There seems to be a change in the direction of Nigerian youths towards a much younger presidential candidate –  Professor Christopher Imumolen of the Accord Party.

Professor Chris Imumolen who gained massive recognition for his speech at the ICAN convention, and got celebrated loudly after declaring his achievement said, “At 39, I represent the voice of the youths, I am the first African to have founded three universities on three distinct continents”.

This statement generated a lot of conversations on social media as this new revelation proved the youths had a better option.

Two hashtags #SwitchToProfChris and #NaProfChrisLasLas took over the media space as young Nigerians discuss exploring the options of this young credible candidate.

The Technical Advisor at Oil and Gas Monitoring and Evaluation Akwa in August vowed to fix Nigeria’s education sector in six months if elected as president come February 2023.

He said, “As president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I will ensure that lecturers will be paid as at when due; that the academic environment will be conducive for all students, and they will have cross cultural alignments with foreign students as whites and learners from various climes will find the Nigerian education sector so appealing”, Imumolen promised.

The Ado of Abaji-Abuja is famous as one education enthusiast and investment/management guru who has not just ensured business cum economic empowerments for thousands of Nigerians, but has gone ahead to grant scholarship awards to over 500,000 Nigerians who have educational access to quality international education and certifications, and this has been happening for over 12 years now.

Meanwhile, here are Ten Things You need to know About Prof. Chris Imumolen

1. He is the first African to establish three Universities in three continents: Africa, South America and North America.

2. He is among the few Africans whose names are drafted in the World Book of Greatness Uk.

3. He is the only Nigerian who is a member of the World Presidential Civility Club.

4. Since 2010 he has given over 60,000 Nigerians educational scholarships, through various platforms.

5. In 2019, he single handedly floated a Business Financial Support Programme that empowered over 6,000 Nigerians with seed capital between N200,000 to N2,000,000.

6. He single handedly and humbly provided electricity installation and transformer to: Atan in Ogun State, Kajola Ibooro Community Ogun State, Ilupeju Area Community Oye, Ekiti etc

7. He freely raised over 120 millionaires in 2020 and gave out over 46 cars to different individuals to support their businesses, through its GWS system.

8. In 2021, he followed up compassionately with the liberation of over 120 prisoners who were wrongly sentenced, after which he supported them financially both in business and scholarships.

9. He has been passionately engaging in the Free Feeding project for the IDPs and poor communities since 2015.

10. He set up the Prof Chris Imumolen annual innovation award of N10,000,000 to support innovation and talent in Nigeria.

A 39 Year Old with 2 PhDs and a serial Entrepreneur with knack for problem solving and Education; looks like the representative the youths have been yearning for.

May the best candidate win.