"My
Dear Nigerian Youths", by Prof. Isa.
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 hyourself. 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.
The word
CHANGE belongs to the masses not to selected few, my friends...
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