Nigeria, July 29 -- The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has urged Nigerian youth to move beyond rhetoric and begin to take deliberate steps towards shaping the country's political future.

Speaking at the launch of the Take Action Campaign (TAC) in Abuja on Tuesday, Mr Tajudeen, represented by the Chairman of the House Committee on Youth in Parliament, Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala (APC, Oyo), said young Nigerians must stop seeing themselves only as the leaders of tomorrow and begin to take ownership of the present.

He said, "The youth are not just the future, they are the present. They must begin to reflect their numbers in the governance of this nation."

The Take Action Campaign, initiated by the Youth in Parliament...