The youths of my generation have been taken for granted for too long by our 'Retired-But-Not-Tired set of leaders. They have exhausted their times and are already using part of ours. Regrettably, a good number of widely acknowledged bright minds amongst us don't see anything wrong in that. A well respected Facebook friend of mine has started propagating 'Atiku Abubakar 2019 Project' and I asked him via email, 'when will it be our turn?' The major problems facing our youths today is the unwillingness to think critically and independently and the lust for peanuts from those ruling us.
The is one of the reasons the likes of IBB believe Nigerian youth cannot rule this nation. But the overwhelming statistical evidence is there that we have made much of our progress while under the leadership of young Nigerians. Most of our landmark progress was made while we were led by young people who used their dynamic and agile ability to bring positive changes to Nigeria. Gen Yakubu Gowon kept nigeria one and built a National Electricity Grid (which we are still making efforts to improve on till date), many Federal Universities and NYSC as a young man in his 30s. General Muritala Muhammed gave his famous 'Africa Has Come Of Age' speech as well as envisioned the need for a new and befitting Federal Capital for Nigeria in his 30s and our own General Olusegun Obasanjo became the first military ruler in Africa to voluntarily hand over power to a democratically elected civilian administration as a young man.
We deserve and desire greater participation in how our political 'leaders' plan our future. It's working in Canada; it has started in France and we cannot to be left behind!
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