Group unveils #BreakTheHold campaign

Raising New Voices Initiative has launched a campaign #BreakTheHold to support the emergence and the election of young competent Nigerians who wants to run for the House of Representatives in 2019.
According to the convener of the #BreakTheHold campaign, Jude Feranmi, in Abuja recently explained that they will be working with exactly 25 candidates cutting across the 6 geo-political zones in the country and across different political parties.
He explained that they will be pursuing an agenda that cuts across 2 categories of reforms – sectoral reforms and governance reforms.
Under sectoral reforms, this new caucus will focus on three sectors – Technology and Innovation, Economy and Education.
“Under governance reforms, this new caucus will be focusing on reforms on Anti-Corruption, Civil Service reforms, with emphasis on the Nigeria Police Force and Lean Government.
Our comprehensive legislative agenda can be found and downloaded from our website www.raisingnewvoices.org “Our hope is that in supporting these candidates to get elected into parliament, Nigerians both at home and in diaspora will join our campaign in crowd funding the resources, financial, physical and material to ensure their election.
“ In more specific terms, the campaign is seeking between 200,000 and 250,000 Nigerians who will commit to giving their resources to the campaign at a minimum of N5000 and a maximum of N100,000 “Our volunteer crowd funding initiative will be partnering with YIAGA’s #ReadyToRun movement to select and vet the candidates we will be working with, and the International Republican Institute to ensure spending are monitored and their campaigns comply with the existing electoral laws.
“Every donor who gives to the campaign will be sent a souvenir pack containing a lapel pin and a support card that they can hold to show accountability from the candidates when they have been elected.
“It must be reiterated that these candidates will come from across different political parties as we will be working with YIAGA to identify young reform-minded Nigerians, which must be said are in every party.
“We will especially work with candidates whose party agenda are clear aligned with ours, not just in word but in deed.
“In also presenting our message to the Nigerian people, we are partnering with Voice of The People, a volunteer led organization committed to hearing the people’s voices and amplifying it,” he said.