always told to do more and that it's not yet their time. Una Go OLD, Nigeria Will REMAIN THE SAME.

They came too late, and choose wrong platform to run, how many of them have made due consultation to all the Nigeria state.
They could have a better chance in 2023, but for now nobody knew them outside social media.

Ok

Majority of those that claim they want a better Nigeria, are blinded by ethnicity and religion. They see an old man who has nothing to offer and vote him to prove a point to another ethnic group.

Because Nigerians are just a bunch of dumb asses

i wish my vote can count for these young minds but...

Because Nigerians are bunch of stupid people

Nigerian politics have tire me... I'll just focus on laughing at ugly girls and making money... Anybody wey win no concern me again fa

Because they don't have the public service experience to govern 190 millions persons, half of which are uneducated, 40% of which are mentally lazy and prefer quick wealth and 98% of which are too religiously blind or ethnocentric to place Nigeria first and their personal interest last