What happens to a soldier who goes to the battlefield without planning out his moves? I guess such should be ready to meet his doom!
Moreover, it's often said that he who comes into equity must come with clean hands.
I doubt if any of these youths carting away and looting someone else's electronic stores all in the name of fighting for good governance will have the opportunity to get their ways through the corridors of power, and won't sell the entire country and even get discounts in return.
I thought the long-term tragedies were over, but yet, another shame.
No doubt, current and past administrations in Nigeria have failed us; hence, the need for restructuring. But do we have a veritable alternative?
Mind you, without the above being effectively planned and put in place, the current quest and struggle for good governance will definitely amount to child's play.
Let's face the reality at least, rather than chasing shadows.
The major bane plaguing us as a nation is the SYSTEM we find ourselves, which is a product of what we made it. And no part of the system is left out of this decadence, not even the youths, of which I'm also part of.
I'll never join the league of persons who frown at youths inclusion in politics. However, on the contrary, the question that keeps knocking the door of my heart is "who are the youths changing the narrative of Nigeria?"
You mean the ones that either silently or openly dine and merry with those devils called leaders on the round table of tragedies?
Or the ones that explore the gullibility of average Nigerian youths on the basis of affluence and popularity?
Can any neutral mind attain those positions successfully on a platter of gold?
I'd advise that we, first have a rethink, before fighting any outward battle, especially that which concerns the whole nation.
Charity, they say, begins at home.
You can't give what you don't have.
If we must effect any change out there, then the change should begin with us, right from our respective homes.
The Truth is always bitter; but it seems we often prefer to learn in a hard way.
Moreso, I've always countered a claim attributing Nigerian leadership problem to AGE BARRIER. Obviously, it isn't about age; It all boils down to our mindsets and Perceptions of the word leadership.
What gives us the impression that someone below 50 or 40 years will do better or worse if given an opportunity?
Experience? Or good conscience?
A 40-year-old man can take over the mantle of leadership today and set this country ablaze in a twinkling of an eye. Why? He lacks the needed know-how. Effective Leadership or representation is not determined by age.
Not only that; I must say categorically that youths of this generation are worse in attitude and character than the so-called elders of today.
The pervasive old system has been passed down to us, and we've built and nurtured the evils more.
We've turned masters and experts in the field of corruption, even worse than those who thought us the way of perdition.
How many youths ever wrote exams and passed willingly without engaging in malpractices? I guess only few percentage...
How then do we embrace the realities of hardwork?
What kind of sermon do we preach to victims of such immoral act, to change their impression or open their eyes to see that hardwork really pays?
That little leadership responsibility most of us are/were saddled with in our respective localities (schools, churches, social groups...), how well do we handle them?
Don't we see them as an avenue to amass wealth?
From the class governors down to the SUG body for instance, we know the evils they perpetrate.
The fact remains that When you do well and I also do well, Nigeria will definitely do well.
We can't continue all these atrocities while we keep striving for positive changes.
Even if the current fight against bad governance is won, if all these ills are not corrected, there would still be a reoccurrence of the embattled trend. It's just like putting a new whine in an old bottle; What difference will it make?
To experience complete emancipation from the current hopeless darkness we find ourselves in, history must be traced back, with the nation's foundation revisited, coupled with intense purging of our inner man from the negative connotations we've acquired overtime about leadership and representation.
I know this may seem difficult; but for the purpose of posterity, I'm sure we can!
Well, my point of view may completely negate yours, and that's why opinions are likened to assholes, everybody has one.
NIGERIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN, ONLY IF WE GIVE IT THE CHANCE TO.
Esan Femi Williams✍
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