Yiaga Africa and the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP have awarded N1m grants to 13 young Nigerians, to mobilise at least 5,000 young voters to register in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration.
They also empowered the young voters to collect their Permanent Voters Cards PVCs, in order to vote in the forthcoming 2023 elections.
This is contained in a statement by Senior Communications Officer, Yiaga Africa and Communications Specialist UNDP Mark Amaza, in Abuja.
According to the statement, the young voters emerged through The Power-Of-18 Challenge, which invited applications from young people between the ages of 18 and 30 in 15 states.
The states include Adamawa, Benue, Enugu, FCT, Gombe, Imo, Kebbi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Sokoto and Yobe.
