Cleric Charges Christian Youths On Biased Voting 

A clergy, Rev. Fr. Bahago Musa, has urged Christian youths to shun voting based on religious and ethnic lines, and vote people with credible characters and track records for growth and development of the country.
Rev. Fr. Musa, who is the Coordinator, Justice Development and Peace Commission in Niger State, gave the charge at a political Summit tagged “Uniting Nigeria: The Role of Christian Youths”, organised by the Niger State Chapter of Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) in Minna, weekend.
While delivery a paper titled, “The Role of Christian Youths”, he explained that politics was not the factor causing division among Nigerians.
According to him, division was caused by politicians who use religion and ethnicity to divide and bring disunity among Nigerians.
He said for Christian youths to contribute to the unity of the country, they must be conscious of the problems confronting the country, participate actively in politics, be disciplined and reject corruption.
“Christians have been left behind because they believe politics is dirty. Instead of seeing it as dirty, you should rather get involved in politics to change the narrative and make impact”, he said.
Musa enjoined Christian youths to participate actively in politics, become cards carrying members and carry along the virtues of love, peace and charity.
Earlier in his welcome address, Mr Emmanuel Danladi, Chairman of YOWICAN in Niger State, said the purpose of the summit was to bring Christian youths together and make them active participants in politics.
He added that the effort was to ensure that Christians make themselves available to participate in politics to achieve equal representation in governance.
In his remarks, Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger State, Rev. Yohanna Bulus, said the association had set guidelines for Christians to vote for candidates with credible characters, competencies, capacity and policies.
Bulus, represented by Mr Julius Umaru, urged Christian youths to desist from electoral violence during the forthcoming general elections and exercise their franchise in a peaceful and orderly manner.
In their separate goodwill messages, Mr Jonathan Vatsa, former Commissioner of Information in Niger, Mr Habila Diko, Director, Research and Strategy of CAN in Niger, said that the consequence of Christian youths seeing politics as a dirty game is that the dirty people in politics would continue to make laws for them.
They called on the youths not to allow themselves to be used for political violence, urging them not to sell their votes, but vote their conscience and vote for people who care about their future.