The 2023 general election will not be forgotten in a hurry, particularly for the youths. It was an election that saw many young ones challenging the status quo while recording significant feats in the process.

From the presidential to governorship, national assembly and state assembly elections, the youth made a strong statement — we are critical to nation-building.

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CRISPNG examines some young ones whose heroics in the general election will keep dominating discussions for weeks to come. Their victories, to a large extent, will inspire other youths to dream big and overcome long-held fears that politics is only for the old money-bag politicians.

Bashir Usman Gorau — 33-year-old unionist

On Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bashir Usman Gorau as the winner of the house of representatives election for Gada-Goronyo federal constituency in Sokoto state.

Gorau, who ran under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 29,679 votes to defeat Musa Adar of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Not many saw that upset coming prior to the election.

For context, Adar has been in the green chamber since 2007 — which means 20 years in office — and was seeking a fifth term. But he only managed to garner 25,549 votes, which placed him behind Gorau.

Gorau, who is known as a unionist, was the immediate past commissioner for youth and sports development in Sokoto.

In a Facebook post, the rep-elect appreciated God and his supporters for making his victory possible.

Musa Lawan Majakura — the 32-year-old history maker

Running against Ahmed Lawan Mirwa, the speaker of the Yobe state house of assembly, certainly is not something easy on paper. Mirwa, who is representing Nguru state constituency II, has been in the state assembly for 20 years.

He was on the verge of securing another term of four years.

But 32-year-old Musa Lawan Majakura of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was determined to brace the odds. And he won.

Majakura scored 6,648 votes to defeat Mirwa of All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 6,466 votes.

Expectedly, his victory has elicited optimism for young ones in Yobe’s political ecosystem.

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This is how youth movement is done.. not like the zombidients attacking people who don't share their views left, right and centre.

As God would have it, none of the propagandists from Chinedu to his oga Obi to their accomplices like Banky won any elective position in the just concluded elections. For God is not man to be mocked..

Rubbish
Any young person that still believe in the statement"youths are the leaders of 2moro" dey play.
Nigeria that our grandparents are strugging to be our leaders. Passing to the younger generation is out of the question

Which kind leaders of tomorrow
If we following the hands off our youth as our leaders Nigeria would have been buried by now