The National Youth Council of Nigeria, Cross River State Chapter had urged the All progressive Congress (APC), Youth Lobby group to label its events properly to avoid misleading the Youth of Cross River.
The Chairman Comrade Dan Obo made this known to press men at his office.
Read His Speech below!
STATEMENT BY THE CROSS RIVER CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL OF NIGERIA, NYCN, COMR. DAN OBO, IN REACTION TO THE FORTHCOMING ‘CROSS RIVER YOUTH SUMMIT’ BILLED FOR 19TH FEBRUARY 2022 IN CALABAR
Fellow Cross River youth and gentlemen of the press,
Permit me to welcome you once again to the state secretariat of the umbrella youth body in Nigeria, namely, the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN. Thank you for coming at such a short notice.
I have invited you to this briefing basically because of an infraction on the integrity of Nigerian youths which I think should not go unaddressed.
It is particularly in respect of the forthcoming so-called publicised ‘Cross River State Youth Summit’ organised by the Cross River State APC Lobby Group billed to take place in Calabar.
There is a fundamental problem with the event which I think I should draw the attention of Cross River state youth, Cross Riverians and the organisers alike to; the said problem is with the tag of the event, ‘Cross River State Youth Summit’ billed for the 19th of February.
The so-called Cross River State Youth Summit is not a political meeting for the entirety of the youth of Cross River – both those who are indigenous to and resident in the state. It is a summit for Nigerian youths who are members of the APC. To tag an APC youth event a state youth event carries a subtle attempt to cajole Nigerian youth into buying into the wares of the APC as a political party.
Mind you, as the leader of Cross River youths, I am not legislating on which political parties Nigerian youths should identify with. Of course, youth can identify with any political parties of their conviction and choice but, neither those who have nor any political parties should cajole likely gullible Nigerian youths into thinking that the Cross River State Youth Summit is a state youth summit, whereas it is an APC State Youth Summit.
So, the organisers of the said event which were inaugurated on 27th February by the APC national youth leader, Alhaji Ismaeel Ahmed, should label their events accordingly as it is done in other states and geopolitical zones –it should be APC Cross River State Youth Summit not, Cross River State Youth Summit.
I reiterate:
1. APC Youth Lobbyists group in Cross River should label themselves and their events billed for 19th February properly as obtainable in similar events in other states and geopolitical zones,
2. They should desist from bandying a pan-Cross River youth tag in the state as this is a deliberate but, cunning attempt to deceive Nigerian youths in the state to buy their political wares,
3. The National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN therefore dissociates itself from the so-called ‘Cross River State Youth Summit’ on the premise that the event and organisation is not inclusive of all youth but, divisive of Nigerian Youths residents in and indigenous to the state –divisive because it doesn't carry along youth of every political divide and even within the ranks of APC youth it's unfortunately divisive,
4. NYCN in Cross River frowns at any attempt to arbitrarily divide and rule Nigerian youths to their disadvantage but the unwholesome benefits of their traducers,
5. NYCN in Cross River cautions every youth in the state to be careful of political jobbers way beyond their generation who are mascuerading as youth but are wolves in sheep's clothing,
6. NYCN in Cross River charges youth to be firmly united, because united we stand, divided we shall suffer.
Comr. Dan Obo
Cross River Chair,
National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN;
16th February 2023
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