Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections saw the emergence of three legislators in their 20s.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared 26-year-old Rasheed Kashamu the House of Assembly election winner in Ijebu North Constituency 1 in Ogun State. Kashamu, the son of the late Senator Kashamu, polled 10,004 votes to displace the incumbent from the All Progressives Party, APC.
A similar feat was achieved in Kwara State, a 26-year-old, Rukayat Shittu, was declared winner as a fresh member of the state House of Assembly.
Also, Muhammad Adamu Oyanki has been declared among the youngest elected legislators in the just concluded HoA elections,he won the State House of Assembly seat for Doma North Constituency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Nasarawa State.
The development is a boost for Nigeria’s not-too-young-to-run bill initiative to encourage the participation of young Nigerians in politics.
In May 2018, President Muhammadu signed the not-too-young-to-run bill into law.