Abubakar, presidential hopeful, counsels youths on mentoring
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this is a matter that has to be addressed to raise high number of intellectually sound youths to play high quality politics1 former vice president atiku abubakar who is eyeing the presidency in 2019 has stressed the need for the youths to be properly mentored before venturing into politics1 the vice president from 1999 ft0 2007 on the platform of pdp identified poor quality of education as one of the factors affecting youths participation in high quality politics in nigeria1 the presidential aspirant who defected from the ruling all progressives congress apc to his former pdp again was represented by the chairman all atiku support group mr oladimeji fabiyi at the symposium with the topic politics qua politic atiku abubakar the youths and the nigerian state1 abubakar said that in developed countries young people who had the potential of being politicians were identified in schools and exposed to political activities along their academic programmes1 by the time they graduate from school they have mastered the political terrains of their countries. they also try to empower themselves before going full blast into politics1 abubakar however said that in nigeria a large chunk of youths get involved in politics by accident adding that they ventured into politics because politics was seen as a quick way to make money1 he said that a lot of them crashed in and crashed out of politics because they failed to achieve their targets within a short period1 i have come to realise that the damage that poor quality of education has done to nigerian youths1 he spoke as a special guest of honour at a symposium tagged the man atiku organised by turaki youth ambassadors turaya on saturday in abuja1 they also need exposure and financial empowerment in their quest to wrestle power from the older generation who have mastered the game over time1 remember the older generation of nigerian politicians ventured into politics when they were young and since politics is addictive it is not usually easy to quit1 the reality is that young persons must work hard and should device superior arguments and strategies to send the older generation into retirement and to achieve their political targets abubakar said1 he noted that a lot of mentorship is required in the countrys clime to come out of smoky political terrain1 i did mine with the late shehu yaradua just as am impacting my knowledge skills and experience on young persons i come across1 he advised nigerian youths interested in politics to subject themselves to mentorship1 earlier the president turaya mr ayo akinrimisi said that abubakar has paid his dues to be the next president of nigeria saying he has empowered many nigerian youths1 he pledged that turaya formed in 2003 would work with over 500 support groups now working and other available groups to elect abubakar in 2019. nan1