• ask Obaseki to fulfil 60 per cent youth representation in Cabinet promise

Youths of Edo state under the aegis of Edo Youth Parliament, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to convoke a National Dialogue Conference amid secession calls and growing tension in the country.

The youths made the call on Saturday June 12 in a statement to mark this year's Democracy Day celebration, in Benin city. The statement was signed by Speaker of the Youth Parliament, Rt. Hon. Osawe Uwagboe.

EYP said the call became necessary owing to the growing tension in the country. According to the Youth Parliament, the National Conference would allow stakeholders profer solution to the rising tension.

Uwagboe said with the current situation plaguing the country, the youths must sit and reflect on the gains of the Nation and jettison the “infinitesimal disagreement” that threatens to tear her apart.

“I appeal to our youths not to be easy tools in the hands of destructive elements in our country”, he said, revealing plans by EYP to convey town hall meetings to x-ray the legion of problems confronting the youths with the aim of providing solutions to address them.

The Speaker commended the efforts of the Edo state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki in “infrastructural development” while congratulating him on his recent victory at the Supreme Court.

“I call on him to live up to his promise of 60% inclusion of Youths in his cabinet. I am confident that there are a lot of youths who can contribute greatly and positively to the development and advancement of Edo state.”

Rt. Hon. Uwagboe urged Edo youths to remain peaceful and law-abiding, with an assurance that the Edo Youth Parliament under his watch would touch their lives positively with the youths feeling the impact.

Meanwhile, the Speaker has called on Nigerian youths to use the Democracy Day to remember the sacrifices that “our Heroes Past” made for today's Democracy, adding that such sacrifices were made for the growth of Nigeria and not regional or sub-regional growth.

Uwagboe describes Democracy Day as a day that holds great memory and significance in our National epoch. “June 12 reminds us of the sweet and bitter taste of democracy, it also reminds us of the struggle that led to our Independence as a Nation, end to military participation in politics and their eventual return to the barracks. June 12 symbolises blood sacrifices for the planting of evolving democracy,” he concluded.

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