FG urged to declare June 12 Nigerian Youth Day

SON of late Chief MKO Abiola, the acclaimed
winner of the June 1993 presidential election,
Mr. Abdul Abiola, yesterday, urged the Federal
Government to declare June 12 as Nigerian
Youth Day.
Also, son of late legal luminary and human
rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), Mr.
Mohammed Fawehinmi, and the Chairman,
Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area, Lagos,
Comrade Ayodele Adewale, enjoined youths to
put themselves forward for elective positions
in 2015.
Abiola made the call at a rally in Lagos
organised by the Nigerian Youth Leadership
Group, NYLAG, to mark the World
International Day of the Youth.
Speaking after a walk in Ikeja which terminated
at the Governor’s Office, Abiola, son of late
Mrs. Kudirat Abiola, told newsmen that the
youth contributed very much to the electoral
success of the late MKO.
He said: “Nigeria needs to recognise its youth
and give a special day to celebrate them.
“June 12 cannot be swept under the carpet.
The youth who are the future of this nation
will be gingered more if such a special day as
June 12 is set aside for them”.
Also speaking, the National Coordinator of
NYLAG, Mr. Onyekachi Eze, said that June 12
should be declared a youth day to honour
those that lost their lives especially the youth.
He added that “the Nigerian government is yet
to set aside a date for its own youth. Young
people across the country are facing
increasingly tough times. Setting aside a day as
June 12 for the Nigerian youth will make a
tremendous impact and make the young
Nigerian more democratised.”