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A Wake Up Call For Nigerian Youth. by Basilsekav(m): 9:47am On Feb 19, 2016 |
MY DEAR NIGERIAN YOUTHS,
I am very angry and that is why
I am addressing you. You are the
source of my anger and I want
to vent my spleen- maybe not
at you directly- but at the
arrogance of your ignorance.
.
You sit in front of a computer
and rant all day through social
media but with every click, you
make money - not for yourself -
but for Mark Zuckerberg
(Facebook).
With every megabyte of data
you spend complaining and
maligning, you make stupendous
bucks for Etisalat, Glo and Airtel.
Over the next two years, the
number of Nigerian millionaires
will jump by 47% but most likely
you will not be among because
you are too busy whining and
complaining. And yet about 60%
of Nigeria’s 170m population
are below 35 years. Oh, what a
waste! By the way, Mark
Zuckerberg was 19 when he
started Facebook.
.
Africa’s youngest billionaire,
Ashish Thakkar, is 31. He escaped
from the Rwandan genocide and
relocated to Uganda where he
started an IT business. Collin
Thornton, who made his millions
by fixing bad computers and
setting up Dial-a-Nerd, is 35.
Adam Horowitz, an 18-year-old
entrepreneur, started 30
websites in 3 years before he
became successful. The only thing
you have ever started is an
online petition.
.
Have you heard of Jason Njoku?
He’s 33 and the founder of
Iroko TV. He received $8m
investment into his company just
a few years ago. What he does?
Sharing the same Nollywood films
that you spend hours to watch
online. He didn’t just hang
around waiting for Buhari to
make something happen or
blaming Jonathan for not making
anything
happen.
.
Kamal Budhabhatti was deported
from Kenya but while on the
flight, he thought of the
opportunities in Kenya. He found
his way back after 6 months and
today his company is valued at
$30m. He’s 36.
Have you heard of Chinedu
Echeruo? Apple just paid $1b
for his app. He’s a Nigerian like
you and all he did was attempt
to fix a problem. But for you,
the only thing you attempt to
fix are your nails- and your
hairdo! Chinedu moved to New
York in 1995 and found it
difficult to navigate the city with
ease so he developed HopStop
to fix the problem. Stop listing all
the problems - we know them
already but what are you doing
about them?
-Awolowo was 37, Akintola was
36, Ahmadu Bello was 36, Tafawa
Balewa was 34, Okotie-Eboh was
27 and Enahoro was 27 at the
time of independence of Nigeria.
.
In 1966, the first coup was led
by Kaduna Nzeogwu (29) and
stopped by Murtala Mohammed
(28), TY Danjuma (28),
IBB (25), Sanni Abacha (23) and
Shehu Yar'adua (23).
It brought in Yakubu Gowon as
Head of State at 32 and
Olusegun Obasanjo at 29.
You are in your 40s and you still
sag your trousers. Of course,
you know Linda Ikeji. You’ve
spent hundreds of hours on her
blog laughing and commenting
while she smiles her way to the
bank. She’s just built a house
for her father in the village- just
by you clicking on her gossip and
sharing.
Your day is not complete without
a stop by at her blog. She was
as broke as you are but she
turned a hobby into a business.
Are you
that void of understanding?
You think those politicians have
any regard for you?
That is why I referred to the
arrogance of your ignorance at
the beginning of this diatribe.
.
-You have a false estimation of
yourself. You have an over
bloated ego. -You are only as
good as an election ticket - pure
and simple.-You are only good to
be used and discarded like a
used ballot paper. Who keeps a
used ballot paper anyway?
That is why they only remember
you every four years. You are
like a menstrual pad that is only
useful during the menstrual
period.
.
A food for thought
#FromAnAngryNigerian
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