I have never been this useless in my entire life!
said Afolabi, not just me, he further affirmed,
but also some of my friends in the
neighborhood who are also affected with this
ASUU Strike, he further explained to me that the
joy of every student is to enjoy the necessary basic
amenities of life as a student, which
ranges from access to fast Internet service,
constant electricity, access to good
communication channel, access to student
loan, stable school calendar and others, but in
Nigeria very few of the student population enjoy this
amenities. Having said that, in his terribly
voice further explained to me that major malady
to an average student now in Nigeria is the
ASUU Strike where most students are jobless
and finds it difficult to invest or involve in
something positive, the reason is so simple because of
the challenges in the Nigerian state
itself whereby graduates already finds it difficult
in getting the undesired job talk less of desired
ones, even my girlfriend is complaining badly
he said, and I regret ever been born in this
country called Nigeria. ‘’you cannot choose how you
were born but you can choose the kind of
life you wanted for yourself whether rich or
poor, influential or as a pauper…..was the
response I gave, he paused, while I further
explained.
It is true that most of us finds it difficult to find something
positive doing now, but the truth is
this might be the same situation when we
graduate from school, as a result of the high
level of unemployment in the country, and
mind you, now there is still hope that one day
ASUU might call of the Strike but after graduation there
won’t be any form of
resumption where you will be left to decide
alone on your next plan for the nearest
future……. this I explained to him in accordance
to other students affected which could serve as
a reminder that there are more challenges to come after
graduation, as a result, every student
must understand that his own priority to
succeed must be above any other thing, this
calls for all of us to discover our various talent
and try to develop it during this break and
beyond, God has never created anyone without a talent,
the likes of Kaffy(dancer), 2face
(Musician), Omotola(Artiste), Wole Soyinka
(writer), Fela Durotoye(Speaker) and many
others have utilized their talents with the
education they had, and each and everyone’s
talent doesn’t disturb the others in attaining his/her
greatness, that is why Bishop Idahosa
said ‘’birds fly without disturbing one another
in the sky, so also you are too talented to envy
others talent. I also believe that ‘’the smallest
fish can swim better than the biggest bird in the
water, so also the smallest bird can fly better than the
biggest fish in the sky’’ this simply
means whatsoever your talent is you are far
better off than someone else in your own way,
and the present World hardly celebrates
certificate but discoveries, what makes you
great is the value you have been able to contribute to
the world through your
discoveries and ideas.
One of my favourite quote is ‘’ don’t ask what
the world needs, but ask what makes you come
alive, because what the world needs is those
who have come alive’’……we students need to ask
ourselves this question on the reason why
we are here on earth and try to develop towards
it, and mind you your education is to boost
whatsoever talent or field you have choosen, it’s
high time each and every student affected by
this strike to discover what they have passion for and
start developing themselves towards it.
The nearest future would be worst if we fail to
plan for it, hardwork pays when it is been done
on the right track, and I have never seen anyone
who invested so much with God in his talent
and ended up frustrated, whatever worth doing is worth
doing well they say. And at this stage I
have to drop my pen and continue some other
time because we ‘’ the youth’’ finds it difficult in
reading long article, and in my final remarks
remember that the value you place on yourself
determines your worth, just as a plate of ‘’FuFu’’ is sold
for 150naira in some restaurant around
my hostel in Iworoko, Ekiti State, and still been
sold for 5,000naira in other big hotels, the
same illustration can be applied to individuals
life, the knowledge digested and value placed
on yourself determines how the world values you,
remember you can be late and still be the
latest and It’s not about the age in your life that
matters but the life in your age……discover
yourself and develop yourself towards the
greatness you desire step by step, nobody was
born great at a point every great individual you see
worked towards it and you too can be
one……… this was the same way I told my friend
Afolabi, he sighs and puts a smile on his face
while we both appreciated the time spent
together and both took our time to attend to
other things later in the day…….. Tobikush