Now and Then in Nigeria: Which is Better?

An interesting match has been on for a while now and it is quite necessary to address it.

The Nigerian youth vs The Govt./Successful Older Citizens.

The away team keep charging and accusing the 'rival team' of not working hard enough.

At every opportunity, they go about campaigning and counselling the youths to be more creative and go out of their way to create solutions. In fact, some very overzealous ones say most youths today are not serious.

This shows nothing but hypocrisy and probably shallowness of thought. Every day and I repeat Every day, I hear of one ingenuity story or the other of Nigerians, both home and abroad.

Have they forgotten that a large part of America's economy is being stimulated by foreigners? The thing is people need to move when they are endangered and scared that their dreams may die with them.

The aeroplane creator in Enugu? the young artist in Northern Nigeria? Unilag graduate with 5 Points?The OAU's Microsoft Technology Humane Team etc.

In fact, sit down with corps members and consultants who travel across the country to listen to various stories of local talents domiciled in the nooks and crannies of Naija.

Please let these ones first be appreciated and taken to the next level. Don't ever let anyone tell you are not ready for the world!.. Man, you are!

It's obvious and generally said that the young ones are the leaders of tomorrow.

The question is: considering the prevalent disgusting characteristics of youths in our society; are we really equipped with the right tools to repair this nation?

Are we really going to perform better than our fathers considering the fact that the education we got is considerably poorer than theirs?

When in our own generation, the norms and ethics of the society have been replaced with social vices of various kinds? and we say our leaders are corrupt, corruption is actually due to indiscipline or at least a major and fundamental cause.

It is in this generation that youths dig deep for quick money while the zeal to serve the nation declines rapidly.

Without being sentimental, what do you think? What’s the way forward?