by Adeola Ogunlade, Nigeria.

here in Fiera del Levante, Bari, Italy, the venue of the World Youth Meeting, there abound inspring stories of young people from different languages, race, tribe that tell so much about how young people are effecting positive changes in various country and localities. 

Here is a story of a passionate young Nigeria, Francis Anyiegbu, the coordinator of Youth In Transit share his story at the Citizenship Workshop of how he has used his network and platform to drive home the grievance of young people in Nigeria without the use of force. Francis noted that few years ago, a National Political Reform Conference was held in Nigeria but as great as the idea was among the political elites, the youth had no representation which they had to challenge that status quo in the interest of the Nigeria youth-
According to Francis, we used all available media to made our voices heard and ensure that at least one youth that had understanding of the issues and how its affect the young at heart was being represented at the conference° .
Francis added that the struggle was successful and about four Nigeria youth was represented at the conference. For him, he feel that they (the youth) cannot be held accountable for the policies and reforms they were not part of°. 
Francis further noted that as we search for more representation of young people across the world we must ensure that our grievance and positions are addressed in a non-violent way. He asserted that our grievance were made know through the support they heard from the media in the country in which he played on to let the political class yield to their desire which is for the best interest we must be ready to challenge the system in a non-violent way