Happening Now! Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere Resigns as President of National Youth Council of Nigeria

Happening Now!
Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere Resigns as President of National Youth Council of Nigeria
..To concentrate on his Job as  Chairman of APP party and Opposition Coalition(CUPP) Spokesperson
..Fixes early Unity National  Youth council Congress  for emergence of his successor

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15th May, 2019

The Secretary General
National Youth Council of Nigeria
National Headquarters
Abuja

Dear Sir,

*NOTICE OF MY RESIGNATION FROM OFFICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL OF NIGERIA TO ENABLE ME FOCUS FULLY AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF A POLITICAL PARTY, OPPOSITION SPOKESPERSON (CUPP) AND ADVOCATE OF RULE OF LAW*

Following my deep involvement in opposition politics during my leave from the Youth Council  particularly as the Spokesperson of the Nigerian opposition, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) and as the National Chairman of Action People’s Party (APP), I have come to the informed conclusion that I may not be in a position to be totally neutral to lead Nigerian youths as the President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria. My long absence and foray into opposition politics has created a huge vacuum that has lead to the emergence of factional leaders and splinter groups who are destroying the unity of the Council.

I have also consulted with my family, friends and associates and I believe it is going to be a disservice to the National Youth Council of Nigeria to be in a position where my personal political interests/affiliations will conflict with the common interest of the generality of Nigerian youths. It is based on the foregoing that I hereby serve on you the notice of my resignation from office as the President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria effective immediately a successor who will emerge from the upcoming unity Congress in the coming days is sworn in. I have called for early Congress for the vacancy to be filled in view of  the decision of my deputy to resign alongside with me, and ratify the Life National Patron of the Council.

Recall Sir, that while we were in office the Federal Ministry of Youth Development contributed in no small measure to the perennial crisis rocking the Council. That despite the affirmation of the legitimacy of our leadership by the FCT High Court, which is still valid and subsisting till today, the Ministry continued to disobey the valid orders of the court. The distraction from the Ministry really slowed our pace.

Despite the negative actions of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, we were able to achieve within the time the launching of the NYCN Football Club, The Bulldozers which is presently doing very well in the FCT League. We were also very prominent in the processes leading to the passage of the Not Too Young To Run Bill by the National Assembly which has since been assented to by the President and which has made it possible for a lot of young Nigerians to contest for elective offices in the country. We also identified the location of the Five Billion Naira (N5,000,000,000.00) Youth Village land that was illegally sold and some of the persons who were involved in the sale. This discovery was a major reason why we were opposed as many persons in government were involved in the illegal land transaction. Our opponents were funded by those who partook in denying the youths their collective legacy.

To ensure we leave office immediately and in the interest of the Youth Council, Nigerian youths and to avoid a vacuum, I have called for early unity elections so that a new leadership will emerge in the Council, take over and drive the Council from where we have stopped.

Furthermore, I call on my fellow comrades, brothers and sisters in the struggle, who have fueled and benefited from the divisions in the Council to look at the greater good of the National Youth Council and take the honourable path of making personal sacrifice of stepping aside to allow the emergence of younger, neutral and more vibrant leadership.

I have all it takes to sustain my leadership and claim to the Presidency of the National Youth Council with the Court judgment and my financial resources, but I have decided to make this great sacrifice of voluntarily stepping aside and call for early congress to institute a leadership that will unify us all and move us to greater heights.

His Youthfulness,
Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere
President National Youth Council of Nigeria and Leader of Nigerian Youths
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