2023: BE HUMANE, CAUTIOUS AND TACTICAL IN YOUR APPROACHES DURING CAMPAIGNS~GROUP ADMONISHES POLITICAL PARTIES |OYO HINTS

IBADAN YOUTH INDIGENES WARN POLITICIANS, POLITICAL PARTIES TO BE MODERATE AND HUMANE DURING POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND ADMONISH YOUTHS  NATIONWIDE TO BE CAUTIOUS AND TACTICAL IN THEIR APPROACH TO POLITICS AS 2023 ELECTION APPROACHES

In preparation for the 2023 general elections, and as the Independent  Electoral Commission (INEC) on the 28th September 2022 lifted ban on campaign activities of political parties, we , the Integrity Youths of Ibadanland popularly known as Ibadan Youth Indigenes (I.Y.I) has a matter urgency on this day 5th October, 2022 brings the  below notes forward  to the general public to serve as warning and cautions to all politicians and political parties across board and admonishes , encourages youths  nationwide on politics.

IYI , is a  non - partisan political youth organisation that has been for years, concerned and committed to the advocacy for good governance at all levels in Nigeria, and which exists primarily  to pursue, promote and protect the interest of Ibadan indigenes in all ramifications. With an open mind for free and fair elections come 2023, we strongly want to state in clear terms the following to politicians and political parties alongside their loyalists ahead of 2023 general elections as follows  ; 

(A) That  all politicians and  political parties  should  as matter of urgency and necessity  endeavour to  work strictly in line with  the documents  jointly signed by political parties leaders recently in Abuja through  the  National Peace Committee  under the Chairmanship of the former president, General  AbdulSalami . A. Abubakar ; 

(B) That  all political  parties' leaders and stalwarts in the  36 states and 774 local governments should  be held responsible  if any of  these agreement made in  the document is breached  , in this wise they should all caution  their respective  loyalists  to be moderate during and after the campaigns for  the election  of President  , the National Assembly  Members and State Houses of  Assembly  in the year 2023 ;

(C) That political parties and their candidates  should  come to the  campaign grounds or rallies  with issue - based manifestoes  on veritable  solutions to  bring  our Nation out of this convoluted conundrums or quagmire we have found ourselves ;  

(D) That at I.Y.I, we believe  that  our great city, Ibadan , the capital of Oyo State can not singularly develop because of constitutional and domineering powers of the central government without the development of the whole that is why we always  talk about good governance at all levels, in this wise , we are of the opinion that any political scene that affects Ibadan  can probably  affect  the South  West Nigeria and later degenerate to the whole country. We use this medium to call on all politicians and political parties to specially be cautioned, moderate , and humane while campaigning  in Oyo state and particularly, the city of Ibadan.  And that they should all see politics as " A Game of Development " not " A Do or Die Affair " .

(E) That all youth  nationwide , should  rise up this time  for real politics, and they should  be tactical and diplomatical in their approach to politics; that they should  not in any way be allowed to be used as "DESTRUCTIVE TOOLS"  to  the development of our Nation. 

(F) That the general  public should  at this time be ready  to question political parties and their  candidates on issues that will bring unprecedented development for our society.

(G) That the only issue that should  bother every patriotic Nigerian ( the electorates) , is the election of good nationalist as the president of Nigeria and God- fearing  and competent  Senators , Honourable  Members of House of Representatives  and  Honourable  of Houses of Assembly in the 36 - states and  Federal Capital, Abuja , irrespective  of his /her religion;

(H) That the forthcoming election should be a great  means for all and sundry to kick-out bad governance that has caused us gross insecurity, unemployment, over - dependence on imports, perenial inflation,  devaluation of Naira, fraud , corruption, Gross National Debt , over dependence on oil , terrorism, ethnic divisions, extreme poverty, uncivilized cultural  practice among others.

(I) That IYI wish to reiterate and  is of the opinion  that for us to achieve good governance in real sense of it, the 1999 constitution, foisted on Nigerians by the Military should be discarded outrightly because  , this is no longer in tune with realities of the present day Nigeria and that presumably, if this 1999 Constitution still produce another crop of leaders  for the Nation in the year 2023 and  after , this will end up in producing transactional and recycled leaders or call it dealers, with no ability  to things around for Nigeria and Nigerians.

( J) Lastly , that we IYI pray to God , the Almighty to guide our leaders aright and pray for successful and bloodshedless in the year 2023 general  elections. Amin.

E-Signed : 

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Eni Iyi Ojekunle Wasiu

President  IYI 

Eni Iyi  Kamaldeen  Ganiyu

General  Secretary IYI

5th October, 2022