Youth and civil society groups under the Youth Electoral Reform Project (YERP-Naija) have called for a constitutional amendment to reduce the minimum age requirement for contesting governorship and senatorial elections from 35 to 30 years.

The demand was part of resolutions reached at the National Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Electoral Reform held in Abuja.

The forum, which brought together youth leaders, civil society organisations, professional bodies, and labour unions, sought to consolidate advocacy efforts and set a reform agenda for the National Assembly ahead of its resumption from recess in

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