Dear Nigerian Youth,

Twice this week, God spoke to you but you were deaf. You missed the message totally. Not only did you miss the message, you put up the twin messengers on the cross and you are dealing them with the worst kind of blows. In your follow-the-herd mentality that has afflicted your generation, you have only succeeded in demonstrating your crass ignorance and the reason why you may never be taken seriously. Coincidentally, both messengers are old men but you mock them. You may have new clothes even more than the aged but you can never have rags like them. Their ragged experience is by far better than your new age wisdom.

The first messenger brought a series of messages. He gave some pieces of advice to a generation that is wise in its own sight. A harmless advice has now been turned over its head. How come this generation always end up making simple things complex? How come this generation always major on minors and minor on majors? Don't marry a lazy woman, he said. Don't marry a woman who cannot pray for one hour. Most of you are products of prayer but you come online to mock because it feels right to do so. Instead of lending your ears, you say the mouth of an elder is smelling. Just how did you think the elderly got their sunken eyes? It's because of what they have seen and experienced. As for you, you're like a dog destined to be lost and you're deaf to the whistle of the hunter.

You know what? Go ahead with your schemes. Marry a lazy woman. It is within your rights. Go for a couch potato. We are in the modern world. As long as she can apply good make-up, wear designer shoes and sun-glasses and update her status on Facebook while twerking regularly, that's all the qualifications she needs to get Mr Right. Who cares if she can do the dishes when there's a dish-washer? Who cares if she can make her own bed when she can hire a domestic help? Who cares if she can cook when Domino Pizza is still selling their franchise all over the nation? As for you modern lady, young men care more about how good you look than how well you cook! They will rather discuss your Peruvian and Malaysian weave-on than Italian cuisine. If they are hungry, they can go to their mothers- or help themselves. Whoever said the way to a man's heart is through his stomach has never met the 21st Century man.

And as for prayers, marry a lady that will take your problems to Agony Aunt. Taking them to the Lord in prayers is so old-school we don't even sing the song in church again. Your knees are so delicate you shouldn't even kneel down before God. Marry a woman who will rush to update your situation on Instagram instead of updating God instantly. Don't be bothered that she can't pray for one hour- as long as she can watch the whole series of Lekki Wives in one fell swoop, you're good to go. Prayer is so outdated. Making long prayers is so so outdated. What will she do when challenges of life come? So easy- she will twerk at them. The devil hates twerking and can't stand it. A family that twerks together stays together. Marry a woman who has tweeter handles but handles nothing else. We are trying to save your chicken from impending death but it's still hell bent on going to the refuse dump for its meal. What an elder sees while sitting, a young man can never see even if he stands. Bae, you can spend one hour applying concealer, mascara and lipstick on your face that you can't carry for twenty four hours but you can't spend one hour praying for a home that you hope to sustain as long as you live. In the voice of Lagbaja, "mo sorry fun gbogbo yin o, mo sorry fun gbogbo yin lo kokan".

Hey girl, marry a man that is jobless. Marry a man who can take off his shirt but can't take out the thrash. A perfectly toned man is better than a perfectly toned wallet. A man with six packs is better than a man with six figures. Romance is better than finance. Marry a man who has no ambition and has no clue about where he is going in life. Marry a man who lives on you and feeds off you. Marry a man whose only property is what is within his trousers. As you lay your bed, so you will lie on it. Silly working girl, hear me: love is blind but marriage is an eye-opener. Your eyes 'will soon clear'. No one tells a blind man that the market is over. If he cannot see, at least he is not deaf. Marriage is hard work, if you don't know. Too much of Kim Kardashian has robbed you of reality. Marriage is not Indian film.

You think the guy loves you when all he loves is your wallet. In the words of the elder who should know, "Even if he says he's a contractor, ask him to show you evidence of the contracts he has done because you may just be the contract". When you cry eventually, no one will be there to comfort you. I trust your fellow ladies: they will even laugh at your misfortune. You know women are the enemies of women. You will think you are trending but all they do is to help you trend your misfortune on social media. Is it any wonder your parents could hold a marriage together for 50 years but you can't even hold yourself together? The values they hold so dear have been devalued by you. Now, you're of no value.

By the way, what's your own issue with the dressing instruction a man gives to his employees? If I tell my staff I don't want tattoos, how come that is now your headache? He said his employees should not wear beards- how has that become your concern? Your joblessness is a major cause of worry.

And then there's the second 83-year old elder who was sent as a message of sorts to you. In my side of the country there is something called 'aroko'. Aroko is a form of communication which is usually non-verbal. The 83-year old man that you derided so much for being made the Chairman of a parastatal was a message sent to you. Instead of burying your heads in shame and covering yourselves in sack clothes and ashes, you are demonstrating the only thing you excel at doing- internet hooliganism. You should be worried that very few people in your generation have been found worthy of holding such a position on trust. The few times you have been given this kind of opportunity, you have proven to be worse than the geriatrics you complained about. Your generation inspires no confidence and engenders no trust. The stealing appetite of a man supposedly at the departure lounge is restrained while your own is uncontrolled. Generations before you stole in millions but you steal in billions. Generations before you kept stolen money in Swiss accounts but you keep yours in Panama. Your generation only knows how to wear t-shirts and carry placards. Your generation only knows how to hurl insults on Facebook. Your generation has no fresh ideas. The best of your generation is one Dino who may soon become your President. You laugh? While you're wasting your time using your scarce resources to buy internet data to fight over him, he's making himself relevant. Hardly does a day go by without a discussion about him. While you remain anonymous, he is always in the limelight.

Sit down and think. Stop in your tracks for a while and have a time of deep reflection. Consider these two messengers and their messages. Life does not discriminate. You need to face it fair and square. You have a lot of growing up to do. You are way behind in the scheme of things. Life has left you behind. There is a lot of catching up to do.

I'm afraid for you.

Mr angry man, there are women who prayed more than Moses, cook better than our mothers, shagg better than whores and you know what, the husband's still left them!!

That your pastor gives an opinion/advise doesnt mean he is right nor does it mean he is wrong. there is a reason why people cook jollof rice via different methods; there is a reason why 5 + 4 = 9 and 6 + 3 = 9.

Even amongst men, there are men who are prayer wariiors (in their church, holding night vigils and all) yet are sinners. Is the criteria of a good wife based on how "good of a cook she is"?

You do realise that people's tastebuds are different. Whom i may consider a great cook might be considered a good cook to someone else.

Finally, our men of God are human beings like us, they read the same scriptures and holy books that we read and because they say something doesnt mean we should follow suit blindly. What applies in their house doesnt and shouldnt always apply in your home.

When the pastor asks your wives to come and pray in church everyday for 2 hours, you men are the first to jump and criticise the pastor however now that something is said favourably you are all dancing shakiti bobo on the comment.

What happened to the other comments he made about jobless men having no business marrying a wife? where are the articles supporting that please?

natasha:
Mr angry man, there are women who prayed more than Moses, cook better than our mothers, shagg better than whores and you know what, the husband's still left them!!

That your pastor gives an opinion/advise doesnt mean he is right nor does it mean he is wrong. there is a reason why people cook jollof rice via different methods; there is a reason why 5 + 4 = 9 and 6 + 3 = 9.

Even amongst men, there are men who are prayer wariiors (in their church, holding night vigils and all) yet are sinners. Is the criteria of a good wife based on how "good of a cook she is"?

You do realise that people's tastebuds are different. Whom i may consider a great cook might be considered a good cook to someone else.

Finally, our men of God are human beings like us, they read the same scriptures and holy books that we read and because they say something doesnt mean we should follow suit blindly. What applies in their house doesnt and shouldnt always apply in your home.

When the pastor asks your wives to come and pray in church everyday for 2 hours, you men are the first to jump and criticise the pastor however now that something is said favourably you are all dancing shakiti bobo on the comment.

What happened to the other comments he made about jobless men having no business marrying a wife? where are the articles supporting that please?

hmm.you have a point but at the end I still don't get you.

oloyede252:
hmm.you have a point but at the end I still don't get you.

It is not compulsory to take his advice and as a matter of fact his message on this subject is for specific people - his church leaders. Come to think of it isn't of serious concern to see the rate at which divorce is on the increase in our today society. Do you think couple just wake up one day and divorce. It is all these issues that cumulated to cause hovoc to the marriage even some pastor do not see divorce as a big deal.
On the jobless aspect, people should understand that it is not until you start earning in million that you are gainfully employed, make sure you are not idle there are lot of things to do in a legitimate way to earn money.

oloyede252:
hmm.you have a point but at the end I still don't get you.

What point did she have, pray tell? That she used extremes and unusuals to pass across her message or that she didn't read where the writer talked about jobless men as well?

pavlovt:


It is not compulsory to take his advice and as a matter of fact his message on this subject is for specific people - his church leaders. Come to think of it isn't of serious concern to see the rate at which divorce is on the increase in our today society. Do you think couple just wake up one day and divorce. It is all these issues that cumulated to cause hovoc to the marriage even some pastor do not see divorce as a big deal.
On the jobless aspect, people should understand that it is not until you start earning in million that you are gainfully employed, make sure you are not idle there are lot of things to do in a legitimate way to earn money.

No, his message on this subject is not only for church leaders but for anyone who wants to be in the lead in keeping his or her marriage intact. Very good and common sense points. Thise who dont see it that way are those who fall short of the points he raised and as usual they are in the majority, thats all. Why do you think the divorce rates are so high. Its because we have more selfish, jobless, lazy and unserious visionless persons entering into marriage now than we did before.

pavlovt:


And then there's the second 83-year old elder who was sent as a message of sorts to you. In my side of the country there is something called 'aroko'. Aroko is a form of communication which is usually non-verbal. The 83-year old man that you derided so much for being made the Chairman of a parastatal was a message sent to you. Instead of burying your heads in shame and covering yourselves in sack clothes and ashes, you are demonstrating the only thing you excel at doing- internet hooliganism. You should be worried that very few people in your generation have been found worthy of holding such a position on trust. The few times you have been given this kind of opportunity, you have proven to be worse than the geriatrics you complained about. Your generation inspires no confidence and engenders no trust. The stealing appetite of a man supposedly at the departure lounge is restrained while your own is uncontrolled. Generations before you stole in millions but you steal in billions. Generations before you kept stolen money in Swiss accounts but you keep yours in Panama. Your generation only knows how to wear t-shirts and carry placards. Your generation only knows how to hurl insults on Facebook. Your generation has no fresh ideas. The best of your generation is one Dino who may soon become your President. You laugh? While you're wasting your time using your scarce resources to buy internet data to fight over him, he's making himself relevant. Hardly does a day go by without a discussion about him. While you remain anonymous, he is always in the limelight.

Dear Nigerian Youths, I'm afraid for you.

You see, your society is so fvcked up that the government gave a job to an 83 year old man and someone defended it by saying "he's really old so he won't steal as much as a young man". That same person then accused you of stealing billions, blatantly ignoring the fact that the majority of the stealing and corrupt politicians in the government are well over the age of 40. Then he sealed his comment by throwing in your face a politician, whom, I'm 90% sure, rigged his way into office and used his elderly political godfathers to secure his tenure. You are called hooligans for using the only method you have to express your displeasure with the government, who has been ignoring you since 1960. The same government filled with old men, too old to "steal" as much.

And you are agreeing with him.

You should sell yourselves to more worthy people or better yet, jump into the sea en-masse. You are taking up valuable resources that other countries can use more effectively.

I'm afraid for you.

And as for the wailing about bad marriages nowadays, ya know, I know a lot of bad marriages that were filled by people in their 70s. Some even got divorced and others divorced by simply moving away. And those are just the ones in my immediate vicinity, countless others exist as well. So, may be this panic about bad marriages is like the panic about Homosexuality: that existed for a looonnnggggg time (read your Old Testament, folks!) But now that is being pushed into mainstream acceptance worldwide, it is creating a panic. Same with Women's rights, Islamic furor, Drug Wars, Race Wars etc.

See a pattern? Maybe, I dunno, try NOT to clutch your pearls and panic...I dunno, I'm just spitballing here..

A family that twerks together stays together.


Words to live by... Lmao

I'm crying, literally.... *sob* *sob*

Onegai:
And as for the wailing about bad marriages nowadays, ya know, I know a lot of bad marriages that were filled by people in their 70s. Some even got divorced and others divorced by simply moving away. And those are just the ones in my immediate vicinity, countless others exist as well. So, may be this panic about bad marriages is like the panic about Homosexuality: that existed for a looonnnggggg time (read your Old Testament, folks!) But now that is being pushed into mainstream acceptance worldwide, it is creating a panic. Same with Women's rights, Islamic furor, Drug Wars, Race Wars etc.

See a pattern? Maybe, I dunno, try NOT to clutch your pearls and panic...I dunno, I'm just spitballing here..

madam oh gosh,I was waisting for ya story.cos I know you are thae woman who is burnet to tell storizes.oya madam I you wizh to be fortunate you better tell my ya story.