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YOUTH MOVEMENT AND POLITICAL CHANGE IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF OBEDIENT MOVEMENT IN BUILD UP TO 2023 GENERAL ELECTION

Folorunso, Christianah Omowamide (Ph.D) & Ogunbayo, Oluwasegun

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Abstract

Because of their propensity for thuggery, forcefulness, and similar behaviours apparently due to poverty, unemployment, and the self-centered motivations of those who take advantage of them. Young people have been substantially and destructively mobilized by the political elite. Only the youths in Nigeria today possess the capacity to recognize and refocus their strength in order to effect the significant reorientation and turnaround required to attain a stable polity free from the acrimonious, tumultuous, and uncertain elements that currently characterize the political scene. This study examined the effects of Obedient Movement in the build up to 2023 general election in Nigeria. The obedient movement in the build up to 2023 general election gathered lots of forces within the country, ranging from celebrities to ordinary individual. This movement almost change the political landscape of the nation most especially in Lagos State, South East and South-South States. However, on this note, it can be concluded that Youth movement has the power and credibility to change the political structure of the country. Also, the movement was able to bring to light how effective the youth are in political process of Nigeria.

Keywords: Election, Obedient Movement, Politics, Youth.