*BEING YOUNG IS NOT AN ADVANTAGE UNLESS

*BEING YOUNG IS NOT AN ADVANTAGE UNLESS*...

Yahaya Bello was 40, Dimeji Bankole was *34*, Orji Kalu was *39*

Gov. Yahaya Bello was born on *18th July 1975*.

He became governor on Jan 27th 2016 aged *40yrs*.

Anyim Pius Anyim was born 19th Feb. 1961

He was elected senate president in August 2000 aged *39*.

Let's talk about Dimeji  Bankole

He was born 14th, Nov. 1969 and was elected into house of Rep in 2003 when he was just *34!!!*

He later became speaker of house of Rep. in Nov 2007 at *38yrs as a bachelor*.

*Let me shock you more*....

Orji Uzor Kalu was born on 21st, April 1960 and was elected in 1999 at just *39*.

*AM I COMMUNICATING*?

Donald Duke was born 30-11-1961, also elected governor of cross river in 1999 at *38*.

These are some of the *YOUTH* who had found themselves in leadership position

*Did they do things differently*?

What indelible marks would you say Dimeji left as speaker being a young man?

What of Orji Uzor Kalu? 

Did he serve Abia differently and better as a young man

*Our problem is not age of aspirants or candidates*.

Those who plunged us into this wahala are also youth

The active players in the *civil war* were all youths

*The actors of 1st and 2nd coup of 1966 were all young men*.

One of them was *Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu*.

He was just 29 years then, born on 26th, Feb 1937

The beneficiaries of subsequent coups were also youths

Yes! In their **20s, 30s and early 40s*.

*One of them was Yakubu Gowon*.

Yakubu was born 19-10-1934, became head of state in July 1966 at youthful age of just *32!!!*

He married his wife, Victoria as a sitting *head of state!*

What do all these our parents tell us made them to fail and we think we can do differently and better?

Are these ones;

Bukola Saraki, Dino malaiye,, Wike, Tambuwa,  Fayose not youths? 

What positive impact did they make?

Those shouting *'Not too young to rule*' must also remember *'NOT TOO YOUNG TO STEAL*'

Our problem is not *age, sex, qualification, tribe or religion of leaders*.

It is having that *DETERMINATION and COMMITMENT TO SERVE*.

It's about being *God FEARING AND POSSESSING LEADERSHIP QUALITIES* like *AHMADU BELLO, AWOLOWO, ZIK and others*.

They were also youth when they came on board

So, it is NOT just about their AGE

They were determined to serve

May God bless  country 🇳🇬 Nigeria.

The Igbo and Culture of Apprenticeship

The Igbo and Culture of Apprenticeship 

By Azuka Onwuka

December 08,2015

I was in a bank last week and noticed that the person before me in the queue was a boy of about 12 years old. As he completed his transaction and left, a conversation started between the teller and me. As our chat progressed, the bank teller said that in spite of the boy’s size, he came to deposit N150,000. He exclaimed: “Igbo boys!”

I laughed and told him that soon the boy would be depositing one million naira or more. 

Some 15 years ago, when online/real-time banking was unavailable, these Igbo boys moved such huge amount of cash from Nnewi/Onitsha/Aba to Lagos/Kano/Port Harourt and vice versa, via buses, with all the attendant risk of armed robbery and road accidents.

One wonders why a 12-year-old boy should be trusted to go to a bank and deposit N150,000. What if he loses it? What if it is taken from him? What if he corners it and claims that it was stolen on his way? But that is part of the training of an Igbo apprentice. Before he could be trusted to handle N150,000, he might have been tried with N20,000. As he stepped out of the shop with the N150,000, the master might have sent a more senior apprentice to shadow him secretly to ensure that he went into the bank.

The result is that the boy of 12 years old matures financially faster than his mates even from wealthy homes. He understands how money comes in and how money goes out. He understands not just how to spend money but how to make money, how to save money and how to invest it. He understands how one can carry huge sums of money and go unnoticed. By the time he turns 18 or 20, while his age mates are still asking for pocket money, he has started giving pocket money to his siblings or parents or paying the school fees of his siblings and supporting his parents financially.

This apprenticeship is what has helped to spread wealth from the rich to the poor among the Igbo. It helped the Igbo to recover fast after the devastation of the Nigerian Civil War in which they lost virtually all their wealth and received the “ex gratia” payment of £20 irrespective of their deposits in the banks. It helped to spread the art of trading and money management among the Igbo. It helped to teach Igbo how to fish rather than give them fish.

How does it work? A man starts a motor spare parts business in Nnewi, Lagos or Kano. After a year or two, he goes home and takes a boy from a poor home to be his apprentice. He chooses from a poor family because a poor family may have about eight children that the parents cannot effectively cater for. Such families are more willing to release their sons. The boy may have just finished primary 6 or junior secondary school or his secondary school education and does not have any hope of someone paying for his university education or is not academically sound enough to make good scores to gain admission into the university. The boy may also be the first son from a poor family and believes that if he continues to the university, he may not be financially dependent in time to pay the school fees of his younger ones and support his parents. So he goes early into apprenticeship as a sacrifice for the family.

Depending on his age and academic qualification, the apprenticeship period will be agreed upon to last from five to seven years. While with his master, he just does not mind only business issues. He is a servant to his master. If his master is a bachelor, he enjoys his stay more. He tidies up the home, washes clothes, cooks, etc. If his master is based in a town that is semi-urban, he may join in farming early in the morning or in the evening. He may hew wood or go to the stream to fetch water. He gets to the shop first, opens it, and closes last. He goes around the market to look for prospective buyers. After the customer is done buying, he packs the goods in cartons or bags for him, and if it is a big and regular customer, he may help the customer to carry the goods or get a cart pusher to take the goods to somewhere close-by where the customer can arrange for how to transport the goods to his location.

Part of the training is that he will be able to endure all sorts of indignities from his master, his wife, his children and his relatives. If his skin is not tough, he may give up midway and leave. But if he endures, by the time he has spent about three or four years, he becomes a senior apprentice or “manager”. Even the master and his wife will treat him with more respect at this stage. His master may have brought in another apprentice. He may have been taught how to drive, so that he can take goods or the other apprentices in the company’s bus to and from the shop. Every two years, he may be allowed to travel home for Christmas and New Year to spend about two weeks with his own family. Some people can have up to eight apprentices at the same time.

At the end of the agreed period, the man takes his apprentice home to meet his parents. He then “settles” him by giving him any amount of money that he deems fit and prays for him. The master may also allow him to take goods from his shop on credit for a while. What the master gives to his boy during settlement matters but is not critical. It is what is learnt during those years of apprenticeship that matters. The apprentice learns the trade and all the intricacies involved as well as self-discipline and the management of customers. He gets to know customers who may become his soon after his freedom. Most times, once he opens his own shop, customers of his master, who liked the way he took care of them, would shift to him. If he gains their trust, they may even send him cash from Kano or Accra or Yaounde with a list of the goods they want and he will send the goods to them. One or two years after becoming his own boss, he goes home to get a boy to be his apprentice, and the cycle continues.

There is a different type of apprenticeship. It is done by people whose parents have the wherewithal to give them the capital to start off. They live with their parents but go to the shop of a man to learn the trade for a period of six months or one year. At the end of that period, they start their business. But the rate of success of such people is much lower than those who spent about six years under the roof of a master.

Many of the rich men in Igbo land like Mr Innocent Chukwuma of Innoson Motors, Mr Cosmas Maduka of Coscharis Motors, Chief Chidi Anyaegbu of Chisco Motors, Chief Alex Chika Okafor of A-Z Petroleum/Chicason Group, etc, went through this apprenticeship scheme. Many of today’s rich Igbo men came from very poor families. This apprenticeship scheme gave them the foothold to rise to wealth, for their parents would have not been able to pay their school fees or give them the money required to start a business that has prospect.

The Igbo apprentice is not seen as a “servant” forever. Once he completes his apprenticeship and starts his own business, he becomes a “friend” to his former master. Anytime he visits his “Oga”, he sits down with him in his sitting room to share a drink. He may even marry his master’s daughter. If his master is doing a burial, he comes as a special guest with a cow. When he is doing his event, his master also comes as a special guest. If he becomes successful in business, his master uses him to boast and tells other apprentices to strive to emulate him. Some even later turn around to help their masters financially when they have become very rich and their master’s fortunes have dwindled.

Later in life when they have become financially successful, some decide to acquire that education they cut short earlier by getting a degree. But even those who don’t have any degree ensure that they marry women that have degrees, so as to help in the education of the children and take care of any issue that requires “long grammar.”

There may be drawbacks in this scheme like abuse of children, abandonment of education by boys, and other issues, but the Igbo apprenticeship scheme is a unique scheme that has benefited the Igbo a lot.

LASG APPROVES RE-OPENING OF SCHOOLS FROM MONDAY, 2ND NOVEMBER, 2020

LASG APPROVES RE-OPENING OF SCHOOLS FROM MONDAY, 2ND NOVEMBER, 2020

The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the State beginning from Monday, 2nd of November, 2020 while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, 1st of the same  month. 

Disclosing this today, Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo said that this has been an unprecedented year with the recent happenings that have regrettably led to frequent closure of schools with attendant learning disruptions faced by all children.

“We pray and hope that there will be no more disruptions in the academic calendar. However, the State Government will always regard the safety of pupils/students, parents and all staff as a matter of priority.” She stressed.

“We recommend that when schools resume on Monday, teaching and learning should continue unhindered till the end of the term.” She added.

The Commissioner therefore advised pupils/students to take their studies more seriously in a bid to recover the lost period and thereby excel.

Signed:

Kayode Abayomi

Head, Public Affairs

Ministry of Education

29th October, 2020

We'll partner youths to improve governance - Okowa

Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has reaffirmed his administration’s readiness to partner youths in the state to improve on governance and its structures.

The governor made this known when the Delta Caucus in the House of Representatives, led by the Minority Leader, Mr Ndudi Elumelu, paid him a solidarity visit on Wednesday, at Government House, Asaba.

He thanked the lawmakers for the visit and for always identifying with the state government and the people in difficult times, recalling that the caucus took similar step two times during the critical period of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.

He said the government would ensure that regular communication with the youths existed to prevent misinformation which could lead to further break down of law and order.

Okowa appealed to the youths to continue to assist the government and security agencies to ensure that criminal elements in the society were not allowed to succeed in their acts.

"I truly must be very thankful to you for this visit and the show of love for your dear state, Delta, because I recall that this year alone, this is the third time you are coming as a group of National Assembly members to come to be with us at the moment of difficulty.

 

``Twice you came when we had issues concerning the COVID-19 infections and today, you are here again. I truly must let you know that I appreciate you very greatly because you feel for your people and you are concerned about the things that take place in Delta State.

"On behalf of the government and the people of Delta, I want to thank you for always being there for the people of the state.

"I must commend the unity among you as a team in NASS and that is also very important for us as a state - that our own are united and it is possible for you to speak for jus with one voice and to ensure that what is due to Delta State comes to Delta,’’ he said.

He said that the state had, after COVID-19 challenges, been contending with issues associated with flooding in some areas before the ENDSARS protests set in.

 

The governor said that the protests were peaceful and that the state government gave a voice to it because it believed that the youths who set out to conduct the protest had a reason and their voice needed to be listened to.

"Here in Delta State, we notice on Tuesday, that there were infiltrations from outside the state into the #ENDSARS protesters and we did draw the attention of their influencers to watch very closely, because their protest was gradually being hijacked.

 

``On Wednesday, that was also noticed and the crisis had started in Lagos," he said, and however, commended security agencies for their professionalism in tackling the crisis in Delta.

According to him, it was a very difficult situation to manage, but today we thank God that we have been able to manage it. Unfortunately few people lost their lives - one in the Warri area who was knocked down by a truck, obviously not from the police, and one person in Sapele.

"Another ugly incident that would have taken place was the issue of palliative-looting, but luckily that was managed because there was nothing to loot.

"The CA-COVID items were delivered to us in September, and soon as it was launched, we ensured that within two weeks it was distributed to all 270 wards of the state.

 

``It was specifically meant for the very indigent in every ward; so, 179 families in every ward received the items as specified by CA-COVID and every single thing has been distributed.

"A large crowd gathered around the Event Centre, but we opened it for them to see that it was empty. So, we thank God for that,’’ Okowa said.

He commended community youths in the state for their commitment towards preventing further destruction across the state, and disclosed that he would have town hall meetings in Warri with a select group of youths and also in Asaba.

 

He explained that the meeting would provide a platform for the government ``to talk with some of our youths, continue to engage them, continue to make them understand that working together in partnership, we can improve the governance structure.

"I want to specifically thank you people for this visit and to thank you especially for the promise that you have made in the repairs of the High Court building.

 

``That is actually paying back to the society and it is only God that can replenish this which is coming out of your pockets.

 

``I thank you and wish to appreciate this visit, and I am sure that all Deltans do appreciate your concern and we pray that God will continue to enable you to perform your duties to the admiration of your constituents."

Earlier, Elumelu had told the governor that the lawmakers were on a solidarity visit to him to empathise with him and the people of the state over the unfortunate destruction of public buildings by hoodlums during the #ENDSARS protests.

He announced the donation of N150 million by members of the caucus to support the re-building of the burnt High Court in Asaba.

The Caucus also visited the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Marshall Umukoro, over the unfortunate incident.

Receiving them in his office, Umukoro thanked the legislators for the visit, adding that the state’s Judiciary was grateful for their solidarity.

He said the destruction and vandalism on the court building, which was recently rehabilitated and equipped, had set the state back by 28 years.

High point of the visit was an inspection tour of all the destroyed structures in Asaba.

ANCIENT LAWS THAT NEVER FAIL

*How I wish we can write down these and paste them by our bed sides to memorize, and cross check our lives regularly!*

*-To be rich,       - Give.*

*-To succeed,    - Serve.*

*-To laugh,        - Make someone laugh.*

*-To prosper,      - Be honest.*

*-To excel,          - Be faithful.*

*-To go far,         - Get up early.*

*-To change someone, -Change yourself!*

*-To be great,        - Be disciplined,*

*-To be strong,     - Pray often.*

*-To do a lot,         - Speak little.*

*-To be fruitful,     - Praise God.*

*-To live well,         - Forgive.*

*-To talk well,         - Bind anger.*

*-To sleep well,      - Work hard.*

*-To be loved,        - Love.*

*-To be a good husband, - Listen to her.*

*-To be a woman,  - Submit yourself.*

*-To be respected, - Be polite.*

*-To bind Satan,     - Sanctify yourself.*

*-To grow in faith,  - Meditate on the word of God always.* 

*None of these has ever failed!*

*Give it a trial, and see for yourself.*

*Deeply Pause To Deeply Reflect!*

Don’t Be Afraid of ICC in Discharging Your Duties, Nigeria’s Army Chief Tells Troops

#EndSARS :::::::: Don’t Be Afraid of ICC in Discharging Your Duties, Nigeria’s Army Chief Tells Troops

 

Following several days of protests and violence across Nigeria, the country’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai, has said “the military will do everything possible to ensure that subversive elements and enemies of Nigeria do not achieve their aims and objectives of destabilization”, as he charged top army commanders and soldiers not to be afraid of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for carrying out their legitimate roles of maintaining law and order in the country.

In a statement issued on his behalf by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Sagir Musa, the Army Chief said: “None of the PSOs, GOCs, Field Commanders and other officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army should be afraid of the ICC for carrying out their legitimate duties as stated in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and other extant laws, rules and regulations of Nigeria.

“Any act of arson or attempt to kill or maim any military or security personnel and other law-abiding civilians must be responded to quickly and decisively,” Buratai said shortly after meeting with top-ranking army commanders in the nations’ capital Abuja.

He added that “the best system of governance is democracy and we must all ensure that Nigeria’s democracy remains stable and steady. We will not allow any force, elements, or destabilizing agents in or outside our country to set our beloved country on fire.

“We remain resolute in doing everything possible to ensure that subversive elements, detractors, and other enemies of this great nation do not achieve their aims and objectives of destabilization,” he said.

The Nigerian Army again in a veiled manner denied its involvement in the Lekki Toll Gate shootings last Tuesday in Lagos, stating that efforts of troops at ensuring compliance with the curfew imposed in Lagos and other states have deliberately been misrepresented.

According to Buratai, “enemies of the country” embarked on a plan of massive propaganda to discredit the military and the government so as to set the people against the Nigerian Army once it’s called out to aid the civil authorities.

“Now the detractors alongside their local and international collaborators have mischievously and deliberately misrepresented troops’ efforts to ensure compliance with the curfew imposed by legitimate civil authorities in Lagos and other states.

“These agitators are falsely accusing the Nigerian Army of being responsible for the activities of the miscreants despite glaring evidence to the contrary. They have continually threatened to report the Nigerian Army to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and also threatened various forms of sanctions against personnel and their families. Thankfully, however,  a large percentage of Nigerians and the international community have started seeing through the smokescreen of falsehood and deliberate misrepresentation of facts being orchestrated by enemies of Nigeria and have retracted their earlier false publications,” the Army Chief said.

Buratai said no less than ten AK-47 rifles have been lost to miscreants in the past two weeks and charged officers to put an end to the trend.

“The recent activities by unscrupulous elements have shown their desire to acquire arms and ammunition at all costs from security personnel. No less than 10 AK-47 rifles have been lost to these miscreants in the past 2 weeks across the country with attendant loss of lives of personnel. We must nip in the bud this emerging trend at all costs.

“There is no choice between a democratically united, strong and prosperous Nigeria and a nation disunited in a state of anarchy and retrogression. We must all strive for a united, strong, stable, and progressive Nigeria,” the army chief said.

FLASHBACK

THE SPEECH DELIVERED BY BRIGADIER JOSHUA NIMYEL DOGONYARO AFTER BUHARI'S DETHRONEMENT ON  AUGUST 27, 1985

 

I, Brigadier Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro, of the Nigerian Army, hereby make the following declaration on behalf of my colleagues and members of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Fellow country men, the intervention of the military at the end of 1983 was welcomed by the nation with unprecedented enthusiasm. Nigerians were unified in accepting the intervention and looked forward hopefully to progressive changes for the better. Almost two years later, it has become clear that the fulfillment of expectations is not forthcoming.

Because this generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country but Nigeria, we could not stay passive and watch a small group of individuals misuse power to the detriment of our national aspirations and interest.

No nation can ever achieve meaningful strides in its development where there is an absence of cohesion in the hierarchy of government; where it has become clear that positive action by the policy makers is hindered because as a body it lacks a unity of purpose.

It is evident that the nation would be endangered with the risk of continuous misdirection. We are presently confronted with that danger. In such a situation, if action can be taken to arrest further damage, it should and must be taken. This is precisely what we have done.

The Nigerian public has been made to believe that the slow pace of action of the Federal Government headed by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was due to the enormity of the problems left by the last civilian administration.

Although it is true that a lot of problems were left behind by the last civilian government, the real reason, however, for the very slow pace of action is due to lack of unanimity of purpose among the ruling body; subsequently, the business of governance has gradually been subjected to ill-motivated power play considerations. The ruling body, the Supreme Military Council, has, therefore, progressively been made redundant by the actions of a select few members charged with the day-to-day implementation of the SMC’s policies and decision.

The concept of collective leadership has been substituted by stubborn and ill advised unilateral actions, thereby destroying the principles upon which the government came to power. Any effort made to advise the leadership, met with stubborn resistance and was viewed as a challenge to authority or disloyalty.

Thus, the scene was being set for systematic elimination of what, was termed oppositions. All the energies of the rulership were directed at this imaginary opposition rather than to effective leadership.

The result of this misdirected effort is now very evident in the country as a whole. The government has started to drift. The economy does not seem to be getting any better as we witness daily increased inflation.

The nation’s meager resources are once again being wasted on unproductive ventures. Government has distanced itself from the people and the yearnings and aspirations of the people as constantly reflected in the media have been ignored.

This is because a few people have arrogated to themselves the right to make the decisions for the larger part of the ruling body. All these events have shown that the present composition of our country’s leadership cannot, therefore, justify its continued occupation of that position.

Furthermore, the initial objectives and programmes of action which were meant to have been implemented since the ascension to power of the Buhari Administration in January 1984 have been betrayed and discarded. The present state of uncertainty and stagnation cannot be permitted to degenerate into suppression and retrogression.

We feel duty bound to use the resources and means at our disposal to restore hope in the minds of Nigerians and renew aspirations for a better future. We are no prophets of doom for our beloved country, Nigeria. We, therefore, count on everyone’s cooperation and assistance.

I appeal to you, fellow countrymen, particularly my colleagues in arms to refrain from any act that will lead to unnecessary violence and bloodshed among us. Rest assured that our action is in the interest of the nation and the armed forces.

In order to enable a new order to be introduced, the following bodies are dissolved forthwith pending further announcements: (a) The Supreme Military Council (b) The Federal Executive Council (c) The National Council of States. All seaports and airports are closed, all borders remain closed.

Finally, a dusk to dawn curfew is hereby imposed in Lagos and all state capitals until further notice. All military commanders will ensure effective maintenance of law and order. Further announcements will be made in due course. God bless Nigeria. 

CAN ANY NIGERIAN TELL US THE DIFFERENCE THEN AND NOW

We Protested For 12 Days Without Vandalisation

WHAT HAPPENED  ON THURSDAY NIGHT (22nd OF, OCTOBER, 2020.) SHOULD MAKE US WISER! 

The President threat or speech yesterday broke us but thought us many hard lessons.

Myself and so many others couldn't sleep last night... We were broken!!!!!!

We protested for 12 days without vandalisation

12 days of rejecting bribe,

12 days of caring and looking out for each other.

12 days of giving free medical care and legal services,

Brands, both national and international Celebrities, Churches all protested... influencial people were lobbied to add their voice...

At the protest grounds, the Christians gave room for the Muslims to have their Jumat prayers

The Christians had their service on Sunday...

There was a candlelight service held all over the nation for fallen heroes,

Youths despite the hard economy spent their personal money cooking for each other.

No one knew who was a Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa, or  Edo... We ate together and danced together.

For 12 days, These were organised without a formal leader with just social media tweets, retweets, post, shares with a harshtag. 

For 12 days we built the Nigeria of our dreams... 

And built their nightmare... And they got scared.

They know if we're united we would have one voice, 

If we have one voice, we have power.

And if we have that power... WE WOULD DEMAND A BETTER NIGERIA.

If we're united and not fighting how would they budget money for security to calm insurgency?

How will they create religious fights and make money?

So they sponsored hoodlums to disrupt the protest... But we overpowered these hoodlums by getting our own private securities and security dogs to protest grounds.

When the military who were ordered by "Powers beyond their control" to shoot,

When the guns were fired,

They didn't care who was a Muslim or Christian,

They didn't care who was Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa,  Calabar or Urhobo.

They killed unarmed people sitting down and singing the anthem.

But when they want to instigate tribal wars and religious unrest, they remind you of your tribe and religion,

When they want to make use of you for their selfish gain, they tell you to unite and take side with "your people" they remind you that you should be one.

Do you all remembered how President Buhari contested for presidency up to 5 times?

He cried on National TV when the chibok girls were kidnapped,

He promised us heaven and earth.

He campaigned rigorously,

He protested against the then government. 

He was voted in thinking he would bring change he promised... What did we get in return? 

We were handled with "iron fist"

THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE STATE OF THIS NATION!

THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THE CITIZENS!

They do not care about the state of our hospitals because they get medical attention abroad,

They do not care about our educational system because their kids schools abroad,

They do not care about electricity because they live in choices area with constant electricity,

They travel with securities so have no idea how our roads are.

They only need us to win elections... And after then they can send the military to silent us if we remind them of their promises or demand for our rights.

We didn't loose this fight. That speech on Thursday (22nd of, October,2020) was a speech of threat and you only threaten those you are scared of to keep them in line! 😂

They are scared of us

They saw how we mobilised ourselves without a leader,

They saw how we over powered thugs with our numbers,

They saw how organised and cooperated we were.... It gave then the chills mehn 😂😂😂

WE DIDN'T LOOSE THIS FIGHT

Our parents failed because they do not have enough evidence against the leaders, but we the pressing phone generation have enough evidence to remind them of how evil, wicked and clueless they are.

Our parents failed because they had less information.

But we have a lot of information at our finger tips.

We didn't loose this fight... 

We're now Aware,

Awake,

and Alert.

We know what we're up against and we're ready. 

I am ready!

1. Get devices that can record conversation and take photos. Imagine if DJ Switch didn't go live on instagram...

2. Any friend you meet add them to your social media handle, when you're in the midst of people mostly youths, engage them in meaningful conversation... Do not engage in tribal sentiments... Most youths are not informed... If they have the information some of us have they would not have hijacked the protest, they would not be used as thugs.

3. Get your Voters card... Get your PVC If you have any political ambition start grooming yourself, we do not want to elect those with the mindset of the present leaders we have.

4. Do not give up. DO. NOT. GIVE. UP

5. Please I beg you in the name of Allah, Jesus, Sango, Orisala, Amadioha and everything worshipable under the sun... Do not let them sell tribal or religious sentiments to you.

A Yoruba man, Igbo man and Hausa man is your brother,

An Igbo woman, Hausa woman and Yoruba woman is your sister.

Remember the good times we shared at various protest grounds irrespective of tribes and religion and let Nigeria come first in your heart! 

We're young,

We are strong,

We are smart,

We are 20 steps ahead of them.

We're their nemesis

The wrong generation to mess with.

We just need to re-strategize.

Come 2023

No PDP

No APC

No recycling of Past or Present leaders.

Together shall save Nigeria and make it great again.

 *Share this to everyone in your contact mostly youths this not like those articles that tell you to share and you will have the blessing of ALLAH,LORD or Miracle of God, share this only if you want something better to come your way in future.* 

*This is meant for our Youths, our Heroes, our Greater Tomorrow.*