Notions (Nigerian Youths)

There are many causes to lay down one's life for - family, friends, children, a cause, an idea, dream, even a dog. At the very bottom of that list is Nigeria. No scrap that, Nigeria doesn't make that list at all.

For countries, A Brit is supposed to be that patriotic. A Canadian German, Russian, Chinese, Korean - it's expected that the citizens of these countries be to have that amount of loyalty to their nation.

An American even, can be patriotic.

A Ghanaian, South African should be a patriot.

But here? Here? 

A Nigerian, youth especially do not have the privilege to be so patriotic as to lay down his/her life for anything, anything at all. You can not afford to be a patriot, period. 

Call it cowardice or whatever, but it is not worth it. There is no recognition for whatever action you think to lay down your life for. Not in this age and time. There's no posterity to remember your actions, none! Neither will there be any monument erected in your namre. Nor will there be any enforcement of whatever cause you are fighting.

This abode of anarchy imposed by those who should be enforcing the law. This is the place you'd lay down life for? A country that doesn't recognise ones existence. This is the place it is expected to fight for, up to the extent to losing ones life?

Everyone is seeking for survival here - to live regardless of the non-existent law and order. And my advice to any youth outchea is same - scramble for survival cos that's the only way.

There is no revolution happening anytime soon. Try to secure and safeguard your safety as selfishly as possible cos that's the basic survival mode. Advocation does nothing, especially if you don't have the resources.

A 15 year old Swedish Greta Thunberg can afford to scream at her government to effect global warming procedures and they'd harken but not here. A country where undergraduates are threatened not to protest a huge increment in the price of late course registration. This is where you want to protest and revolt against the government itself? Nigeria is just a dictatorship country masked under democracy. A post that reeks slightly of  libel will find you in kirikiri, worse if you don't know anyone.

I don't know how else to say this. As much as you are optimistic for Nigeria, you have no business being a martyr for this country. People will move on to Kiddrica and Ozone faster than you can blink. And you can't blame them, an outrage doesn't help here. The short-span memory of Nigerians is both our bane and strength. The latter is more appropriate when it comes to this.

And you know the saying, "If you can't change it, join it." In Nigerian scenario, you better sit out or join the host of other people being indifferent.

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And someone said Nigerian youths forgo revolution for BBN. They forgo that because they see the big picture and they need a break - an entertainment from the businesses they are all involved with.

From clothes, to shoes, to wigs and handbags, dealing in recharge cards, buying and selling in crypto - Nigerian youths are busy paving paths for themselves since they are stuck in a system where they have to fend for themselves - literally. Do not begrudge these same youths for finding other means of leisure.

The past generation expect that we clean up the mess they made without giving us the means to. They keep failing us - not surprising!

Nigerian youths are not lazy/apathetic, condition has made us adapt to the country we are stuck in. You don't shift the responsibility of correcting the ills of this country upon us without providing a favourable system to work with in the first place - that's a futile journey. 

Selah