El-Suraj Declares Bid for APC Zonal Organizing Secretary
By Rabiu Musa
HOTPEN – Hon. Suraj Sunusi Abubakar also known as El-Suraj has declared his interest to contest for the office of the North-West Zonal Organizing Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
El-Suraj said the decision to contest the position was made out of passion to champion the progressive cause of redefining the hope, aspirations and political desire of the young people to channel their energy and readiness to become political leaders on the platform of the All Progressive Congress.
He added that “the position of the Zonal Organizing Secretary is not a position for elders alone, it’s a position for all interested APC members, especially those that are adequately prepared for the task which I believe the youth are ready, as such we the youth our mandate is to strengthen the confidence reposed on us and to ensure that youth never feel marginalized from the mainstream of politics and we shall always be the pride of our great party”.
According to El-Suraj, “the 2012 National Baseline Youth Survey undertaken by the National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, estimated the population of youth aged 18-35 years as 52.2 million”
To this end, “If we take between the number of youth out-of-politics and the number of youth participating in contemporary politics and holding key developmental positions at all level, we’ll discover that the level of downturn in youth representation due to the disenfranchisement of the youths from holding key political parties’ positions is worrisome”
He further added that “When there are hindrances to participating in political parties’ processes, the youth feels sidelined”. “This in turn leads to having low turn out at the polls, several trends have shown that the rates of those who vote from 18-25, drops as the years go by”.
El-Suraj called on great youths of the party to support his ambition and assist in setting a newer Nigeria. He said “the skills and experience we gained from the activities of APC in 2015 and 2019 have empowered our political momentum and we shall lead a positive change in Nigeria”
“The difference i shall make and the developments i will bring to the youth and the All Progressive Congress is solely on the transformation and redefinition of massive youth involvement in party politics, while bringing them closer to the party and the government, and i will assist the chairman on the issues of rewarding loyal members”.
“The motivation to run for the National Youth Leadership for our great party will be nothing but credibility, competency, astuteness and more Youths Mobilization to our great Party”
“It is on this note that i urge the Nigerian youths to lose the culture of political apathy and join the political process, to become part and parcel of the political processes to give our time effort and energy in the interest of the party and the nation by extension”.