Samson Itodo
For driving the advocacy and process that brought into reality the “Not too young to run” legislation that has led to the successful reduction of age limits for public office seekers, Samson Itodo is LEADERSHIP Outstanding Young Person of the Year 2018.
Samson Itodo, a native of Olamaboro local government area of Kogi State, was born in Bauchi State. He is the first of five children. Young Itodo began his leadership journey from a very young age as a class prefect in Our Lady’s Primary School, school prefect in Immaculate Conception Secondary School, Bauchi, class representative at the Faculty of Law, University of Jos, and chairman of the Students Representative Council at the Nigerian Law School, Abuja.
Young Itodo’s interests span constitution building, elections, legislative studies, youth and international development. With a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Jos, he stated that the foundation for his interest in civic…
