The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reconciliation committee has proposed an amendment of the party’s constitution. The recommended amendment will limit the position of youth leader at all levels to persons aged between 18 and 35 years.
The party’s national reconciliation and strategy committee (NRSC), made the recommendation in a letter addressed to the PDP national chairman Prince Uche Secondus dated March 25, 2021.
In the letter, the committee chairman and former senate president, Bukola Saraki, said the move will foster the active participation of youths in the party.
Sariki noted that the committee “recommended that the National Executive Council of PDP amends our party’s constitution to ensure that only young people between the ages of 18 and 35 can vie for the office of Youth Leader – at all levels.”
He also stated that the committee recommended that the party waive off nomination fees for persons below the age of 35 seeking elective positions under its platform.
“As part of our efforts to ensure further youth inclusion and participation in politics, last week, the PDP Reconciliation & Strategy Committee recommended that all young people below the age of 35 should be granted fee waivers on nomination forms,” he said.
The committee had been established to resolve disagreements and reconcile aggrieved members in order to foster unity within the party.
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