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NewZimbabwe.com
Spread This NewsBy Associated PressABUJA: Frustrated by high unemployment and worsening violence, many younger Nigerians are flocking to a candidate outside the political mainstream in this month’s presidential election. Nigeria’s election commission extended the deadline to collect the cards by two weeks in response. “Either we get things right now in Nigeria, or never,” said Kingsley Chima, 26, as the first-time voter waited to collect his voting card from Nigeria’s election commission. In 2019, only 34% of registered voters cast their ballot in the presidential vote. Last year, the 26-year-old was keen to join other young Nigerians leave the country at a level unseen in recent years.
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