THE YOUTHS BATTLE CRY: DIEU ET MON DROIT! HRR NA NE!
On the 7th of December 2013, a blog ‘’www.corruptbounty..com’’ was launched by the webmaster of www.kenadvocacy..com titled Corruption Hunter. The letter ‘i’ in the Corruption word was formed with the pointed nose of a gun and what came to mind was Ghana.
The House Cleaning exercise of J. J. Rawlings in 1979 speaks volumes and justifies why the gun remains one of the most viable option of tackling corruption. Ghana was in a very difficult and pitiable condition has corrupt leaders plundered and laundered their treasury. There was no regard for the common man and injustice ruled the roast. There was no hope as unemployment drove many Ghanaian youths to neighbouring countries in search of respite.
Jerry John Rawlings struck. He took over the government and gunned down a few generals, corrupt Supreme Court judges were also exterminated. This house cleaning exercise later saw the disappearance of over 300 Ghanaians. The J J Rawlings Revolution saved Ghana.
Now how do we solve a problem like Nigeria and stop the war on youths.
We have the resources but we have not been resourceful. Oil discovery was a boom but it hatched our doom. I think our past and present leaders must be held responsible.
Nothing! Nothing! And nothing has been done to stop the Nigerian state oppression of the youths that has lingered for decades. Of lack of employment opportunities, basic and social amenities, zero infrastructure, nonchalance of the state leadership, obviously a sign of a failed state.
How long shall they kill our enthusiasm, how long shall they oppress us, how long shall they deny us equity and justice, how long shall they deny us our rights while we stand aside applauding and admiring their folly? Millions of Nigerians still live below 1 dollar a day in a country where leaders gets above 30 million Naira salaries. Many youths are left for poverty and respite only comes through illegal and unholy business. It is absolutely unfair how our national resources have turned into family business for some elites. The super rich in Nigeria cannot justify the source of their wealth just as the Federal government can’t give a valid explanation of how our money is being spent. The super rich are a bunch of opportunists aligned with past and present leaders and proceeds from our resources goes into their pockets. How did T.Y Danjuma get so rich? Where and how did the likes of M. K. O. Abiola, Jimoh Ibrahim and Babangida get so rich?
There are funds to loot. There is money to lavish on unprofitable events, enough money to pay leaders millions of Naira salary, there is money to spend on bogus contracts and elections, there is so much money that the president can take 1 billion naira to feed in a single year. And yet a graduate cannot get a decent job, a graduate cannot setup a business on his own either. A graduate is left to depend on struggling parents for survival.
The Government and all its lame institutions are guilty as hell. The only progress visible is the one on paper. Bogus statistics meant to demean and play on our intelligence. Initiatives launched only for the benefit of their cronies. The National Directorate of Employment is lame. The National Economic Reconstruction Fund has collapsed. The Bank of Industry has become a bank of Indolence, only industrious to the corrupt. The three arms of government stink with decay. The Judiciary has been desecrated by corrupt and demonic Judges who auction judgements for sale. Why has it taken more than a decade and the Judiciary are yet to give Comandclem Nigeria Limited Justice? It is indeed a case of the Nigerian State’s orgy in discouraging youth creativity, and murdering of Intellectual Property Rights. 14 years and still counting, a renowned inventor’s right to royalty being denied.
Nigeria deserves a better leadership not of the PDP or APC. We deserve better candidates undefiled. Unfortunately, the Nigerian State cannot bring worthy candidates like Professor Pat Utomi to power. What prevails in Nigeria is the selection and rotation of power among and between the corrupt ring.
The youths are fed up. We deserve much more from the Nigerian State. Nigeria has been lucky so far that the youths have not reciprocated the Nigerian State assault. As Nigerian citizens we have a God given equal rights to our resources. The Nigerian State owes us a lot. Let it be known that beyond words, we are sharpening our knives and loading our guns.
Dieu et mon droit! Hrr na ne! God and our rights! At them!