The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara on Monday observed that the country had been under the stranglehold of men and women of a generation that had overreached itself, stressing that nothing will be conceded to the younger generation without a fight.
The Speaker, who stated this in Abuja during an interactive session with leaders of students of Nigerian Universities organised by the National Institute of Legislative Studies, NILS, stressed that younger Nigerians can only fight by registering to vote during elections and ensuring that their votes count.
His words, “The truth is that nothing will be ceded or conceded to your generation without a fight. In this endeavour, your voices mean nothing if you don’t have the votes. Therefore, all students in Nigeria must not only register to vote and cast their votes during elections, they must also ensure that their votes, count.”
Dogara, who encouraged the students that in them lay the promise of a great nation that would emerge from the ashes of the current travails, to create a Nigeria that everybody would be proud of, enjoined all Nigerian youths not to despair or feel helpless, despondent or marginalised.
According to him, “This country belongs to you but it’s under the stranglehold of men and women of a generation that have overreached itself.
“The truth is that nothing will be ceded or conceded to your generation without a fight. In this endeavour, your voices mean nothing if you don’t have the votes. Therefore, all students in Nigeria must not only register to vote and cast their votes during elections, they must also ensure that their votes, count.
“There is no other better way by which you will earn respect for yourselves and ensure that the gifts you have taken to the university to polish ultimately benefit your generation.”
