The Fate of the Nigerian Youth
Nigeria a great land of diverse culture and people, a land filled with Milk and Honey, like the cannan Land, The most populous Black nation in the world, the most religious and with large mass of land, blessed with milk Oil and various National Resources and the greatest Resources the Human Resources...
The Killers of the Nigerian dream
1. Capital Flight: One of the killers of the dream of our fathers, Yes the Dream of Our Hero’s Past is Capital Flight. “Nigerians Have $100 Billion (13.7 Billion Naira) stashed abroad enabling environment at home, Nigeria loses about $4.5biliion (Nearly 450billion naira) annually as capital flight through technical services these are basic facts.” (Abstract from the Book Titled Your Excellency by Bedford Umez)
2. Corruption: The vision 2020 is a vision the Nigerian government has set there focus on, but without the end of corruption it can’t be fully achieved, it won’t take another Fela Anikulapo or Great Activist to do it but You and I, because even the anti-graft bodies cannot put an end to it, the man that tried to do something about corruption though he was politically motivated was hewed down by the same corrupt politician that used him to achieve their Political aim. Someone once asked me what lie ahead of the Nigerian Youth and I said More Unemployment, Poverty, war and even worse government except we put an end to all the child play, when I voiced this out, I was accused of being a pessimist and some even said I am far from an Optimistic Behaviour… Not That I don’t believe in the Nigerian dream but change, is the path way of achieving the Nigerian dream…
Let’s look at the Nigerian youth today and figure their sense of responsibility towards the Nigerian Dream, the ratio is below
40% of the Nigerian Youth = Believes fraud (Yahoozey) /looting of government funds is their easiest way to wealth (Going into politics for the sake of looting government funds)
25% of the Nigerian Youth = Believes travelling abroad for greener pastures is their easiest way to wealth, hereby causing capital flight
20% of the Nigerian Youth = Believes Education is their easiest way to wealth (Due to Lack of Jobs/ Employment after schooling this spot soon drops below)
10% of the Nigerian Youth = Believes a change or rather being employed/starting out as an entrepneur is the easiest way to wealth (This group’s ratio soon go down due to economic sabotage or Lack of Funds to manage the business).
5% of the Nigerian Youth = Believes in the Nigerian dream, a dream that one day Nigeria will have a place for them too (some in this group are graduates, secondary school leavers e.t.c) but they have this conviction on the Nigerian dream and they ignore all evil means to wealth and the cleave to the Nigerian Dream…. The dream of taking Nigeria High…… The Dream that One day the things we don’t have would be past and the things we have would speak for us.
In the above listed group, where do you belong as a youth?
3. Old wine in New bottles Syndrome: This is one of the most intriguing part of all, the same old corrupt leaders still come back to political scene in another flag… I remember a story a friend a bit older than me. “He said in 1977 president Olu Oba then military head of state visited his school and he said they were the leaders of tomorrow, but now 32years has past the same man who said they were the leaders of tomorrow is still in government. When are they going to be the leaders of tomorrow, I think maybe when they are in their 80’s and again leadership is not meant to be measured by age but by vision… we have millions of Obama in Nigeria but they can’t manifest their dream because of these corrupt leaders who refuse to shift away from the seat of power… “NIGERIA WHEN WILL THOU ARISE AND NOT LET THE DREAMS OF OUR FATHERS DIE (Adewole Olanrewaju)… Youth of Nigerian you know the problem, don’t fail the Nigerian Dream…. Let’s stand and say yes to the Nigerian Dream.
Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Mohandas Gandhi…
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Mohandas Gandhi…
We must become the change we want to see in the world.
Mohandas Gandhi
It always seems impossible until its done.
Nelson Mandela
