Eldermanib:
THE LAZINESS IN NIGERIANS YOUTH

We the youths of Nigeria, are we really glamouring for the type of governance that we are expecting or we are just mocking ourselves knowing that we are not really playing our roles.
Because all I see and read everyday is complaints without any plan. Complain without love for each other, complain without value for each other, complain with evil wishes, complain with tribalism, complain with extremism, complain with religious crisis. But no single Agenda or move for a better governance by the youth. What role are we to play other than the complains? There is this beautiful saying that goes “A journey of a thousand miles start with a footstep”. Since the mode of governance is bad, what move have we made other than the usual complaints?
Youth running from their right and blaming politicians... all they clamour for is division and they themselves are involved in all sorts of religious crisis... Ignoring their Right and blaming themselves...they don't have a common goal...they pray for the evil they cannot face...all they clamour for is how to go and make it in another man's land. It is just like a father running from his home because he cannot afford the normal three square meal per day. what kind of youth are we...what do we tell the generation yet to preceed us? we cannot join heads together and put things in order... all we do is engage in the blame game. Rather than work towards a better society together
we are sitting waiting for miracle to happen. This country will only be favourable to us only when the youths from the six geopolitical zone come together for a common goal and single agenda...otherwise we are just as an empty drum that makes the loudest noise. Let the youth be wise. we have been complaining of bad leaders for years...but what are our plans towards that? Do we have any plan on ground other than personal interest... the same youth complaining of bad leadership are the one praising other developed countries, the same youth are engaged in tribalism, the same youth are engaged in division... the behaviour of Nigerian youth is just like "a mother rejecting/neglecting her baby in the school and rejoicing with other kids just because the baby is not doing well in school... not knowing that she has a role to play in the life of such a baby...she can stir a positive change to the fortune of that Child, which she will benefit from hugely
She can make him better than those kids... She can encourage the Child to become somebody by giving the Child reasons to break out of his shell and be more adventurous.. Let the mother give the baby reasons to study. .. such is the typical characteristic of every African youth...especially Nigerians....
Africans youth don't know that out of the 7 continents, African is the richest continent blessed with all form of natural resources... but negligence, laziness and carelessness made us not to know it value...thus we are just interested in finished product... so other countries get the resources from us and give use the finished product in an amount higher than the raw Materials that we sold...virtually we are not making any gain from our raw materials. e.g Africans owned Gold..but the price of gold is determined by the British. ...why ? Because they are the once that can convert it to various finished products... its high time we stop blaming just leaders...we the youth also have a role to play, we have a right to express our thoughts...and if we fail, the generation to proceed us will blame us and not our present leaders because we failed to act when we are suppose to act...instead all we do is to wish evil for the present leaders that we are hopping for a better governance from... can u imagine that?
Nigerian youth are not just lazy, but they are careless to themselves... There is no pillar that can uplift a nation like unity and love. Such should be our first Goal.
By Usman Ibrahim Magaji