Muyiwa Dada,
Fraud may have rocked the Not-Too-Young to Run party as members of the political party are making claims and counter claims over alleged donation to the party before the recently concluded 2019 general election.
Already, the Coalition of progressive parties in Osun state is demanding explanation on how the donation was expended. In a press statement by the chairman of the group, Wole Adedoyin, members are worried that the money might have been diverted to personal use.
“We want to know how £795,000 was spent” the group stated in the statement.
Adedoyin, also national coordinator of the National Inter-Party Youth Alliance (NIYA) urged the donor for the realization of the Not Too Young To Run project to probe and make available public how the fund given to actualize the project was spent.
Mr. Adedoyin said this after an emergency meeting to review the participation of youth in the just concluded 2019 general elections in the country.
According to the press statement, “Apart from writing and signing of the bill to law and extensive publicity given to the project, we did not see any other impact of the project.”
“Some young and dedicated young politicians were denied their party tickets due to nomination and intention form fees; some that were given ticket could not afford printing posters. Inadequate training and workshops to mention but few were some of the problems faced by young politicians intended to run for offices in the last 2019 general elections.”
“The only impact recorded by the project is the signing of the bill into law which made it possible for people below 30 to contest and be voted for.”
They urged the donor to beam their searchlight on how the money was spent and make the outcome of the report public.
