Professor Christopher Imumolen, Accord Party (AP) presidential candidate says his status as a youth makes him eminently qualified to solve the many and varied problems affecting youths in Nigeria.
The youngest among the 18 candidates vying for the seat of president in 2023, maintains that no one can know the psychology and unique peculiarities of the youth more than a youth.
The 39-year-old philanthropist said he was not amused by the attempts of some fellow contestants to create the impression that they are youths when they are actually not.
Imumolen added that it would be a colossal error by the youths to be hoodwinked into endorsing such candidates.
“The clamour by the younger segment of the population for a president of youth extraction probably led to some persons migrating to other parties and attempting to dress themselves in the garbs of youths.
“But we all know that once a person grows past a certain age bracket, he can no longer be referred to as a youth”, the AP standard bearer said in an interview in Lagos.
“So, strictly following that analogy, I can unabashedly say that I am the only authentic youth going into the 2023 presidential elections. I need to make this categorically clear in order to sensitise the youths.
“Beyond making that clarification, I want to let the youths know that I represent their voices, that I am the one who knows their problems and therefore naturally positioned to solve them.
“They should know that this is a unique opportunity for them to make a bold statement about the much sought after paradigm shift in the power equation of this country.
“I want them to know that being in the most active and largest segment of the population, they hold the aces as regards wresting power from the older generation that haven’t offered them anything for decades.
“I want them to be analytical, clear-minded in making their choices. They should not be moved by the glibe rhetorics of some candidates who are trying vainly to not only pass themselves off as youths, but claim knowledge of their deepest desires and aspirations.
“I, Professor Christopher Imumolen, is offering the youths a future. A future where they will be appreciated, where their talents, intellect, abilities, innovativeness and resourcefulness would be engaged and utilised for the good of themselves, and Nigeria.
“I make a solemn promise to them today. No hardworking, progressively-minded youth in Nigeria will be left abandoned and uncatered for if I earn their mandate to become the next president,” he added.
