COMING GENERATION SCARES ME REAL HARD!
While we have been busy talking about Nigeria of today, I wonder if we have spared a thought about how this country will be in the next TWENTY-FIVE years. On October 1, 1979, when Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari was sworn-in as president, Goodluck Jonathan was just a 22 year-old undergrad of University of Port-Harcourt. Shagari was 54 years old. Ayo Fayose was 19 years old. Bukola Saraki was 17. Yemi Osibajo was 22.
The generation of the likes of Shagari, Richard Akinjide, Adisa Akinloye, Sabo Barkin Zuwo, Ifeanyi Nwobodo, Ume Ezeoke, Akin Omoboriowo, Olusola Saraki, Sunday Awoniyi, Garba Nadama, Awal Ibrahim and so on has gone for good!
Some of us in our 40s, 50s and 60s when in school, either in the university or secondary school, had lofty dreams, both personal and societal. We were always motivated by nationalists and inventors who had impacted positively on the cause of humanity. We were voracious readers of novels and other books. Nelkon for our Ordinary Level Physics, Lambert for Chemistry, B.O ADELEKE and Goh Cheng Leong for our Geography, Phebean Ogundipe for Practical English, Achebe and Soyinka for Literature and others like that. We were always flaunting our knowledge of current affairs. Inter-school quiz, Literary and Debating competition were the in-thing. Nowadays, students can hardly string a sentence together in English language without errors.
Fast forward 35 years on and you are shocked and disturbed. Have you ever spoken to or engaged a 20 years old boy? Ask him what motivates him and he is likely to mention music, hip hop to be precise. He has hundreds of downloaded songs on his phone. He can sing all of them off hand. He knows all the singles of 9ice, Neato C, Timaya, Davido, Wizkid off hand. The babes among them take pride in enticing men old enough to be their father on social media with buxomly physique. But s/he does not know anything about history of nationalism in the country. Ideas about good society, responsible family and good conduct do not motivate them. He just wants to make money because his friend who does yahoo is rich and rides a good car, her friend who has numerous ‘aristos’ drives a SUV! The things that interest him/her are things that do not add value. S/he has google but never uses it for advancement of knowledge but to download porn and other inanities. Yet, in TWENTY years time, they are the ones that will be contesting to become governors, senators, Reps members and even president. They belong to a generation that does not care about morality. They belong to a generation that is motivated only by money and its acquisition. By 2035 to 2040, they will be our senators, Reps, governors and so on. I wonder if we have ever spared a thought for how this country will look like under them.
I told a man recently and these are my words: IF A GUY WHO IS IN LAGOS COULD USE FALSE PRETENSE TO
OBTAIN $20,000 FROM SOMEONE IN UNITED STATES, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN IF SUCH A GUY BECOMES A STATE GOVERNOR AND IS IN CHARGE OF AN ALLOCATION HE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE TO OBTAIN UNDER FALSE PRETENSE? WHICH HIS STATE IS STATUTORILY ENTITLED TO.
We’re complaining about our current politicians and public office holders, that some of them are dumb skull in politics and governance; what do you think will happen to our present youths who’ll occupy those offices in the future?
Ask our today’s youth what they think about corruption, you’ll be shocked at their responds. The bold ones will confidently tell you that they’ll do worse when they gets there.
Check what most of them post on the social media and how they responds to posts on national issues, you’ll know that this country is in trouble and serious trouble looms on Nigeria; some will not even go close to the post because he has no idea of what’s going on in his/her country. But, loads of responds to meaning posts that’ll no value to their lives.
If we are not careful, we shouldn’t be surprised if the next generation walk stark naked on the streets without any sense of shame. God will have no choice than to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah with what He will see in the next generation. If they can do confidently involves in moral decadence to this level now, ‘Ye’ (my hands on my head), God save our future.
How did we get into this mess? How did we get here? How can we get out of this predicament? I am worried, deeply worried. In fact, I’m confused. Are you?
NOTE: I don’t know the Author of this write up, i found it in interesting, thought provoking, a call for reflection and it’s worth sharing. So, I copied it, do some minor editing and I added some of my views.
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