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“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.
Y
ou 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 yourself. 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
friend sent this to me & I couldn’t resist the urge not to share
this
Awake the entrepreneurial spirit in you, and the time is NOW! Parents share this among our youth.
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