Tunde Eso

Tunde Eso Listenⓘ (born 16 August 1977) is a Nigerian journalist, social commentator, public relations specialist and publisher of Findout Newspaper.[1] He is a 2018 PDP aspirant for Governor of Osun State.[2][3][4] Eso is the founder of Youthocracy; a new system of government, president of Fix Nigeria Group and the author of the books African Security Solution and Vision for Africa.[5]

Tunde Eso
Born
Tunde Eso

(1977-08-16) 16 August 1977
Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Blogger, businessman, lecturer; journalist
Websitetundeeso.com

Early life and education

Eso was born and raised in Ilesha, Osun State, to the family of Pa Obafemi and Iyabode Eso (née Fanibe) on 16 August 1977. He studied accountancy for his National Diploma certificate at Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, in 2005. He obtained his bachelor of science degree in Political Science at University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.[2][6][7]

Political views

In an interview with the Nigerian Guardian newspaper, Eso said the old generation of politicians would continue to sideline Nigerian youth until the youths realize that they constitute the most significant number of voters. He opined that the numerical strength[8] of the children is enough to pick and select one of the young Nigerians with pragmatic programmes.[9] In Eso's opinion, Nigerian youths have been neglected by past administrations.[10][11] He also believes that it is time to build leaders with the right thoughts and actions, leaders who will not fight for their pockets only, leaders who will think of others and not themselves alone.[12] In his opinion, the integration of young people in politics is needed to solve Nigeria's insecurity problems.[13]

Youthocracy

In 2013, Eso coined a new system of government called Youthocracy which he defined as 'Government of the people, by the youth and for the people' in his book titled Vision for Africa;[14][15] he further explain that his motives is to provide political opportunities to youths so they can be relevant in Nigerian politics, hence the need to identify with Youthocracy which is set to takeover from Democracy according to his interview with The Nation.[16][17]

References
  1. "We need new ideas in governance – Tunde Eso". The Nation Newspaper. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. Adebisi, Yemi. "Why I Want To Become Osun's Next Governor". Independent. Nigeria: Independent News. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. Admin. "Addressing security challenges in Africa". Vanguard. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  4. Dike, Ada (29 June 2015). "Eso explains why he wrote the book 'African Security Solution'". Adadke Blog. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  5. Eso, Tunde (6 August 2012). African Security Solution. Strategic Insight Publishing. ASIN 190806417X.
  6. admin. "About Tunde eso". Tunde Eso. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  7. "Tunde Eso". The Achievers. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  8. Mbachu, Dulue; Alake Tope (8 November 2016). "Nigeria Population at 182 Million, With Widening Youth Bulge". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  9. "Eso: It's time for generational shift in Osun politics". The Guardian. Nigeria. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  10. "Recession, Politics and Nigerian Youths: What Option? – Tunde Eso". Naija per Minute.com.ng. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  11. "We'll Make Osun Great – Tunde Eso", Daily Dispatch, 2 February 2017.
  12. Edo, Tunde, "Ends of a Good Nation", Daily Dispatch, 2 April 2017.
  13. Eso, Tunde, "Solving Nigeria’s insecurity challenges with youth integration", The Guardian (Nigeria), 19 March 2015.
  14. Hamzat (16 August 2018). "I Formed Youthocracy To Promote Youth Government" …PDP's Tunde Eso". Global Excellence. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  15. "We need a new system of government – Osun State Governorship Aspirant, Tunde Eso". 20 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via dailyfarmily.ng.
  16. Olusegun, Okerinmodun (9 October 2017). "We need new ideas in governance – Tunde Eso". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  17. "Youths and 2019 elections". The Punch. 20 September 2018. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2023 – via PressReader.
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