With a presidential election around the corner, many Nigerian youth are stepping up, backing an unlikely candidate who hopes to ease the nation’s growing insecurity.
Nigeria will have a new president soon, but the winning candidate resulting from elections that begin Saturday will have the unenviable task of tackling surging violence and economic woes that include inflation and cash shortages.
For years, Nigerian Canadian Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye watched as his community grew in Winnipeg, but feared they were losing their connection to their heritage. That's why he made it his goal to open Asa Day — Winnipeg's first Nigerian Heritage museum, which opened in November.