Siminialayi Fubara: Wike’s Example Of Youth Inclusiveness In Governance

According to latest statistcs, majority of our country’s population are youth. But despite this natural growth trend in the number of young people in Nigeria, there is no  corresponding increase in opportunities for them.
It is this teeming vibrant and energetic youth that are capable of mustering the needed energy that can propel Nigeria into a prosperous  future, yet they are hardly remembered when it comes to political empowerment. Nigerian youths are innovative, hard working and resilient and if given opportunities can excell in any field of endeavour. Ironically this young population is considered good enough only for thuggery, snatching of ballot boxes and wielding  dangerous weapons, including AK47 during elections.
These same youths  are neglected and dumped after the purpose for engaging them has been achieved.
They are never considered for political power. This has heightend youth unemployment and also accounted for most of the challenges of insecurity presently ravaging our country.
It is on this note that we should all  give kudos to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike CON, GSSRS, POS (Africa) for involving youths in governance.
Governor Wike instead of making unpalatable, provocative and derogatory  comments about the youth as others had done in the past,  decided to give them their rightful place in the scheme of things.
The Governor  has  demonstrated  that he has the interest of Rivers youth at heart by repositioning them rightly in the political equation of the state, with the endorsement of a vibrant, energetic and articulate  Rivers youth, Amaopusenibo Siminialayi Fubara to occupy the number one office in the State.
Governor Wike has proven to all Rivers people that youths can drive national development if given the opportunity.
Siminialayi Fubara being a young person obvously understands the peculiar problems of the youths and we are convinced he has the capacity and positive mindset to confront them. Credit should also go to the Peoples Democratic Party,  (PDP) in Rivers State for electing this articulate and vibrant young man to fly its governorship flag in the 2023 elections.
I  strongly believe that youths of Rivers State irrespective of political leanings need to rally round their own to ensure his victory at the polls.
Youths of Rivers State need to grasp this singular opportunity with their whole hands realising that such opportunity does not come too often. Our dear youths should hold, cherish, guide and guard what they now have  very jealously lest it slips off their hands. After all, it is this same youth population that had  advocated for a law to afford them the chance to vie for political offices in the land from Presidency to Governorship.
Today, youths of Rivers State have the opportunity to rewrite history in their favour. Sim Fubara is that symbol of political  empowerment the youths have yearned for all these years. It is now time for you to rise up and take your destiny in your own hands.

By: Paul Deeyah
Deeyah writes from Port Harcourt.