The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has commended the National Assembly for passing the bill to reduce the age limits for elective positions. “If a Nigerian who is 18 years can vote, such a person should also be qualified to be voted for and whether or not such person can be elected should be left in the hands of the electorate,” the governor said in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Mr Lere Olayinka. “Most importantly, age is not a barrier to intellectual capability and that has been in most countries led by young people. Here in Nigeria, General Yakubu Gowon was Head of State at 32.” The governor, who gave the assurance that the Ekiti State House of Assembly will endorse the bill when presented to it, called on other state Houses of Assembly to endorse the bill, saying, “There is no nation that can develop without giving its youths the opportunity to serve.”d He added, “There is nothing wrong in a 30-year-old contesting for Pre...