For more than two years, I have restrained myself from commenting on President Buhari’s administration. However, the latest backlash on the “lazy youths” comment by the president has forced me to break my silence. Unfortunately, the ongoing debates among the supporters and antagonists to the statements of lazy youths have shown that we are about to ‘mis-diagnose’ the cause of Nigeria’s problem.
Although, the ‘lazy youths’ comment is not an alien phenomenon to some of us, in particular, to those that were very active in student’s unionism between the 1990s and mid-2000s. The recent verbal attacks on youths and young Nigerians as lazy, unserious, immoral, full of entitlement attitude, just to mention a few, by the older generation, is a testament to the brewing clash of generations, a contest for the soul and heart of Nigeria.
A clash orchestrated by the difference of…
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