Nigerian youths have been charged to be at the vanguard of the Federal Government’s drive to establish a stable democratic polity through the conduct of free, fair and credible elections in 2011.
Minister of Police Affairs, Adamu Maina Waziri gave the Charge when he received members of the Association of Northern Nigerian Students (ANNS) in his office on a courtesy visit.
The minister, who received members of the Association on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan, said the time had come for the youths of this country to resist being used as agents of destabilisation and electoral misconducts.
According to him, as long as people refuse to imbibe acceptable democratic norms especially in the conduct of elections, the future of the youths would remain unsecure, which is why they should rise up to the struggle against violence, rigging and all forms of electoral manipulations as the country gears up to the next general elections.
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The Federal Government, he said, will continue to encourage such associations as theirs, as long as they are formed to promote peaceful coexistence, unity and national development. He assured them of President Jonathan’s support for their programmes.
Earlier, leader of the delegation, and National President of the association, Comrade Aruwa Ismaila told the minister that they decided to pay the solidarity visit to President Jonathan to assure him of their support in view of the numerous and unprecedented development projects embarked upon by the present Federal Government in the northern part of the country and the country in general.
He commended the President on the implementation of the Police Reform programme and the amnesty for militants in the Niger Delta both of which have led to improvement in the security situation of the country and has had a positive effect on investments in the oil and gas sector.
Other projects and actions for which the association also commended President Jonathan include the dredging of the River Niger which will create six river ports in the northern part of the country, upgrading of Kaduna Polytechnic and Federal Colleges of Education at Zaria, Bichi and Kano to degree-awarding institutions and the establishment of three new refineries with one located at Itobe in Kogi State.
The association also noted the construction and rehabilitation work on the Maiduguri-Damaturu-Azare-Kano road, Abuja-Lokoja-Benin road, Maiduguri-Biu-Numan road, the Jebba-Kano railway line and the resumption of mining activities of coal deposits at Okaba in Kogi State, Lafia/Obi in Nassarawa State, Ashaka in Gombe State, Alkaleri in Bauchi State and Sokoto.
Aruwa also informed the minister of the plan by the Association to organize the 1st All Northern Students Peace and Development Summit billed to hold in Abuja in September and appealed for support.
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