No fewer than 1,515 young Nigerians will contest for the Senate and House of Representatives positions at the forthcoming general elections. “The release of the list of candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission, for elections into the National Assembly and other offices provides invaluable data. “This afforded YIAGA AFRICA the opportunity to carry out a comprehensive analysis of youths candidacy in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. He said that the first segment was on youth participation in the National Assembly, and Presidential elections while the second was on the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. She said that the number of young female candidates in the 2015 general elections was below 20 per cent and was even lower in the 2019 general elections.

Source: Punch February 06, 2019 16:18 UTC