They are our elders, our leaders and ours fathers. Men of their older generation. They said that they should call the shot while we the youth should keep quite and even dance to their music. They never cease to tell us that what the elders can see sitting , we cannot see even if we climb the iroko.
They call a collection of their mistakes experience and by their words, their actions, they underestimate our potentials but we know who we are. And so if they tell us of their past, we will remind them of our future. If they look into our eyes and tell us they are wiser, stronger and better than us, with polite boldness we will look into their face and ask them one question . If the sun claims to be greater than the moon, why can't it shine at night ?
Whatever it is we Nigerian need, repentance , renewal, rebirth, rebranding, restructuring, one thing is certain, we have a heritage to defend and to honor. And if the youth are indeed the future then the time has come for us arise and do the needful . Right now it may seem as if our leaders and our fathers have spoilt the nation for us and there is nothing left for us. Whatever pain, hardship, disappointment , joblessness our leaders and our fathers may have caused we the youth should have the mindset that those who caused yesterday pain do not control tomorrow potentials. We are the strength of Nigeria workforce , the life line of Nigeria. And So we have to do much more than fasting and praying, much more than being quotable qouters on Facebook , whatsapp motivational speakers, Twitter Evangelist No....! We have to stand up, work on our farm, strive to succeed inspite of the government and not because of it, we have to understand that we have a purpose and a destiny given to us by the Almighty God and not the Government and so if we let our dreams , our potentials, our heritage die giving the excuse of a bad economic system or a corrupt government will not hold water.
What is your excuse , what are your excuses ? You may lose your job or you may robbed, you may lose your house or your blouse, you may not finish with a first class but graduate with a pass, you may be living in a GRA or picked up from a Mery clay, your mother may be selling Ankara or frying akara, situations may ulter the course of your studies , your business but it cannot ulter the course of your destiny. Refuse to give up, remain standing constantly consistent and consistently constant , we have a heritage in Nigeria don't let it die.
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