Young presidential candidates in the 2023 election have been advised to run for Senate and House of Representatives seats by Nigerian comedian and entertainment specialist Gbenga Adeyinka.

Adeyinka urged for youthful candidates, including Kingsley Moghalu, Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, to represent the National Assembly and assist in rewriting the nation’s laws.

The comedian claimed that no president would act carelessly in the Senate with people like Fela Durtoye, Obi, and Sowore. He made this claim in a podcast that TheCable released over the weekend.

Adeyinka also suggested that young people aspiring to political positions begin at the bottom, as politics is a bottom-up system.

He said, “There are some people who are professional politicians. That is their job. You now wake up and say you want to come, and… they will not even give you the ticket. With our current structure, it takes the grace of men for you to become president.

“That’s why when I see them, Sowore, saying they want to be president, Fela Durotoye wants to be president, Peter Obi wants to be president, and there’s one very intelligent guy, Moghalu wants to be president… I think we need to get these young people into the House of Reps and into the Senate to rewrite our laws.

“If Peter Obi becomes president of Nigeria with the same structure we have in place, there’s nothing he’s going to do.”