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A CASE FOR PETER OBI'S SUPPORTERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S AGENCY - CUT THEM SOME SLACK!
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I have endured the continued subjugation of young people's agency and efforts towards the 2023 elections to the background, under the guise of trying to guide them into making the "right"...
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I have endured the continued subjugation of young people's agency and efforts towards the 2023 elections to the background, under the guise of trying to guide them into making the "right"...
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political choice for Nigeria. All over the world, Youth Agency is in constant battle with suppressant voices and it is worse in Africa and Third World climes like ours. I am persuaded that this is no new discourse.
I have seen young people's efforts, choices and contribution
political choice for Nigeria. All over the world, Youth Agency is in constant battle with suppressant voices and it is worse in Africa and Third World climes like ours. I am persuaded that this is no new discourse.
I have seen young people's efforts, choices and contribution
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towards 2023 elections misrepresented as irrational, naive, undiscerning, unrealistic, delusional, insulting, and the likes. I have seen them held to high standards and expectations unprecedented. I have seen them doubt their capabilities in the face of pressure to appear..
towards 2023 elections misrepresented as irrational, naive, undiscerning, unrealistic, delusional, insulting, and the likes. I have seen them held to high standards and expectations unprecedented. I have seen them doubt their capabilities in the face of pressure to appear..
Why does Nigeria celebrate Democracy Day today?
Democracy Day is a national public holiday in Nigeria, celebrated on June 12th every year since 2018. (1/5)
#DemocracyDay2022
Democracy Day is a national public holiday in Nigeria, celebrated on June 12th every year since 2018. (1/5)
#DemocracyDay2022
Before then, it was held annually on May 29th marking the day the military handed over power to a democratically elected civilian government led by Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. (2/5)
This was the start of the longest continuous civilian rule in Nigeria since independence in 1960. 3/5
