Awakening the Giant: How Nigerian Youth Can Take Back Their Future
For too long, Nigerian youths have been told to “wait your turn,” “respect elders,” and “manage am like that.” But this generation is different. We are tired of recycled leadership, empty promises, and broken systems. The time don reach to wake up the sleeping giant, the Nigerian youth.
Youths make up over 60% of Nigeria’s population. That’s not just a number that’s power. The power to vote. The power to demand better. The power to shape our future. But as e dey now, many still dey sleep. Many still dey wait for miracle, while the same set of people dey chop the future dry.
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
Malcolm X
Let’s break it down. Here’s how Nigerian youths can take back control:
- Get Informed: No be every trend on social media dey important. Start paying attention to policies, elections, bills, and national issues. Na your future dem dey decide behind closed doors.
- Get Involved: Join movements like CYCN (Concerned Youthful Citizens of Nigeria). Organize. Speak up. Volunteer. Vote. Protest. Create awareness. Don't just complain, do something.
- Support Each Other: From tech bros to tailors, creatives to farmers, every youth hustle matters. Let’s build a culture of collaboration, not competition. Uplift one another.
- Challenge the Status Quo: Don’t be afraid to ask questions or disrupt the norm. If dem say “na so we dey do am,” ask why. If it no make sense, shake things up.
- Use Technology: Leverage social media, blogs, podcasts, and digital platforms to spread truth and organize. Dem no fit silence everyone at once.
We no go lie, change no dey easy. But one thing clear: if we no do am ourselves, nobody go do am for us. Nigeria go remain the same until the youth decide to stop being used as tools and start becoming leaders.
Imagine a Nigeria where merit counts, where ideas matter more than tribe or connection. A Nigeria where our leaders serve, not rule. That Nigeria dey possible, but e go start when the youths rise up as one voice.
Join the movement. Share this message. Talk to your friends. Organize in your area. Make dem know say the youth don wake.
CYCN VOICE
Tunji Ojolowo
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