cezarman:
We the Nigerian youths can't do shiit.

We're too weak and fragile

nonsense, the Nigerian youth isn't weak or fragile, the Nigerian youth is scared. scared of betrayal and disunity

Look who is TALKING ! At what age did you become a Democratically SELECTED PRESIDENT

Le2money:
I wish I could read all what was written up here but unfortunately my eyes are just too weak to do dat....Nigeria matter tire me jorh

Me that read regretted doing so.

Which youth?

The ones that still thinks WizKid is the greatest musician alive.

Baawaa:
After you spoiled everything

Your darling rogue president can never do in 8 years what Obasanjo did in just 2 years in government in terms of accomplishment, unless you want to talk about the stealing and corruption, your myopic darling president has surpassed the whole of pdp 16 years in just 4 years.

in scale of 100%
achievement =

Obasanjo 99% ( foreign debt relief, foreign reserve, security high, foreign policy and investments, communication, reinforcement of Armed Forces etc)

Buhari 1% (foreign debt piling, foreign reserve almost 0, security appalling, foreign policy and and investment almost nothing the ones we have are leaving, Armed Forces is at its lowest since independence.

corruption, stealing (embezzlement)

= pdp 16 years (54%)

buhari 4 years (46%)

The least I expect Obasanjo to do is to sponsor any capable and willing youth. He should create a platform for that and ask those interested to run for different offices to indicate their interest.

Truly, there is no repentance in the grave.

Joshmodest:

Do you know its very easy to tell someone who just lost his loved one , to take heart its not the end of the world ..tears can't bring the dead back bla bla ..... But when you lose a loved one your own cry fit full tank ...
Advising on the outside is the easiest thing to do ,when you're not involved ....Buhari could have easily said this statement if he wasn't President !!

Intelligent comment! Respect

I can understand where you are coming from, but you should see everything with a dark light.

You should keep yourself open to adjustment, let we the youths first get that structure into the political parties then, then the next generation will try to uphold the same thing against the older generation.

We owe this to our unborn children.

Amotolongbo:
Did you read the last part where he talked about the party structure which will work in favor of the youth?

These present old generation leaders were youth when they took over, and they don’t wanna leave. The same way these youth will be when they seize power from them.

Another problem we have in Nigeria is that after these youths have successfully taken the power from the old generation, they will also end up seating tight and prevent the next youth generation from taking over by manipulating and reviewing the same constitution that brought them in, to their favor and against the next generation.

Selfishness is everyone’s watchword in Nigeria

Emedu:


https://thenationonlineng.net/obasanjo-advises-youths-to-wrest-power-from-older-generation/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Old cat

Thank you. How old was he when he was the president?

tj4luck:
Agbaya, could they try that with you when you were there. Wouldn't you have ordered their total massacre. God gave you all the opportunities to make things right by creating your fear in people's heart hence opportunity to make things right but you blew it up. Agbaya

EXCUSE ME SIR! Are you not the older generation?

Baba is right. but he would have opposed it during his time. if we are to make way we need young leaders. less than 40yrs. the only thing our old leaders know is what happened in 1975 and everyone returning back to the village to farm.

Baawaa:
After you spoiled everything

because he's part of leader that spoil it, we should overlook the message. Uno get sense

Saying it as if it's actually coming from his heart

Imaging if someone had said the same during his rule...watch how he would have attacked the person with EFCC and Dss.


Nigeria is in trouble with all this old cargo's

Exmilitant:


Gowon, Muritala, Obasanjo, Buhari, Babangida, Abacha ruled this country as youths. Not mentioning some military Governors who ruled in their 20's. Our problem is not about youth being in charge but total emacipation from mental, phisical and spiritual slavery!

....... evident in sooo many comments before this..... and will be in comments after. How can youths coming of age in the 21st century... in the digital age.... want to be ruled by men who came of age in the 1900's.... whose mindset remain in the 1900's.... who are illeterates? ... yes illiterates.... (in todays world if you are not computer savvy.... digital savvy... you are an illiterate). Is this not some form of mental slavery?... choosing malfunctioning analogue over digital to lead us into the future?... to lead a nation of overwhelming youths?

On "leadership affirmative action".... 40 years is generally too young. The striking thing is neither of the parties has next generation members being groomed for leadership.... and that's not a problem with the youths.Back to the future... we shouldn't complain. Nigerian youths lack militancy.

If na this country matter,i never ready to wake up.this country is not worth fighting for

Baawaa:
After you spoiled everything

He spoilt but he left. Some have spoilt and are still there with youths even hailing them.

Mayb when we stop putting all the blame for every of our wrong doing and understand it is over votes that got them there and our silence and ignorance with the mentality that he go better is what is keeping them there...

Then and only day would change come

I agree with Obasanjo totally.
But to do this, you need financial muscle. You can't just demand this things and get it by just word if mouth. How many Nigerians less than 40 years have upto 50 million naira in their account?

yemmight:


Google it now.

Ask the Elder in Ur compound from 49 upward to tell u the truth

Exmilitant:
Gowon, Muritala, Obasanjo, Buhari, Babangida, Abacha ruled this country as youths. Not mentioning some military Governors who ruled in their 20's. Our problem is not about youth being in charge but total emacipation from mental, phisical and spiritual slavery!

Bla bla bla..... You are part of the problem.

Amotolongbo:
Did you read the last part where he talked about the party structure which will work in favor of the youth?

These present old generation leaders were youth when they took over, and they don’t wanna leave. The same way these youth will be when they seize power from them.

Another problem we have in Nigeria is that after these youths have successfully taken the power from the old generation, they will also end up seating tight and prevent the next youth generation from taking over by manipulating and reviewing the same constitution that brought them in, to their favor and against the next generation.

[s][/s]Selfishness is everyone’s watchword in Nigeria [s][/s]

So you know everyones character in the whole of Nigeria to enable you come to this conclusion?

If the 50s generation of south Koreans think like you that country would have remained miserably poor.

I don't take what crooks like OBJ say seriously, he and his brought our country to its knees, so in my opinion he doesn't have moral ground to be telling we the what and what not do. That such a person is yet to be prosecuted for his crimes is beyond me.

This man wan cause big commotion...nah now he knows say make youth squeeze out old generation... while he was in power why didn't he say that....we are only being deceive by all this old politicians

illicit:
After you have emasculated us

No be youth wey get money go get mouth?

Do you feel emasculated? Speak for yourself.

mu2sa2:
Coming from a man who wanted to perpetuate himself in office - thanks to Nnamani and Na'aba who derailed his selfish 3rd term agenda (and possibly more).

Honestly Obasanjo should be quiet and face his farm

legionISproteus:
Do you feel emasculated? Speak for yourself.

na people like u I dey talk

Baawaa:
After you spoiled everything

Go and fight him now

Amotolongbo:
Did you read the last part where he talked about the party structure which will work in favor of the youth?

These present old generation leaders were youth when they took over, and they don’t wanna leave. The same way these youth will be when they seize power from them.

Another problem we have in Nigeria is that after these youths have successfully taken the power from the old generation, they will also end up seating tight and prevent the next youth generation from taking over by manipulating and reviewing the same constitution that brought them in, to their favor and against the next generation.

Selfishness is everyone’s watchword in Nigeria

No, sir!

Wit what OBJ jst suggested, if Incorporated, d constitution wil be d one 2 legally checkmate d sit-tight or stay-put syndrome of d oldies by constitutionally weeding out old pple within certain age brackets while integrating a minimum percentage of youths into d sys!

You are one of the problem with the youths. This is what those useless elders do all the time. They make us look like damaged products that are irredeemable and I stand to be corrected most of the moral ills we have today is because we have no mentors, morally bankrupt elders that is why there is a leadership crisis and a dearth in statesmanship.

Somehow, I think yhu are right but can yhu compare the youths then with ours.


Back then, the guys yhu mentioned were focused and understood leadership. They were not seen hanging their trousers behind their waist and forming malian around.

They weren't carried away with BBN and only making noise on SM, no, they got involved in the system. In fact, most of them fought their way through to get there.
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