Several opportunities were blown over the years despite clear warnings about a time such as this. Govt ignored all the signs and labeled watchers of the wall with unprintable names via their hirelings. Today, reality bites. Unfortunately, our youth are too angry to be strategic.
https://twitter.com/ProfOsinbajo/status/1317225271922184192
Govt MUST show restraint regardless. These are our citizens & the future of our nation. My heart bleeds for them & our leaders must navigate this as parents. I’ve said many times that Trust is the only currency of the global connection economy. Engage them.
No logical sense can be made when emotions are high. The clearest language now will be action and not words. I will also implore our youth our there to also embrace restraint and avoid becoming all that they’ve criticized. Don’t punish your fellow citizens just to get attention.
Govt can hear you loud and clear. People in a burning house often assume the whole world is on fire but this is never the case. Frenzy blinds and trends fade. This is your country and you are either part of the solution or part of the problem. It’s time to be reasonable.
It’s no doubt a difficult time for bridge builders over institutional gaps. We see both sides and strive towards common grounds. It is either we reason together or perish as fools. For the sake of all our children, I believe the former is a wiser choice. It’s never too late.
The youth remains my constituency & will forever stand with them regardless as I have always in the past two decades. The country made them what is playing out now. This is the time to course correct. The ideal may be utopian but we can start from what is practicable in the now.
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