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The interactive session which took place yesterday in Gwagwalada area council, Abuja Nigeria brought young people together to discuss their problems regarding the electoral processes currently going on in the country. Enough is Enough in collaboration with Education as a vaccine which sponsored the session provided various electoral aspirants to give a five minutes talk on various challenges as aspirants and the reasons why young people should vote. A question and answer session was also provided as the youths present were able to ask whatever questions they had. The theme RSVP which represents REGISTER, SELECT, VOTE and PROTECT was explained in details to the participants so as to ensure every vote counts during the election. The participants linked developmental issues as well as reproductive health issues to the need for voting the right candidates. young people present gave various criterias on which they would vote their candidates some of which are the confidence of the aspirant, what he/she says he would do, the level of education attained, his/her experience and what he/she has done in the past. The need to stay away from electoral violence was emphasized as the need to protect their vote using their phones via calls, social networks for smart fones and the use of pictures was encouraged. The participants promised to be of good conduct during the whole process and pledged their support to register, select, vote and protect their votes.
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