*Today's Date is Tomorrow*

I hardly write and publish these days, and It's not OK with me. I do not seem to know what to write anylonger, as everyone seems to make sense. Meanwhile, Just yesterday, a respeted young man talked about this 'leaders of tomorrow' phrase, and it brought memories of one Nursery school marching song:
Parents Listen to your children, (pah pah pah)
We are the Leaders of tomorrow, (pah pah pah)
Try to pay our school fees, and
Give us sound education.
You sang that song in those days and I did too, in Fehintola Nursery and primary school. But one thing is troubling in the golden oldie. It was a request made with a promise, but, while our parents kept their part of the bargain by paying the school fees we asked for, and so; gave us the sound education, we've refused to fulfill our own promise of becoming leaders. Instead, We have grown to be unused little draggies, a do-nothing young people. Maybe because tomorrow has refused to come, then, when will tomorrow come? In Bayo Oluwasanmi's usage, 'Nigerian youths have long been marginalized, long abandoned, long abused, and long disinherited by the political leaders. Nigeria is a country that devours its youths. It's a country that terrorizes its youths. It's a country that offers no hope, no life, no dream, and no future. It's a dead country full of dead youths.'

For every little thing the world wants to do, it fixes a date. A wedding date, a graduation date, a naming date, a burial date, a resumption date and so on, but, the day young people will become leaders, Tomorrow! Again, When actually is tomorrow? Even, the next sun rise has its own date. Anyways, Yoruba foregoers said it all, 'Owó ara eni la fi í tù Ìwà ara eni se.' Tomorrow, therefore, is that day, when young people will wrestle power, that day when we would retire those who have kept on making life difficult and still tag us 'Lazy,' that day we would come together and say: Enough! Tomorrow is now, actually. In other word, today's date is tomorrow. Nigerian youths, arise this minute. Let's advance to the throne, let's aspire, and support those from among us, who want to be Senators, Governors or President!

Ayeni Faith Damilola is a writer, public speaker and eulogist
faithdamilolaayeni@yahoo.com