By Ephraim Adiele
Nigerian youths watch TV in Lagos
This title came about during a discussion I had with my friend, Daniel Lawal very recently. We were talking about how the countries of the world go about distributing its resources among its citizenry. We talked about everything from the physical cash to roads, from electricity to water supply, from healthcare to sports, from crime to political succession. We pondered why the availability of internet varied from country to country, and why infant mortality is still high in some countries which have already been exposed to modern healthcare.
At the end of that segment of our conversation, we came to the conclusion that there must be something wrong with the ruling class, especially in Africa.
Next, we began asking whether the average African youth deserves to be deprived of basic rights, dividends and amenities accruable to the office of the citizen. Daniel argued that the African youth is just a victim of circumstance and does not deserve some level of suffering; he said it was uncommon greed on the part of the ruling class that has driven the continent and inadvertently, the youth to a state of developmental menopause.
His position holds water… plenty water, but in order not to play into the age-old Nigerian mentality of “Government no dey try”, I added that the African youth has not adequately attempted to break the chain of command of the elite, neither have they shown significant interest in changing their ever-dwindling fortune. On this note, I argued that the African youth deserves everything that has been coming his way, and even worse.
My argument was premised on a lot of factors, which include but are not limited to the following:
The average current crop of African leaders had their eyes on the country’s resources and political seat of power …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
