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Coming Generation Scares Me...real Hard! by Kagarko(m): 8:52pm On Feb 21, 2016 |
COMING GENERATION SCARES ME...REAL
HARD!
While we have been busy talking about Nigeria of
today, I wonder if we have spared a thought
about how this country will be in the next
TWENTY-FIVE years. On October 1, 1979, when
Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari was sworn-in
as president, Goodluck Jonathan was just a 22
year-old undergrad of University of Port-Harcourt.
Shagari was 54 years old. Ayo Fayose was 19
years old. Bukola Saraki was 17. Yemi Osinbajo
was 22. The generation of the likes of Shagari,
Richard Akinjide, Adisa Akinloye, Sabo Barkin
Zuwo, Ifeanyi Nwobodo, Ume Ezeoke, Akin
Omoboriowo, Olusola Saraki, Sunday Awoniyi,
Garba Nadama, Awal Ibrahim and so on has gone
for good! Some of us in our 40s and 50s, when in
school, either in the university or secondary
school, had lofty dreams, both personal and
societal. We were always motivated by
nationalists and inventors who had impacted
positively on the cause of humanity. We were
voracious readers of novels and other books.
Nelkon for our Ordinary Level Physics, Lambert
for Chemistry, B.O ADELEKE and Goh Cheng
Leong for our Geography, Phebean Ogundipe for
Practical English, Achebe and Soyinka for
Literature and others like that. We were always
flaunting our knowledge of current affairs. Inter-
school quiz, Literary and Debating competition
were the in-thing. Nowadays, students can hardly
string a sentence together in English without
errors. Fast forward 35 years on and you are shocked and disturbed. Have you ever spoken to or engaged a 20 year-old boy? Ask him what motivates him and he is likely to mention music, hip hop to be precise. He has hundreds of downloaded songs on his phone. He can sing all of them off hand. He knows all the singles of Nice, Neato C, Timaya, Davido, Whiz Kid off had. The babes among them take pride in enticing men old enough to be their father on social media with buxomly physique. But s/he does not know anything about history of nationalism in the country. Ideas about good society, responsible family and good conduct do not motivate him. He just wants to make money because his friend who does yahoo is rich and rides a good car, her friend who has numerous ‘aristos’ drives a SUV! The things that interest him/her are things that do not add value. S/he has google but never uses it for advancement of knowledge but to download porn and other inanities. Yet, in TWENTY years time, they are the ones that will be contesting to become governors, senators, Reps members and even president. They belong to a generation that does not care about morality. They belong to a generation that is motivated only by money and its acquisition. By 2035 to 2040, they will be our senators, Reps, governors and so on. Have we ever wonder how this country will be like in their hands as leaders ? May God Help Us. God bless Nigeria and Nigerians. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Coming Generation Scares Me...real Hard! by Scholes007(m): 9:23pm On Feb 21, 2016 |
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