In recent past the average Nigeria youth has been asking the questions “when will the tomorrow our elders PROMISED us come ? Are we still the leaders of tomorrow?
The 60 yrs old Nigeria today is sick with a disease called gerontocracy and hegemony, political offices are mostly heard by elders who only have one Saturday left but they regularly extend this Saturday by flying out of the country, getting surgeries while they holding on to power but still PROMISE us that we are the leaders of tomorrow. When will tomorrow come?
If I could remember, right before I was born the incumbent President of Nigeria was once minister, Head of state and thirty years later he is still the President of Nigeria .
In a survey conducted in 2018, It was discovered that Nigeria has the potential to maximize her economic growth in future because it was discovered that as a country we are blessed with a powerful asset, mind you that asset is not Oil. That asset is the large mass of young , innovative citizens. Now let’s ask ourselves, has Nigeria ever tapped into this important, value, money generating asset, as a country ? have Nigeria invested in the Potentials of the Youths? The answer is NO.
The creepy impatience I feel today as celebrate Sixty years of inequality, insecurity, unemployment, poor infrastructural development not forgetting the sting of corruption is to ask why Old people with closing dreams are still recycling themselves ,still making policies that affects the future of youths while young people will witty initiative and visions are kept stagnation.
Are we proud of the Nigeria we are growing today? A country where if you are poor you become nameless and faceless and unimportant irrespective of the content you have on the inside .
As we celebrate today, I won’t just throw stones at the recyclers alone. We the Nigeria youths to have played little role in keep us where we are today, while a handful of the leaders are contributing their quota in rendering us useless, majority of us are nonchalant on issues that affects our country, some youths will say politics of the country isn’t their business. Now tell me what could be more your business than discussing condition and demanding from those you have contacted governance to with your vote?
A lot of us a not abreast with that is going on in our country, the China loans taken at the expense of our future by leaders who don’t even have up to two decades to live on earth. Right before us a Professor and his cohort embezzled 1.32 billion Naira and fainted and it was swept under the carpet .
It’s time to act and It’s time for us to wake up as youths, don’t forget that no President, Governor, leader will come to drag you out of your house to become a leader until you show interest. It’s now left for us as the greatest treasure of this country to show our interest, prove our capacity mixed with good character to part take in decision making of our country.
Youths, we have to engage, we have to get involved, because I have living mine a student in leadership by grace, I am still a work in progress in the corridor of power but I don’t want to go this journey alone, I need to raise on your competency and shoulders to get Nigeria to be on the map of GAINS and not PAINS.
Raise up, Lets build Nigeria together because it is the only country I have. Some of you may have dual passports! But this is the only country I have
Let’s wake up the sleeping Giant Called Nigeria with our strength which is our Numbers.
Join the movement, #Nottooyoungtolead
Happy Independence Day.
