As a 20-year-old belongs to Mary Eden Ogwuche already the minority of the population who have the right to vote. More than 50 per cent of the country’s inhabitants is under 18 years of age. But the two candidates that the choice is between are both over 70 years old. Incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari, is 76 years old and has spent a large part of the last term of office in London, where he has been treated for an unknown ailment and was Atiku Abubakar is only four years younger. Now requires the younger generation of first time voters repent.
at the Lagos university campus spends Eden Ogwuche Friday afternoon together with buddies that have already started their higher studies. She will soon seek to biologiprogrammet to later specialize in marine biology. Friend Comfort Eve, a year younger, has already begun their studies in English. She had been looking forward to the vote in Saturday’s election but could not get their voting cards in time.
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“I was there, and patents, several times in november but they just said for me to come back the next day and at the end I felt it was a waste of time,” says Comfort Eve.
After that the electoral body Inec, at the eleventh hour cancellation of the elections would have been held last Saturday, has the past week been marked by the war of words between the two mainstream parties, APC and PDP on whose fault it was that the election was postponed by seven days. They both argue that the opposing side is trying to cheat their way to victory in the election is the most important in Africa.
going to vote for the ruling party, APC in the local governor about two weeks, but on the national level, she is tired of the established players, they are led by old men out of touch with today’s young people. Instead, she will choose randomly among a plethora of oetablerade candidates.
– Otherwise it just becomes a rotation of the same type of men, ” she says.
Further away in the cafeteria sits the three young men crouched behind a box. Clinton Onyenemezu skipping this year’s election, just as disillusioned as the women’s ten metres away, but adds that one must not vote on the youth if it is the only reason.
– See the Macros in France, which came in with this aura of idealism. His country is falling apart around him and he doesn’t know what he should do about it. Youth is not only of benefit, ” he says.
Emmanuel Macron visited Lagos a year or two ago and went on the famous music club The Shrine, founded by etablissemangskritikern Fela Kuti, in an attempt to connect with african youth. Migration to Europe has attracted the attention of Europe in relation to Africa’s rapidly growing generation of young people and a range of heavy leaders – Angela Merkel and Theresa May, with the several – have flown south over the Mediterranean sea during the last year.
“well It was fun that he came here,” says Onyenemezu if the Macrons visit in 20-miljonerstaden Lagos.
Samuel Daniel and Clinton Onyenemezu are skeptical about this year’s line-up of candidates. Photo: Erik Esbjörnsson
– And it is fun that he got to experience Africa and our culture. But it made no difference to me, ” he says.
