{"id":198751,"date":"2026-04-10T18:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:01:03","slug":"bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc","title":{"rendered":"Bala Disqualifies Aspirants Over 55 in ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The factional National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nafiu Bala Gombe, has announced that the party under his leadership will bar individuals above the age of 55 from contesting for political positions.<\/p>\n<p>Gombe made the disclosure during an interview with BBC Hausa, where he outlined a vision centred on generational change and greater youth participation in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe African Democratic Congress (ADC) is a party that belongs to all Nigerians. What we are doing now is to ensure the party moves forward properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have decided that we will give the youths a real chance. The time has come for young people to take the lead in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are over 55 years old, you are not going to contest for positions in the ADC under our leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to bring in fresh blood, new ideas, and energy from the youth. Nigeria\u2019s future depends on the young generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe old ways have not worked well for the country. We need to open the door wide for youths to participate fully as candidates, leaders, and decision-makers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The factional National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nafiu Bala Gombe, has announced that the party under his leadership will bar individuals above the age of 55 from contesting for political positions. Gombe made the disclosure during an interview with BBC Hausa, where he outlined a vision centred on generational [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bala Disqualifies Aspirants Over 55 in ADC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The factional National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nafiu Bala Gombe, has announced that the party ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bala Disqualifies Aspirants Over 55 in ADC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The factional National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nafiu Bala Gombe, has announced that the party ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T17:36:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T20:01:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775847829.411758.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bala Disqualifies Aspirants Over 55 in ADC\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-10T17:36:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T20:01:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775847829.411758.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bala-disqualifies-aspirants-over-55-in-adc\",\"name\":\"Bala Disqualifies Aspirants Over 55 in ADC - 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