By As the 2019 elections draws closer, the Ikorodu Division of the NotTooYoungToRun (NTYTR) in its bid to bring about a peaceful general elections after a meeting with the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. S.O.B Agungbiade yesterday, Saturday 29th 2018 has announced that the State Legislator and candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC for Ikorodu Constituency 1 has committed to and signed the Youth Against Violence Accord (YAVA).
The accord popularly known as the peace accord had its provision clearly stating that the NTYTR group will remain non-partisan to ensure peace in the forthcoming polls.
Hon. Agunbiade while signing the Youth Against Violence Accord, appreciated the movement for seeing the need to take the lead. He also responded clearly on the menace of youth and electoral violence; saying he is not for violence and that he stands for peace at all levels, he further add that, the NTYTR Ikorodu division shouldn’t limit the YAVA to just candidates but rather spread their tentacles to all stakeholders within the division.
On youth inclusion, he said from the very onset he has been including the youth and that he will continue to, he laid emphasis on programs and projects that has been done for the youth under his representation and he pledge to continue to do more.
On why the Not Too Young To Run Bill wasn’t passed in Lagos State, “there were lot of bills sent to the House to sign but during the process, the House noticed that issues of greater necessity to the state were left out. Issues of devolution of power to the state, security and state police, resource control by each state.”
“These were some of the factors that led the house to not to vote any bill at that period so they can stand on the ground that the above mentioned issues were important to the state.” Agungbiade answred.
The meeting which was well attended by the members of the NTYTR Ikorodu chapter, according to the group, is as a result of keying into the innovation of the NTYTR at the National Level, State Level, and bringing it down to their jurisdiction by meeting with Candidates, Incumbent leaders, security agencies, INEC and many more to discuss Youth and Electoral Violence, Youth Inclusion in governance and to commit them sign the Youth Against Violence Accord (YAVA).
The meeting was well attended by the members of the NotTooYoungToRun Ikorodu division.
