{"id":59866,"date":"2025-01-24T11:44:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T11:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59866"},"modified":"2025-01-24T11:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T11:44:58","slug":"2027-youth-group-urges-seyi-tinubu-to-contest-governorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/24\/2027-youth-group-urges-seyi-tinubu-to-contest-governorship\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Youth Group Urges Seyi Tinubu to Contest Governorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Southern Youth Movement (SYM), has called on Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to run for Lagos State Governor in the 2027 elections.<br \/>\nThe appeal was made on January 24, 2025, in a statement by the group\u2019s National President, High Chief Promise Lawuru.<br \/>\nSYM highlighted Seyi Tinubu\u2019s qualifications, emphasizing his deep connection to Lagos and his ability to meet constitutional requirements.<br \/>\nThe group vowed to mobilize support across southern Nigeria, advocating for increased youth participation in governance.<br \/>\n\u201cSeyi Tinubu is qualified to be governor in all ramifications,\u201d the statement read.<br \/>\nThe group dismissed age as a barrier, praising Seyi\u2019s digital expertise and potential to address Lagos\u2019 contemporary challenges.<br \/>\nThey urged Lagosians to assess Seyi\u2019s capabilities independently of his family ties, noting his contributions to youth inclusion in governance, including appointments of young leaders in key national positions.<br \/>\nSYM reaffirmed their mission to support capable youth leaders across southern Nigeria while collaborating with elder statesmen for mentorship.<br \/>\n\u201cYouths with capable hands shall take center stage in governance come 2027 and beyond,\u201d they declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Southern Youth Movement (SYM), has called on Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to run for Lagos State Governor in the 2027 elections. The appeal was made on January 24, 2025, in a statement by the group\u2019s National President, High Chief Promise Lawuru. SYM highlighted Seyi Tinubu\u2019s qualifications, emphasizing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59868,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59866\/revisions\/59868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}