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In Kogi State, some youths have not only ignorantly sold their conscience and tied their fate to the apron string of melancholy, but provided the hammers designed for nailing the coffin of their ambitions as future leaders.
To my fellow youths, it is my concern to address you this time and to open your mind to think rightly about your participation and attitudes towards the coming gubernatorial election scheduled for 2019, which has being oozing some political brouhahas within the state.
Though I might have been away for the past four days now. Before I let the cat out of the bag, it is tantamount that I make it clear to you that I have no any hidden or selfish agenda to write this piece. And everything you will be reading here is never intended to, neither condemn nor promote any party or candidate.
I am just a young writer and motivational speaker committed to always make use of my talents where necessary, to help youths and to make sure that thing are done the way it supposed to be done, at least, to the best of my knowledge.
Let me open your inner eyes (your thinking faculty) to espy some of the bitter but must-known facts which you might probably not have paid much attention to before.
Many years back, people like Obasanjo, Murtala and even this same Muhammed Buhari became head of state at a very tender age.
But it is appalling that the same age bracket today still lives and fully dependent on parents for food and shelter. Majority of the youths are hapless, jobless and completely helpless. Still, we go up and down shouting and screaming in vain, just because one politician dropped a hundred thousand naira for all the youths in your community. How much will you get from that? What a pity. And it is even more hideous to know that some of our elderly are also involved in this act, not thinking about the future of their young ones.
We still have a long way to go when it comes to our attitude towards political matters. I am not a student of political science and I don’t think I need to be one before knowing that politics is never designed to be a do-or-die affair. But this hazardous mentality is only seen among we the struggling ones who have allowed ourselves to be influenced and used by those at the top. You are fighting for your party ‘abi’? Funny you. Do you have any party? Which party did you create? Am sure you can still remember that most of the APC stalwarts were once in PDP.
Many people we see in APC today came from different parties. That’s how they do it. They are all one flock. But we are here fighting with ourselves, making enmity and even ready to take people’s lives because of politicians who value their life more than anything else .
No! this is lugubrious. My fellow youths, let’s wake up. I’m not suggesting that we shouldn’t participate in politics anymore, in fact, if we don’t, who will? But let learn to practice politics with BRAIN and not INSANE. Let look at what is happening even within the so called PARTY. If truly they are for the interest of the masses, why are they so curious to be there? Ponder on this.
I will be rounding up this piece by saying that it is our civic right and responsibility to choose a preferred candidate through the power embedded in our thumbs by voting. But while discharging this responsibility, let us do it with all dignity and sincerity of mind. Let us try as much as possible to avoid been used (influenced) by any politician because you will end up been dumped after they might have achieved their selfish desires at the expense of your life, future and integrity. Be wise. If we can vote wisely to choose ‘rightly’, we will all reap and eat the good fruits, and vice versa.
Before I finally reunite my pen with its cover, my profound gratitude to God Almighty, who has me long life and good health, and for sustaining my passion and commitment to contribute and agitate for quality governance.
I can go on and on to list the litany of weakness and failures of youths, but then, I will end with a note of advice, A Word Is Enough For The Wise!
– Alfa Tijani, is a political analyst, writer and prospective motivational speaker from Kogi state.
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