25 May 2019
The National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN's elections into the eighteen local government chapters billed to take place today has been anticipated to be generally peaceful NEGROIDHAVEN has confirmed.
Speaking exclusively to our correspondent, the state chair of NYCN, Comr Ndiyo Ndiyo assured that based on feelers he has from the ten-man Central Planning Committee, CPC headed by Comr Maurice Nkong, the security agencies and the eighteen returning officers sent to the eighteen local government chapters the elections will be hitch free and widely successful.
Ndiyo further observed that in some LG chapters, the elections which will be by concensus or by contest will hold simultaneously across the length and breadth of the state.
'The Returning Officers are already on their way, we are still despatching materials. Across the State we have gotten readiness of the security.
'We are giving a new face to what we are doing. Not the usual way of people hanging around politicians just to get position. This time around, let the real youths elect who they want to be their leaders. We are very serious and committed to this ideal.'
Chair Ndiyo informed that eligibility to vote in today's state wide elections will be a membership of an organisation that is affiliated to the NYCN: 'There is no local government that does not have at least thirty-five organisations affiliated to the NYCN which will participate in this elections.'
Nigerian youths under the aegis of NYCN will be jostling for eleven elective executive offices.
Recall that NEGROIDHAVEN had reported that, National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN to conduct LG elections in C/River State
