Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has told
youths to take up the responsibility and effect the
needed change in Nigeria instead of blaming the
previous generations for the nation’s decay.
The former President said this at the 100th-year
anniversary of Ijero Baptist Church in Lagos on
Sunday.

Obasanjo said the generation before him fought for
Nigeria’s independence while his generation fought
for Nigeria’s unity during the civil war.
He said the subsequent generation also fought for
democracy.

Obasanjo, therefore, said it was time for the next
generation to make its own contribution to national
development instead of complaining.
He said, “Recently, a son of my friend looked at
everything around him and got angry and went to
meet his dad who is my age mate. He told his
father that our generation is a lost one. The father
did not pay him any attention so he came to meet
me.

“He told me what he told his father and justified it
by telling me that he went to the university and
graduated but got no job. So, our generation has
failed him. So I told him that it is normal because
that was how we used to blame the generation
before us.

“But I told him that the generation before mine was
the one that fought for our independence.
Whichever way we want to criticise them, they
gave us independence. Then my generation which
you say is not good, fought the civil war. We fought
for the unity of Nigeria and if we did not do so, you
probably would need a visa to travel to Kano or
Port Harcourt. Not only that but that generation
also established the foundation of democracy.

“So what do you claim your generation has
achieved? It is part of it. We have seen what
successive leaders of each generation have done,
what can we say about you? What can we say
about your generation?”



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This is a raw fact and talk...

We the youths are busy partying and chasing money (get rich syndrome) while the adults are destroying the country for us forgetting that they will all leave us soon and we'll be at our own mercy.....

we all must wake up and stop complaining...let's start taking positive actions.

Figth that resulted to boko haram abi OK we done hear.

He should buy us enough AK 47s and RPGs and see what we will do.. Bokoharam, corrupt politicians, stealing pastors, yahoo yahoo boys, etc will all be a exterminated within one month!

But till then na to dey hustle and bubble with enough shayo na ehm sure pass o.

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Mrcdorv:
Figth that resulted to boko haram abi OK we done hear.

Do u think he is referring to fighting with guns and cutlasses??

kokoA:
He should buy us enough AK 47s and RPGs and see what we will do.. Bokoharam, corrupt politicians, stealing pastors, yahoo yahoo boys, etc will all be a exterminated within one month!

But till then na to dey hustle and bubble with enough shayo na ehm sure pass o.

I pity our future if we continue like this

can someone tell this old fool to just shut up already.
so now that he is not in power he realizes the youths
are the future but when he was seeking a sit tight
presidency he was blind to that fact. Nigerian politicians, always forming saints after
losing power. just like ezekwesili. rubbish old monkey

smada13:



I pity our future if we continue like this

They loved coup, war and looting their time. What's wrong with us loving parties, women and alcohol now that it is our time ?

Well Obasanjo has said the plain truth. There is a generation gap that exist. Nigerian leaders only remember the youth during election.

stillchris:
can someone tell this old fool to just shut up already.
so now that he is not in power he realizes the youths
are the future but when he was seeking a sit tight
presidency he was blind to that fact. Nigerian politicians, always forming saints after
losing power. just like ezekwesili. rubbish old monkey

After your rant now, what positive thing are you doing to make your environment better?

Well Obasanjo has said the plain truth. There is a generation gap that exist. Nigerian leaders only remember the youth during election. The generation before obasanjo fought for Nigeria's independence, Obasanjo's generation fought for Nigeria's unity and likewise democracy. However, because Obasanjo's generation were too selfish and corrupt, the youth of today's have resorted to terrorism.

stillchris:
can someone tell this old fool to just shut up already.
so now that he is not in power he realizes the youths
are the future but when he was seeking a sit tight
presidency he was blind to that fact. Nigerian politicians, always forming saints after
losing power. just like ezekwesili. rubbish old monkey

I want peopIe to be sensibIe at times. Mind you the deviI wiII mistakenIy do a thing that wiII turn to joy in some cases because deviI is not God. Why can't we think deepIy and put sentiment aside to face the reaIity on ground. This Baba has spoken it is Ieft for us to decide wether to cooperate with this corrupt government and keep surffering or take actions that wiII Iiberate us and the generations to come.

smada13:

We fought
for the unity of Nigeria and if we did not do so, you
probably would need a visa to travel to Kano or
Port Harcourt.

ThE best part.

Obj seeking attention period

emmatok:


ThE best part.

wicked people! The three million people that died do not matter abi? okay go join military and fight for your parasitic one naijeriya in sambisa forest
not on the servers of nairaland

cocoduck:

wicked people! The three million people that died do not matter abi? okay go join military and fight for your parasitic one naijeriya in sambisa forest
not on the servers of nairaland

Another JonaTAN unpatriotic supporters.
They support Jonathan,but don't believe in one Nigerian.

kokoA:
They loved coup, war and looting their time. What's wrong with us loving parties, women and alcohol now that it is our time ?

continue if you think those things will make our country better....

I just pray we don't regret when the coming generation starts lambasting us and asking is what we did to make the country better....and remember your children will ask you too

samento:
I want peopIe to be sensibIe at times. Mind you the deviI wiII mistakenIy do a thing that wiII turn to joy in some cases because deviI is not God. Why can't we think deepIy and put sentiment aside to face the reaIity on ground. This Baba has spoken it is Ieft for us to decide wether to cooperate with this corrupt government and keep surffering or take actions that wiII Iiberate us and the generations to come.

God will so bless you

obasanjo and his gimmicks

as if he cares about the youths too

truefact:
South Yemen is fighting for independence from the North. ..what are the eastern and southern Nigeria waiting for? Igbo has no similarity with the Yoruba and Hausa...

And why are the Yoruba not writing and propaganding for the removal of East and South from Nigeria so that Buhari will be their president?

who is this one and what is he saying.....

customized13:
obasanjo and his gimmicks

as if he cares about the youths too

what you fail to realise is, he as an old man now has the utmost responsibility of leading the younger generation to the right path even if he himself never made am attempt to right wrongs in his time....as an armed robber will never pray his sons take after him...heavens knows the kind of promise he has made with God before he lives this earth seeing he is nearing his last days.

what all grannies often do is what he is doing, it is now left for us to take heed to those words and follow them carefully

smada13:



what you fail to realise is, he as an old man now has the utmost responsibility of leading the younger generation to the right path even if he himself never made am attempt to right wrongs in his time....as an armed robber will never pray his sons take after him...heavens knows the kind of promise he has made with God before he lives this earth seeing he is nearing his last days.

what all grannies often do is what he is doing, it is now left for us to take heed to those words and follow them carefully

what you have failed to understand is that OBJ doesn't care about your feeling, he's peddling this just to accumulate political credits. shikom

Obasanjo has a sudden "wave of conscience" and conviction for change, simply because GEJ is not following his orders any more.

This is not about Nigeria, the youth or anything else, except using his influence to remove GEJ due to personal conflicts.

customized13:
obasanjo and his gimmicks

as if he cares about the youths too

You got it. He doesn't care.

He led this country for more than 11 years and achieved nothing for common man.

Anyway sha, boko haram is fighting for the survival of the country.

londoner:
Obasanjo has a sudden "wave of conscience" and conviction for change, simply because GEJ is not following his orders any more.

This is not about Nigeria, the youth or anything else, except using his influence to remove GEJ due to personal conflicts.

you are wrong if you look at it from that angle.....it is just coincidental that he said this at a time when the present government is not measuring up to standard.....

and if you look at it from the other end, his use of GEJ as VP to Yar'adua was to make sure that the minority group is duly recognized and represented in government but instead for GEJ to use that opportunity to write is name and and region in the sand of time, he blew the chance, misused the opportunity and turned the country 20yrs backward..


now if u were OBJ, will you sit and watch?

customized13:
what you have failed to understand is that OBJ doesn't care about your feeling, he's peddling this just to accumulate political credits. shikom

and how do you get to know this

smada13:


Do u think he is referring to fighting with guns and cutlasses??

Whatever.

We have to commend Boko Haram for doing the job for us after all all of us will not carry arms at the same time.
We have to renew our blood sacrifice at least every 40-50 years to keep this country as one.

Mrcdorv:
Whatever.

youths of nowadays rarely use their brains to think properly.....