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Nigeria Youths Should Wakeup 4rm Slumber by danielarem(m): 8:54am On Sep 21, 2013
NIGERIA YOUTHS LET
WAKE UP 4RM SLUMBER
LET JOIN HAND
TOGETHER TO
CASTIGATE CORRUPT
POLITICIANS.
Since the Feb. 1999
presidential elections,
I have had the difficult
task of relating with a
lot of young Nigerians
who passionately
believe that nothing
can be done to make
Nigeria work. I have
found myself defending
Nigeria at great
discomfort. For these
young, idealistic, and I
must add, patriotic
Nigerians, the solution
to all our problems lies in
carving up Nigeria into
several countries. I have
been wondering how
we got here. As a
student in 90s, my
fellow comrades and I in
the students’
movement believed we
had a duty to enthrone
as an egalitarian society.
Whether it was against
the school authorities or
the different military
regimes, we never
wavered in our quest.
We made sacrifices that
threatened not only our
future but our lives. We
were buoyed by the
laudable efforts and rich
tradition of those
before us and those
before them. I have
been told not to blame
the current generation;
that Nigerian youth
have never had it so
bad; that when my
generation marched
against military
dictatorship, we went
to school for free, we
had three square meals
in school, and many
of us had jobs when we
graduated.
I empathize with these
generation. Their
feeling of frustration
and alienation is
justified. We've have
been duped and
betrayed by our
current leaders, not only
by the Nigerian
State, but by an
opportunistic
generation. It is enough
to be cynical about
Nigeria when a lot
of those who some
years back were in the
forefront in the struggle
for a better
Nigeria, for a society of
social justice and the
rule of law have given
up the struggle For
them, democracy has
become an end in itself!
I can understand,
therefore, why my
fellow youth have given
up hope. Add to this
feeling of hopelessness
the excruciating
material conditions in
the country. Everywhere
they turn,
there are roadblocks,
literally, that prevent
them from living their
dreams and fulfilling
their potentials. After
spending years
acquiring a degree, for
those privileged to get
higher education, our
youth are made to
roam the streets
endlessly in search of
not existent jobs. It is
difficult to dream under
such harsh conditions.
But as a product of the
progressive movement
of the 90s, I dare to
dream. I dream of a
Nigeria where our
lawmakers will make
laws in the best
interest of the public. I
dream of a Nigeria
where our best and
brightest will not spend
their most productive
years building other
countries; A Nigeria
where the police will
indeed be our friend;
a Nigeria where you go
to court for justice
not thinking there is a
malevolent judge
somewhere willing to
pervert justice for a
little fee. I dream of a
Nigeria where the
value of citizens is not
in the amount of money
they have or
number of cars and
houses they posses,
but their integrity and
contribution to society.
It shows a young
Nigerian who was
beaten to death and
burnt alive in broad
daylight by his
contemporaries, with
onlookers clapping and
jeering, allegedly for
stealing a laptop . I
dream of a Nigeria
where human life is
worth something,
where human rights are
respected, where good
governance, right to life,
security, and
environmental safety
are the norm rather
than the exception. I
dream of a Nigeria
where our graduate will
be worthy of their
degrees, not recipients
of sexually transmitted
degrees. I dream of a
country that will be a
global contender, a
country where our God-
given resources will be a
blessing and not a curse.
Let’s go back to basics.
Our major problem is
these
set of impostor we all
known as political god-
fathers. Political god-
fathers has know
intrest of the masses
@their heart but to loot
and destroy these
nation through their
God-son.
Nigeria youth must
decide 2015 elections,
yes we can do it. Dont
be deceived by any
political godfathers.
Used and dumped you
after election. While the
office of
commissioners, special
advisers and others will
be share to their political
god-son and you've to
wait for four yrs for
another elections when
they will come back for
you! Because after the
election, you'll become
an virus to them while
they will ignore you and
change all their contact
immediately after the
election, so that you will
not be able to reach
them. Then why are
you praising them or
you were born to be a
slave?
Enough is Enough

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