SAIFULLAHI
LAWAL
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When
Prof. Wole Soyinka described his generation of Nigeria as wasted generation, I
believe he was lamenting and hoping that the generation after his own will
offer something better. But that generation happens to be worst than Soyinka’s
generation.
The
Sardauna’s and Tafawa Balewa never accumulate wealth; they provided quality
education, support agriculture and generally worked on policies and programme
that enhanced livelihoods. Those that inherited leadership from them became
increasingly selfish, callously self-centered and inherently insensitive to the
need of the people consequently what we now have as a governance template in
Nigeria is an essentially gravitation towards primitive accumulation of wealth
and its attendant woes.
This
led to breakdown of both physical and social infrastructure and a collection of
very powerful individual presiding over very weak and non-functional
institutions of governance. Added to that is a total neglect of key productive
sectors of agriculture, commerce and mining had succeeded in creating mainly crises
and poverty in our country, the resultant consequences is that the ruling
elites have succeeded in just creating tiny islands of riches within very vast
oceans of poverty. In the process the interest of the people matter less, they
simply sit as demigods in the mighty houses they build with ill-gotten money
which for most part are only inhabited by rodents and lizards. They only use
those houses when they come home to manipulate the political process to
hoodwink the people on some matters they have personal interest in. and for
most part their currency during such manipulative process exercise are Religion
or tribe. However, if any reason they don’t have their way, they create so much
instability in the system that will indicate to you that they have no care or
concern for the people they claim to lead.
THE MORAL CHALLENGE……
for young people, one of the biggest dilemmas confronting us is the moral
challenge. We are a nation of “praying people” but devoid of God fearing.
We
have turned prayer to move of vital when you show your supposed Godliness in
public while in real terms you continue to do all the things that God abhors.
Where is our morality when a person steals money meant for building roads,
hospitals, schools etc which results in deaths of citizens and moral decay of
youths in the society.
THE ETHICAL
CHALLENGE…..just as we lost morality, so have we
lost ethical consideration in the manner we conduct our affairs as individuals
or groups. This includes even our professionals. Thus, those with the divine
responsibility to deliver on fairness, equality and justice have suddenly
turned careless about such ideals. Professional conduct is considered outdated.
All we are after is to make money or to please supposed overlords.
THE SELF RELIANCE
CHALLENGE…As young people, your biggest challenge is how to
make your lives useful to yourself and the society you live in. it is a fact no
government in the world can offer jobs to all qualified youth. The investment
climate is also very weak so getting many investors is hard at this point in
time. The most viable option left for you is to seriously consider exploiting
your God-given talents and abilities to be self-reliant.
In
this short discuss, I believe I was able to stimulate your thoughts, even
though I may have annoyed you somehow. I may have also told you things you
found unacceptable. These were nit my intentions, my intention is to tell you
the truth and leverage on that to motivate you. This is because the greatest
impediment to your success is you. Conquer yourself, conquer your fears,
conquer your misgivings and the world becomes your stage to perform and
succeed.
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