Well we all know that a lot has happened over the past month as a lot of youths have come to the streets to finally say, enough is enough.

A lot came with the protests and lots of lives were even lost, but something still stands that a lot of people are not willing to believe.

The thing is there are reasons why the end SARS and end bad governance protests won’t actually end bad governance and the reasons are simple.

5 reasons Why end SARS and end bad governance protests won’t change the governance of the country.

1. Time.

During the protests the youths laid down a lot of things that they want to be met and the thing that stands as a problem is, time.

We all know that a country cannot change in a day and the very thing is that it could take years even decades for a total change.

The protests are now seeming to have died down even though fresh ones have started, but the thing is, will youths protest forever? Well the answer simply is no and with that the feasibility of a total change from the protests just seem unachievable.

This is a reason why the protest may just seem to be in vain. There have been recorded success like the scrap of the unit called SARS but that was only because it could easily be disbanded.

Other things like deregulation of sectors and the police, cutting of senator’s salaries amidst others will take years to ever be implemented and the only reason that will happen is if there is a total overhaul of the everything in the government.

2. Hijack of protests.

When the protests had begun, they were peaceful and gentle and not chaotic but suddenly they became erratic and were hijacked by thugs.

With this development it will be very hard for anyone to take seriously the points the protesters laid.

3. Political apathy.

Political apathy is a situation whereby citizens lack interest in things related to the electoral processes or politics of a country.

We all know that the rate of political apathy amongst Nigerians is simply way off the roof.

What most protesters fail to understand now is that to be able to make a change, there will have to be a serious interest in politics amongst the youths.

The reason is simple, the development of a country is the collective effort of same minded individuals over decades, meaning apathy will have to go in the country but the way it looks, most people still maintain their apathy nature because of fear and indifference, now tell me how will the country move forward?

4. Lack of strategy.

This is another reason why I think the protests may be in vain. Lack of strategy is very common amongst the end SARS and end bad governance protests; why do I say so?

The reason is, a protest is usually made of people who really don’t know each other but they are fighting for a cause, the downside to this is that those people lack a solid proof strategy.

In history we have seen that the only protests that made changes were the ones with strategy, the ones with a leader.

For a protest like the end SARS and end bad governance protest, not having a leader just makes the struggle feel like it is in vain.

To be able to see real change, the youths actually need to start protesting like an organized organization, there should be a chain of command and it should be run on laws.

In no due time that organization can even become political and then change can begin, but with a random approach to protesting the very fact that it may not have the long lasting effect we all want is imminent.

5. Greed.

Well we have seen the very selfless acts of the youths during the protests. The youths really showed honor throughout, but one thing still remains that everyone knows is common amongst we Nigerians, greed.

We all know that if the government actually decides to sit down and talk with us, there will be demands that we know are downright greedy.

There’s a misconception that most Nigerians have, we feel like everything belongs to us and hence the government shouldn’t keep it. An instance is the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU comparing themselves to those who work in oil companies, well the thing is even in a country like the US, a professor doesn’t collect as much as an engineer.

Greed is one thing that may just make the protests be in vain, to completely bring a change the very part of greed has to be removed entirely as change is gradual and not instant.

In conclusion, the youths of Nigeria have spoken and are still speaking, what now remains is for those same youths to start planning and strategizing on the way the country needs change, remember the journey of a thousand miles begins with a step.


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