By Tunde Eso
Indeed, youths are the bedrock of democracy. The brain
behind any successful democratic settings. Youths all over the world are
the backbone of any meaningful development and the bulwark of societal
strata. Obviously, they are about 65 percent of the world's population.
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This shows the fundamental reasons why youths should be reckoned with. The sayings "Youths of today are leaders of tomorrow
" , "the young shall grow" and more, are apparently true. But the
question is: are the leaders of today ready to prepare them for the
arduous task ahead.
It is a pity that the future of Nigerian youth is gloomy,
pitiable, uncertain and miserable yet our leaders are still persistent
in jeopardizing and mortgaging our future.
Comprehensively, of the world's youths , Nigeria's is the
worst. Every sphere of our lives are being battered daily. From
Education, Economy, Politics, Agriculture, Religion to leadership,
nothing is done to encourage the youths. Thus, there is an increase in
crime.
In other countries, even in this continent, government
provide welfare package for the unemployed and the aged unlike in
Nigeria where there’s high level of unemployment despite the presence
enormous natural resources. This situation however forced people to do
what they would not have done under an ideal setting.
Notwithstanding I believe this is the time when all youths
must come together and contest the ruling class to a standstill.
Besides, we should rise up to take our future in to our hands by
ensuring a good future for ourselves.
However, we can't do this by
continually pointing accusing fingers at leaders but we should
collectively be responsible to our nation and encourage one another
towards a better Nigeria.
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