The Coalition of Nigerian Youths Groups has implored president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to pencil the deputy national youth coordinator of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Dr Nicolas Felix, for minister in his incoming cabinet.
It would be recalled that Felix and the national woman leader of the party, Dr Betty Edu, were among the few grassroots mobilisers who stood firmly behind the former Lagos governor throughout his campaign in Edo, Rivers and other South South states.
In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its convener, Umar Gazali, the coalition urged Tinubu to fulfill his campaign promise of constituting a cabinet that would accommodate active youths as contained in his manifesto.
According to the youth groups asked him to engage Felix in view of his track records and consistent use of modern technology to establish contacts with Nigerian youths.
The statement titled, “Coalition of Nigerian Youth Groups recommend Dr Nicolas Felix as nominee for ministerial appointment,” noted: “As the Nigerian president-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to hit the ground running by submitting the list of ministerial nominees to the National Assembly immediately after his inauguration, the Coalition of Nigerian Youth group wish to state as follows: We are mindful of the fact that our president elect is a man of wisdom and great insight.
“The need to make the right choice by appointing a competent personality that would manned the ministry for effective service delivery can never be over emphasized in this critical moment of our nation.
“As Tinubu promised during his campaign and well written in his manifesto that he will appoint youths in his cabinet, the coalition of Nigerian Youth Groups which is a conglomerate of over 50 youth organizations wish to recommend the nomination of Dr Nicolas Felix as designate minister in lieu of his vast knowledge and experience in International relations and ability to mobilize and engage the Nigeria youth.
“Dr. Nicolas Felix has proven himself by emerging third at the 2019 Presidential Election and actively boosting the campaign of the president-elect as deputy national youth coordinator. He is a believer of securing the nation to avoid having ripple effects on its economic stability.
“In view of his track records and ever readiness to employ the use of modern technology in establishing contacts and making easier the task attached with the ministry, we are convinced that Dr Nicolas Felix is the perfect and most suitable man for the job.”
