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Muhammad Sanusi II, emir of Kano, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, ooni  of Ife and Benjamin Ikechukwu, dein of Agbor, are expected to attend the southern and northern young leaders conference.

The programme which is meant for the deliberation on the non-inclusion of young people in the political process with a view to finding a solution, is scheduled to hold in Enugu on March 3, and Kano on March 10.

It  is convened by the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) to “redefine the future of young people leading to the 2019 general election”.

According to a statement by the organisers, the conference would also serve as an avenue to reawaken the consciousness of young leaders on how best to make alignments and affiliations that would guarantee a better representation of young people in Nigeria’s political configuration.

“The serious need to galvanize the political and socio-economical consciousness of young leaders across the country is long overdue. More so, this has become more imperative given the unfortunate tide of political developments in our collective history as a people,” the statement read.

“One of the cardinal objectives of this both conferences is to primarily create a citadel where young Nigerian Political leaders will converge to intellectually brainstorm, evaluate and affirm their position on the current economic and political realities in Nigeria, with a view to fashioning out strategic plan and commitment.

”Amongst other things, the Southern/Northern Young Leaders Conference would serve as a conglomerate of collective reasoning on the need for every eligible young Nigerian to be registered as a member of a political party to be determined at the end of the conference.

”Furthermore, this conference would ensure that every young Nigerian duly acquires his or her Permanent Voters Card (PVC) as the only way to define a roadmap for the Nigerian state ahead of 2019.

“Participants in this conference would not be limited to young political leaders only. The composition would cut across all young political aspirants, student union leaders from tertiary institutions in Nigeria, young opinion leaders, leading young professionals of industry and other establishments known for youth advocacy.”