5thElement:
Well as long as your research is confined to the Eastern states of Nigeria.


Saying some Nigerian youths are lazy is a moot point.


Which country in the world has ALL of its youth hardworking?


Going on an international forum to condemn the youths of your country is asinine.


Mr Joe Igbokwe please shut da fvck up. You are not making sense today.


You are like a fly that is about to follow the corpse into the grave.


You should know when to give up on a failed regime.

angelbulksms:


Honestly, I'm loving the nation discussing a very crucial issue like this, even though more of us are hardworking despite being frustrated daily. It's just unfortunate the president who initiated the discuss, called us out on a foreign soil where he was supposed to protect us as a national father.

As e7ejinima pointed and I quote:

"The elderly in Nigeria should [...] be reminded that they ruined this country with coups, dysfunctional constitution, nepotism, bribery corruption, just name it. The youths are ready to hustle in this destiny-killing contraption of a nation, the handiwork of you the older generation."

While the older generation (politicians in particular) are to be blamed, more lies at the doorstep of the parents of such lazy youths.
So much damage have been done to the psyche of an average youth (future of the nation) of this country from all angles such that if any healing would take place, it has to start from the family unit (the smallest component of the nation).

Conclusively, the Government must be ready to wake up parents to their responsibilities while fulfilling theirs (improved economy, increased infrastructure, etc.) as well. Government should not rely on some docile national orientation agencies but directly sponsor responsible NGOs and task force through special ministries to achieve this goal.

There is a wake-up call for Government, this particular issue is a wake-up call for Parents.

ofuonyebi:

with UNESCO declaration on the Nigerian youths....it is clear that 20million out of the 63million are educated illiterates who cannot think out

of the box of certificates to make their destiny shine...welldone Jolaade Ekeihinde, D' banj, funke Akindele, Davido, odunlade adekola and the rest

who have decided to take destiny by their hands despite education.....unlike graduates who prefers to carry the hand bags of politicians & worse

still, to be their ready made thugs...like the one we witnessed few days ago at the 9ja senate...red chambers!

Marsnizz:
The man have valid reasons give us your own for comparison .pleases sentiment aside

Antoeni:
Buhari as an honest man who does not prevaricate has only given a voice to a glaringly challenge which others know but too afraid to mouth it because of political expediency.

sanpipita:


You think these youths didn't seek other options before doing yahoo? do you realize many yahoo boys are graduates who didn't find any job, those the Nigerian environment professional skills? we talk as if we don't know how govts here frustrate youth daily.

Antoeni:
Buhari as an honest man who does not prevaricate has only given a voice to a glaringly challenge which others know but too afraid to mouth it because of political expediency.

GavelSlam:


At the age of 16 if you are into Yahoo, my friend, na your blood e day.

maestro2000:
i challenge anybody with sane mind and functioning brain to point out one of these points that is not true.


everything he said is applicable and its happening all over Nigeria. I am from southwest and i can boldly say that 70% of the youths there wants quick money rather than working hard for it. Most engage in yahoo biz and b4 you come here to spew trash by blaming the government of the day, remember yahoo biz came to its peak between 2005-2009 and thats when more students were dropping out of university to engage in this nefarious act. Atleast i know more than 200 of such people.

Zombie,and you had to make mention of South East cos of your mental issues..

[s]
You mentals zombiegly brought in the failed dullapo against the hind sightedness of the wise south east and south south and you amalas-for-birth-rights traitors kept taunting the wiser people..now,your godly Sai Baba and his regime is suddenly a failure.. You ain't seen nothing,you got Sai Baba till 2023,you ewedus like it or not.

Now shut up and repeat after me,SAI BABA [/s]

dafeyankee:
Sentiments aside.

He make sense.

e7ejinima:
My response in bold pls



Some very quick ones:
Anything positive about Nigeria is the creation of younger generation, be it Nollywood or the thriving Nigeria hip-hop industry or the e-Commerce or Sports not forgetting the International fames won by the Chimamanda etc. The elderly in Nigeria should keep quiet or be reminded that they ruined this country with coups, dysfunctional constitution, nepotism, bribery corruption, just name it. The youths are ready to hustle in this destiny-killing contraption of a nation, the handiwork of you the older generation. Joe Igbokwe, you are notorious but not popular. You ought to hide your face in shame for what you reoresent!

dafeyankee:
Sentiments aside.

He make sense.

sharrp:

Before chimamanda their was chinual Achebe, before wizkid we had fella, don't write off the elderly ,

400billionman:
As an objective person I agree Joe Igbokwe raised salient points. Youths of today are impatient unintelligent and rash. They dont read books to learn about live. I went to fix my generator one day and found out that this man was working alone. I asked him Sir where are your apprentices? He said they all left. Why sir I asked. He said they are not patient to learn. I was there and the man made N9000 by 4 pm when I left

400billionman:
As an objective person I agree Joe Igbokwe raised salient points. Youths of today are impatient unintelligent and rash. They dont read books to learn about live. I went to fix my generator one day and found out that this man was working alone. I asked him Sir where are your apprentices? He said they all left. Why sir I asked. He said they are not patient to learn. I was there and the man made N9000 by 4 pm when I left

sharrp:

Before chimamanda their was chinual Achebe, before wizkid we had fella, don't write off the elderly ,

Antoeni:
Buhari as an honest man who does not prevaricate has only given a voice to a glaringly challenge which others know but too afraid to mouth it because of political expediency.

sanpipita:


Wanting quick money isn't laziness, I repeat it isnt laziness, lazy people don't do anything to help themselves even if its a nefarious act, and when last did he come to nnewi? nnewi youths are the most resourceful youths you will see anywhere in Nigeria, his write up is bunkum

GavelSlam:


The riddle goes thus:

If the Nigerian youths who happen to make up the majority of the population are hardworking, why are things tough for the same youth?


Why is there a high rate of crime in Nigeria ?

Why do we have the reputation as the " Nigerian Prince" of Yahoo fame?

sanpipita:


You think these youths didn't seek other options before doing yahoo? do you realize many yahoo boys are graduates who didn't find any job, those the Nigerian environment professional skills? we talk as if we don't know how govts here frustrate youth daily.

e7ejinima:
....and before Nollywood there was......?

plaetton:

The rate of crime in any society is directly proportional to the economic and social dislocations exclusively caused by adult leaders.
To attempt to attribute high unemployment and crime as being the faults of youths is silly beyond measure.

When adult leaders blow up the futures of their youths through mismanagement of resources, then many youths invariably end up in crime. This happens in every society, including UK, USA, Europe and Asia.
Given Nigeria's failed-state status, youth crime is still relatively low compared to even advanced nations like USA and UK.

The far majority of Nigerian youths are productive, resourceful, adaptive, versatile and persevering.