Ridiculous and thought provoking as it may sound, but that is the gospel truth. Nigerian youths are swift and speedy to blame our politicians for every menace that befalls Nigeria, whereas too many of this menace are actually hatched, masterminded and perpetrated by the youths. It is common knowledge that many Nigerian youths see the government as the reason behind every single misfortune that befalls them. They would always scream at the top of their voice that the government is unable to offer them a white collar job. Then one is forced to wonder if a white collar job is the sole means of livelihood or if a white collar job is the only gateway to a successful life. What has happened to our farmlands, our carpentry workshops and our arts and crafts? How many youths out there are willing to toil the soil for agricultural produce? Where has our innovative and creative minds gone to?

It also imperative to note that most youths in developed countries don't depend on the regularly "office" jobs for a living, the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Marie Besnier Beauvalot, Sean Parker etc.

Even in our country Nigeria the likes of Linda Ikeji the renowned blogger , Philip Emeagwali the Nigerian inventor and scientist from Onitsha in Anambra State, they never had to wait for the government before becoming geniuses in their respective fields or the likes of Wole Soyinka, Cyprian Ekwensi, Chimamanda Adichie, Ola Rotimi who didn't have to wait for the government before authoring their world changing novels. Or Mo Abudu the C.E.O of EbonyLife Television.

We want to be leaders of tomorrow, a price for which we are not ready to pay, forgetting that every good thing in life comes with a price. We want to be leaders of tomorrow when all we do is castigate that legislature who isn't from our locality but pretend those who are from our locality are saints. When we aren't bold enough to say the truth because god-fatherism has clouded our minds.

We are quick to blame the government over her policies, but haven't for once blamed ourselves for the continuous fight over supremacy by cult groups in our locality of which many of us are masterminds.

The cancerous attitude that has eaten deep into the Nigerian youth is their unwillingness to work, which is why the dream of every Nigerian youth is to become a billionaire over night, without any legitimate plans or any business idea at all on how to go about it. Obviously such an individual would result to other illegitimate means in order to achieve that dream of becoming a billionaire.

In the South-South there you would find countless number of able-bodied young men, all they do is drink from one beer parlour to the other and by the end of the month they would be waiting for their amnesty monthly allowance from the federal government.

Most adults in the South-South even the newborn see Nigerians from other geographical areas as parasites who only wants to parasite their "oyel". Yes it is their oil but how soon have they forgotten that the agricultural produce they eat are some other person's property too. It all boils down to fact that we all need each other to grow.

Coming down to the North it is a different ball game entirely as what you see are youths who hide under the guise of religion to perpetrate heinous crimes, maim, kill and destroy properties. Even religion has hitherto distanced itself from such atrocities. A large chunk of Boko Haram militants are the youths including the fulani herdsmen. How then do we expect the North to grow when we the youths tear it down with our own hands?

In the South-East you are greeted by the MASSOB and IPOB groups who are predominantly youths, calling for the sovereign state of Baifra. It is not illegal to call for succession, but the way and manner at which they go about it, that is what is worrisome. They regularly utter inciting and hate speeches against other tribes, derogatory statements against constituted authorities, even death threats.

What has happened to the spirit of dialogue? Is violent the only way?

In the South-West virtually every youth is a self acclaimed "Omo-Onile" (owners of the land). You find them littered on the street corners and junctions sitting idly, waiting for who to illegally tax in the guise of been an "Omo-nile", as it now a tradition that certain amount of money must be paid to these young men before any project or service could rendered in that area. This youths would forcefully tax you for anything and everything you bring into their vicinity, even if you were offering them a second life on earth for free, you would still have to pay tax.

Many these behavioural activities are widespread occurrence that are perpetrated in every part of Nigeria but very common in the above mentioned areas.

It is rather disheartening that the likes of Senator Ben Bruce who is bent on bringing to fore some governmental policies that are unjust, as he also tries to make the youth understand their full potential is incessantly mocked and insulted by the same youth he is trying so hard to enlighten. Countless times you read with dismay how Nigerian youths troll his twitter page calling him unprintable names. It is shameful how many Nigerian youths are quick to make a joke out of his "common sense" tweets, which are actually of immense importance to us as they serve as guidelines and eye openers to us. This is the kind of individual every youth ought to regard as a role model, but no! we have chosen to emulate those who dole out money stolen from the country's treasury, those who live with impunity, who would rather have Nigerian youths kill each other for their selfish gains, while their own children live peacefully outside the country, those who have no respect for our educational system because their children school in the choicest university outsides the country with our taxpayers money. We go as far as adoring and worshipping these men like demi-gods.

The change Nigeria needs begins with the youths. The moment you and I have a change of mind and attitude, the moment we stop blaming the government for all of our misfortunes and stop depending on the government for virtually everything and start thinking of how to be self dependent that is when we would begin to see the Nigeria of dream...


Think self employment..


Source: www.divineloveudorji..co.ke/2016/04/the-youths-are-one-of-major-problem.html?m=1