YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN ELECTORAL PROCESS A STUDY ON THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN THE 2015 ELECTION IN BIRNIN KEBBI
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The youth are acclaimed to be the future leaders, because of the crucial role they play in political and social development of any nation. They serve as the building block that links the past with the present. They also represent the future hope of every society. The survival of any political system depend on the role of youth in participatory democratic plat form which allowed all groups regardless of their position, to participate, articulate and negotiate the interest of national unity.1
A cardinal feature of democracy remains the active participation of people in governance. The idea of youth participation in electoral process has become a popular part of contemporary political talk in every part of the world. In democratic states youth are leaders of tomorrow. This is because their age category is accompanied with physical, emotional and cognitive development that provides them the opportunity to contribute their own quota toward the growth and development of the nations.youth can be identified in the society as transitional stage because of the overall development that take place within the fixed age category. The place and participation of youth in our political process cannot be undermined or over emphasized. For our democracy to be stable and functional youth must be part of the process. Youth have both right and
responsibility to help to shape future that they would inherit and quality of life they would experienced.
Youth participation as a substantial force for inducing planed change which has gained a universal recognition. Youth participation is an expression of an essential involvement of people in their electoral process. The idea of youth has existed throughout modern civilization, rapid technological development which has resulted in series of lines capable of social reality and also youth participation help to the adoption of such realities.6 before then changed has occurred without plans or guidance but, today the trained is towards a planned. Change has enable youth in a large segment of societies to actively participate in planning and deliberates changes by creating political parties which affect their lives
YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN ELECTORAL PROCESS A STUDY ON THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN THE 2015 ELECTION IN BIRNIN KEBBI