Youths in any given community, society or nation should always be accorded the fundamental basic rights to serve as the God-given grain reserve that would always replenish and enrich human existence and population according to His purposive plan!
*There is no gainsaying that youths are boisterous, vibrant, inquisitive, energetic, adventurous, impetuous and usually inspired to explore new grounds and overcome challenges!
In Nigeria, consecutive governments created a lacuna between their administrations and youths of all categories from cradle to adolescent due to the enormous socio-economic needs of these young generation as provided for in the Constitution.

There was deliberate gross neglect of youths because of failure to appreciate them as God’s heritage of pro-creation and to acknowledge their population and strength.

For instance, Primary and Secondary Health Care Centres designed for the prevention of infant and maternal mortality through adequate medical attention to babies and mothers, though in existence in some lucky communities, were never adequately funded and so the percentage of this medical challenge continued to rise astronomically unabated!

The countries leaders – especially since the new attempt at a democratic dispensation – had displayed the spirit of self-centredness of forcefully and deviously keeping the nation’s TILL to themselves by ignoring the most needful – which was the moral and secular education of the youths to secure a brilliant future for them as FUTURE LEADERS! The promise of free primary and secondary education that was printed in the nation’s consecutive Constitutions, and the promises of 2 million jobs annually for the youths had turned out to be a RUSE after all!
The implication of denying youths the fundamental rights to education, association and various social amenities under the 1999 Nigerian Constitution would always portend that grave danger of breeding uncouth and untaught youths whose deprivation would metamorphose into civil disobedience and eventual insurgency that would ravage and devastate the nation’s habitations, which they should, under normal circumstances had protected if they had had formal and qualitative education!
Such untaught and uneducated youths were deliberately used as pawn in the hands of heartless politicians of consecutive ruling authorities for illicit politics gains!

Because of their population of about 65-70 percent out of the 170 million Nigerians, and their dependency on the elders and leaders for necessary social and economic needs, especially money, they were easily manipulated and engaged as thugs for election rigging and for other clandestine purposes by these politicians who usually engaged and discarded such unwary youths at their whim and caprice!
*Was it not sufficient for these youths and by extension their parents to have endured this aberration of denial of their various fundamental rights especially, that of sound and qualitative education under the Military for about 30 years of looting and brigandage? And why would any serious democratic government inherit such retrogressive policy including the meagre funding of education of the youths in this modern digital world? The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), to which Nigeria belongs as member, in the seventies, recommended a paltry figure of 26 per cent of every nation’s annual budget, to cater for education at all levels. In Nigeria, the highest percentage ever voted by any government, was between 3-6 per cent! Should anyone be surprised about the terror being unleashed with much venom on the Nigerian society of the 21st Century that should be enjoying the peaceful and conducive dividends of a digital world?


We believe that the passions and yearnings of the educated youths could still be guided, counselled and re-moulded, but the violent and criminal tendencies of semi and stark illiterate youths which stares all of us in the face, MUST be of greatest concern to all right-thinking citizens of our great nation!
The Boko Haram terrorists who fall into the category of the illiterate were raised and bred by these same leaders still clinging to political power and would prefer that everyone else perished except themselves and members of their families!

Youth should naturally assume positions of FUTURE LEADERS OR LEADERS OF TOMORROW as the saying goes; but rational thinkers have classified that notion as mere FARCE!
*The old Nigerian politicians have no plans to abdicate their “exalted positions of affluence which is embedded in decadence” for as long as the breath of life subsists; but from all indications, their time is up because the educated youths have become wiser and intent in claiming their inalienable fundamental rights through democratic channels!
In a recent letter to Nigerian Youths, an unnamed graduate opined as follows: “Either our teachers lied to us about being the LEADERS OF TOMORROW, or tomorrow is yet to come. Who is fooling who?“ What a country?”
In 1985 – IBB was Military President of Nigeria and our teachers told us that Buhari, was also a former Head of State in 1984, and our teacher also called us, “Leaders of tomorrow”. It is about 30 years now, IBB and Buhari are still contesting for the presidency.
“In 1983, Bamanga Tukur was the Governor of the defunct Gongola State (now Adamawa and Taraba), and 31years later, he still became the Chairman of the ruling party PDP!
“ Dr. Bello Haliru was a Commissioner in the old Sokoto State (now, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara) and over 30 years after, he still became Minister of Defence.
“ Major General David Mark (Rtd), was the Military Governor of Niger State in 1984, and a two-term Senate President,(having been in the Senate since 1999), has been voted back into the 8th National Assembly.
“Governor Murtala Nyako, was the Governor of Niger State in 1976, and about 38 years later; he was impeached as Governor of Adamawa State after almost eight years as Governor.
“Ogbonnaya Onu, was Governor of Abia State in 1992 and 22 years later, became the National Chairman of ANPP that was collapsed into APC!
“Jonah Jang, was the Governor of Benue State in 1985 and 29 years later, became two- term Governor of Plateau State, and presently a serving Senator in the 8th National Assembly.
“Martins Elechi, two-term former Ebonyi State Governor, was over 80 years – it is only in Nigeria that this is possible! “We have scores of his age mates dominating the Senate, Federal House of Representatives and State Assemblies of the nation whereas today’s youths have no hope for the future!

“The so-called leaders have succeeded in looting the “recovered loots” of their predecessors; our economy’s being battered with strikes in the Health, Labour, Judiciary, Education sectors and today – students are paying heavily for poor educational services!
“IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE NIGERIAN DREAM, LET’S TELL THEM ENOUGH’S ENOUGH!”
We must feel compassion for the Nigerian Youths, though strategically placed by God to inherit leadership positions are being diabolically schemed out of the political equation and simultaneously from his divine heritage!
There is no gainsaying that the development and security of a nation rests squarely on the boisterous character, innovation and orientation of its youths. No nation can afford to neglect or despise the latent creative abilities/talents and innate labour-power embedded in her youths and hope to make meaningful economic strides or developments - especially in this 21st Century digital world!
*It is in the dreams, aspirations and hopes of our Youth, if well-guided, counselled and directed, that Nigeria as a nation can chart a new course of economic success and not in the stunted ideas and unfaithfulness of unrighteous people in government!
“When the wicked are multiplied, transgressions increase: but the righteous shall see their fall.”
*IF YOU ARE NIGERIAN YOUTH THIS IS YOUR GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO RISE TO THE CLARION CALL AND STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS IN THIS PRESENT ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GOD THROUGH PRESIDENT MUHAMADU BUHARI !
*A WORD IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE WISE!

By Dr Tunde Olufon. (dvdolufon@gmail.com). Tel No- 2348130669886.

how exactly are the ''youth'' supposed to rise
unu think say na by mouth ba