Vacancy: YOUTHs needed For a bright Nigeria!!!!!!

Gone are those days when Nigerian Youths have stronghold in the decision of affairs in the country..¶ shrink back in revulsion whenever ¶ remember the fact that our great Nation Nigeria was rescued from the hands of colonialist by the likes of herbert Macauly, NnamDi AziKwe, Tafawa Balewa, Obafemi Awolowo who at that time were in their late 20s or early 30s.for instance Herebrt Macauly was 34 years of Age when he left his position in 1898 due to growing distaste for the British rule over the Lagos Colony,infact our beloved father Nelson Mandela alongside Ahley Peter Mda, a, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo founded the African National Congress League in 1944 at the age of 26.
But reverse is the case today,According to Chimanda Ngozie Adichiethe author of Purple Hibiscus 70% of Nigeria's population is under 35 and there has been for a long time a political culture of ignoring the youth who themselves where disconnected from the political process". Ola Bolagun on his part in an article published for the Marxist Tendency online noted that, some 40 million people in Nigeria are unemployed and out of this more than half are youth and as a result massive inequality and underdevelopement.¶ read somewhere on the internet how Nigeria's hip hop Legend 2face Idibia made a statement at a social event where he addressed a large crowd; that he sees shuffling between the United States and Nigeria as time travel; the United States being the future and Nigeria being the past. Now this got people laughing,but with utmost sincerity, its "the bitter truth", A lot of people may find this difficult to swallow or accept but it is in my opinion the truth.

Youths are reffered to as the fulcrum and heart of every society,the question is what role have we youths played in the attainment of democracy, other than using the social media to criticize, serving as tools of destruction in the hands of politicians? It is only in Nigeria that the youth leader of an asscociation is a 60 year old "pot bellied baba".¶ find these facts really heartbreaking::
In 1983, Bamanga Tukur was the
Governor of the defunct Gongola
State (now Adamawa & Taraba) and 30 years later, he is today the
Chairman of the ruling Party, The PDP;
Dr. Bello Halliru was commissioner in the Old Sokoto State (now Sokoto, Kebbi & Zamfara) and 33 years after he is today Minister of Defence; Major General David Mark(rtd) was the military governor of Niger State in 1984 and 28years later he is today the Senate President; Gov. Murtala Nyako was the governor of Niger State in 1976 and 36years later he is today the Governor of Adamawa State; Ogbonnaya Onu was governor of
Abia State in 1992 and 20years after he is today the National Chairman of ANPP; Gov. David Jonah Jang was the governor of Benue State in 1985 and 27years after he is today the governor of plateau state; and Martins Elechi the Ebonyi State Governor is over 80 years old! Only in Nigeria is this possible, where the youth of today have no hope into the future! Where do we go from here?
People Deceive People (PDP), 1985, IBB was the president of Nigeria and our teachers told us that Buhari was the former Head of state..Our teacher also called us "the leaders of tomorrow".. 27years later, IBB and Buhari are still contesting for Presidency..Its either our teacher lied to us about being the leaders of tomorrow..Or tomorrow is yet to come.. Who's fooling who?

When are we going to stand up and fight for what rightly belong to us? The time is NOW. Its high time we stood up and fought for our rights because we are the leaders of Today.

Anifowoshe Titilope Tawakkalt, 300l law student University of Ilorin, Nigeria