#COPIED

WEEP FOR THE YOUTH OF NIGERIA.
The killing of Samuel Okonta, a corps member during the Rivers state rerun election was a tragic incident but not as tragic as its aftermath when other corps members were seen jubilating four days after.
The omen was clear before the election in Rivers that it was going to be bloody. The killing of a major and some other security operatives made the possibility of deaths inevitable. Sadly, an innocent corps member who was serving his country in the promotion of democracy was caught in the senseless political face-off. The poor orphan who had spent years in the university lost his life due to harsh political terrain fueled by Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party and Mr Rotimi Amaechi of the All Progressives Congress. It was tragic.
But the real tragedy happened four days after when Governor Wike paid a condolence visit to the headquarters of the National Youth Service Corps in Port Harcourt. He vowed that the perpetrators of the slaying of Okonta will be brought to book. As an act of magnanimity, he announced a mouth-watering increment in the monthly allowance of corps members serving outside Port Harcourt from N10, 000 to N15000. He also increased the state monthly allowance of corps members serving in Port Harcourt from N5000 to N10000. The corps members went wild in jubilation. It was the best news they had heard in months. They had forgotten why the governor visited in the first place. It was heart-wrenching.
The youths they say are the leaders of tomorrow. The corps members are potentially on the verge of taking the reins of the country but unfortunately, a mere N5,000 increment decided their fate. That they were lined up like sardines with some flaunting their painted lip stick showed little solidarity for their dead comrade. A number of them who were seeing the governor for the first time were eager to bring out their phones and take historic pictures of the governor. They were motivated by the promise of money and lost their head in the process. Four days after the death of their dead comrade and they could not show in character their displeasure at the inability of the state to protect them. Anyone of the excited corps members could have been the unfortunate one.
One might wonder why Governor Wike did not deem it necessary to increase the allowance of the corps members before the tragic incident. His magnanimity was apparently a political move to score a point and sadly, it worked. The corps members in Rivers state showed that they could be bought easily with money. This is a bad omen for a country hoping to turn a new chapter in its history and create a society where people will be able to hold their head high and not swayed by money.
My take: Unfortunately, the celebration shows the Utopian future we look forward to now looks bleak. This would have been a perfect ground for the youth to radically look at the governor in the face with a unified peaceful warning to all political parties to desist from killing youth Corp members serving their motherland lest they provoke the Nigerian youth uprising which they can never stand. Sadly, that was not to be, as #5,000 was enough to make them rejoice upon the grave of Samuel Okonta. It is indeed a sad day.

Note carefully that there were unconfirmed news that two corp members actually died as a result of the election issues and that some girls were raped right there at their polling unit. Corp members were attacked. Corp members in some local govt can no longer wear their khaki because of fear.

If this really moves you. Retweet the tweet #riverskopa2016 and call on well-meaning organizations to look into our plight.

Well said.
Gradually, Nigerian youths will wake up from their slumber and demand for their rightful place in the Nigerian political strata.
It's really a shame we get enticed by peanuts these geriatrics offer us and we continue to chant their names like a mantra while they continue to mortgage our future.
Nuff said

Well said.





lalasticlala CrazyMan, Ogbeche77, yokiti

This should be on front page... Pls do the needful.

it's painful and sad. it could have been anyone of us

very sad and disappointing. some of the reasons for dis are:
*Poor economy
*greed
*selfishness e.t.c

Poor economy: as a result of d current hardship in the country, a lot of youths re happy to make money thru whatever means. When the money comes at the expense of a dead corps member, who cares??

Greed: most corps member re guilty of dis. for instance, u find a Corps member who has been able to save as much as 150k evn with d current peanut we re being paid. This same Corps member knowing fully the risk involved in election would stil partake in it. sadly, the deceased may hv fallen into this category...

selfishness: Well we live in a country where evry1 does tins to benefit his/herself. most Corps member don't care about the death of SAMUEL OKONTA as long as he his nt a part of their family. and to think that d govt is increasing their allowance as a result of his death is none of their Bizness.

the day our corps members start reasoning as educated people is still far from us.............

Imagine