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A Strong Message To All Nigerian Youths. A Must Read! by Pacifyre(m): 12:11am On Jun 20, 2016 |
"My Dear Nigerian Youths", by a Professor Isa at
Bayero University...
I am very angry and that is why I am addressing
you.
You are the source of my anger and I want to
vent my spleen- maybe not at you directly- but at
the arrogance of your ignorance.
You sit in front of a computer and rant all day
through social media but with every click, you
make money - not for yourself - but for Mark
Zuckerberg (Facebook).
With every megabyte of data you spend
complaining and maligning, you make stupendous
bucks for Etisalat, Glo and Airtel.
Over the next two years, the number of Nigerian
millionaires will jump by 47% but most likely you
will not be among because you are too busy
whining and complaining. And yet about 60% of
Nigeria’s 170m population are below 35 years.
Oh, what a waste! By the way, Mark Zuckerberg
was 19 when he started Facebook.
Africa’s youngest billionaire, Ashish Thakkar, is
31. He escaped from the Rwandan genocide and
relocated to Uganda where he started an IT
business.
Collin Thornton, who made his millions by fixing
bad computers and setting up Dial-a-Nerd, is 35.
Adam Horowitz, an 18-year-old entrepreneur,
started 30 websites in 3 years before he became
successful.
The only thing you have ever started is an online
petition. Have you heard of Jason Njoku? He’s 33
and the founder of Iroko TV. He received $8m
investment into his company just a few years
ago. What he does? Sharing the same Nollywood
films that you spend hours to watch online. He
didn’t just hang around waiting for Buhari to
make something happen or blaming Jonathan for
not making anything happen.
Kamal Budhabhatti was deported from Kenya but
while on the flight, he thought of the
opportunities in Kenya. He found his way back
after 6 months and today his company is valued
at $30m. He’s 36.
Have you heard of Chinedu Echeruo? Apple just
paid $1b for his app. He’s a Nigerian like you and
all he did was attempt to fix a problem. But for
you, the only thing you attempt to fix are your
nails- and your hairdo! Chinedu moved to New
York in 1995 and found it difficult to navigate the
city with ease so he developed HopStop to fix the
problem.
Stop listing all the problems - we know them
already but what are you doing about them?
Awolowo was 37, Akintola was 36, Ahmadu Bello
was 36, Tafawa Balewa was 34, Okotie-Eboh was
27 and Enahoro was 27 at the time of
independence of Nigeria.
In 1966, the first coup was led by Kaduna
Nzeogwu (29) and stopped by Murtala
Mohammed (28), TY Danjuma (28), IBB (25),
Sanni Abacha (23) and Shehu Yar'adua (23).
It brought in Yakubu Gowon as Head of State at
32 and Olusegun Obasanjo at 29.
You are in your 40s and you still sag your
trousers.
Of course, you know Linda Ikeji. You’ve spent
hundreds of hours on her blog laughing and
commenting while she smiles her way to the
bank.
She’s just built a house for her father in the
village- just by you clicking on her gossip and
sharing.
Your day is not complete without a stop by at her
blog. She was as broke as you are but she turned
a hobby into a business.
I bet Oluwaseun Osewa of foremost Nigerian
website, Nairaland, is already getting tired of bank
alerts as you flood his website. That's another
Nigerian millionaire under 40. After a couple of
failed attempts, his persistence and strong will
have finally paid off.
Are you that void of understanding?
You think those politicians have any regard for
you?
That is why I referred to the arrogance of your
ignorance at the beginning of this diatribe.
You have a false estimation of yourself. You have
an over bloated ego.
You are only as good as an election ticket - pure
and simple. You are only good to be used and
discarded like a used ballot paper. Who keeps a
used ballot paper anyway? That is why they only
remember you every four years.
Whether you are a WAILER or a ZOMBIE, wake up
to reality. Your heroes don't care about you!
Strive for a better life. You can be whoever and
whatever you want to be.
A word they say, is enough for the wise.
Lalasticlala mynd44 |
Re: A Strong Message To All Nigerian Youths. A Must Read! by kunlesufyan(m): 1:04am On Jun 20, 2016 |
Nice tho... |
Re: A Strong Message To All Nigerian Youths. A Must Read! by Walexmotivates(m): 4:35am On Jun 20, 2016 |
chaii! |
Re: A Strong Message To All Nigerian Youths. A Must Read! by caesaraba(m): 7:28am On Jun 20, 2016 |
Watch them avoid this thread like a plague. |
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