From Ifeoma Ejiofor
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), Anambra State Directorate, has advocated total practice of a true democratic governance in Nigeria where youths would be given an opportunity to partake actively in building a better Nigeria.
The Anambra State Director of the Agency, Mr. Edozie Ajaegbu, stated this while playing a host to the Executive Director, Catch Them Young Community Initiative, Mr. Nonso Orakwe and his team who paid him an advocacy visit.
Mr Ajaegbu, who acknowledged the activities of the association geared towards bettering the lots of greater percentage of Nigerian youths, pledged the support of NOA to the human oriented programmes of the group.
The support according to Mr Ajaegbu is aimed at making their voice heard across the length and weight of the state through the foot soldiers of the Agency drawn from the twenty-one local government areas.
The Executive Director of the Group, Mr. Nonso Orakwe, in his remarks noted that his group has been partnering with NOA in implementation of their programmes over the years.
He explained that the group was established in 2020 with a clear vision of building active Nigerian youths with the burning desire to participate holistically in the political, leadership and electoral processes of the country.
He noted that the group is currently working on what he described as Youths Led Electoral Reform Project in Anambra State, hence the visit, recalling that a lot of Nigerian youths who eagerly participated wholeheartedly in the 2023 general elections expressed high spirit of disappointment following the end products of the elections.
The Executive Director emphasized that the group in conjunction with the National Endowment For Democracy conducted online survey on the activities of the 2023 general elections in the country and found out that 50% Nigerian youths were disappointed with the outcome of the elections, hence the 5 priority recommendations of the group for Nigerians.
According to him, the 5 priority recommendations of the group are establishment of electoral offences commission, post election petition resolution, timely transmission of election results, proper selection of INEC leadership to remove political influence and interpretation of permanent voters cards by the concerned authority.