Thread by @harrydaniyan

I talk to young Nigerians very often, Nigerians in the 18-30 bracket.
I engage them in everything: academics, career, religion, discipline, manners, etiquette, politics, relationships, etc.

There's one thing is CONSTANT among them all:
THEY ARE ANGRY!
And very BITTER too...

Now, why are they so ANGRY & BITTER?
The answer is interesting: they are angry at how Nigeria is run, how those in government seem to be out to frustrate them with their policies.
They somehow believe we have wicked people in government who simply steal "awa oyel money"...

They are ANGRY at my generation, they blame us for the state of the Country today.
"Uncle Harry, your generation enjoyed Nigeria! You had FREE education & FREE healthcare! You had FREE lunch in school, you had FREE books, you had FREE..."

Ah!
I got it!
The constant word:
FREE!

I ask them what do they really want?
How would they want the Country to be run that would make them feel better?
What are the leaders & politicians not doing right, in their opinion?
If they were in Government, what changes would they bring?

Their responses summed it up:

They just want things to be given to them for FREE!
They don't want to WORK.
They want to enjoy minimum input, maximum output.
They want to HAMMER.
They want to be the next Dangote & Otedola.
They want to be Influencers & Celebrities.
They just want to live large like E-Money...

I once told a story about a guy who just finished NYSC: he told his uncle he's looking for a job.
Uncle asked, "what kinda job do you want?"
His response? "I need a job in an organization where they don't do much, BUT THEY PAY VERY WELL!"

That's the mindset of the average youth:

Minimum effort, maximum profit!
When I try talk to them that life doesn't work that way, they get ANGRIER!
And they give examples of people who "hammered" in other Countries because they have "conducive environment".
Ok...

I can't seem to reach these folks to reason with them!

One other thing they mouth so often is, "BAD GOVERNANCE".
Have you ever tried to engage any of these young folks what their idea of "GOOD GOVERNANCE" is?
You'll almost cry when they start talking!
They have absolutely NO IDEA what it is, yet they are very opinionated on it.

Now, here's the thing:
These folks carry their anger around.
They lash around at everything & anything: I'm sure folks my age would see this play out often.
These young folks are our kids, our friends' kids, our nephews & nieces...
Even our Pastors' kids are not exempted!

These youths needed an opportunity for expression.
They're like a Coke bottle shaken: the gas has been released, but has no escape route: the bottle needs to be opened for the content to spill out!

Now, Politicians see this & take advantage of it!
Sowore tried to in 2000...

He tried to bring the END SARS Mob under his #RevolutionNow Movement.
He didn't succeed: he probably didn't have the charisma to lead the mob.
And he was probably too controversial: they needed someone more acceptable, someone who is better respected & has more pedigree...

2 years later, they found him!
Yaaaay!

The MESSIAH has landed!
They all went into a frenzy!

They threw LOGIC to the wind, they threw REASON overboard: they have found the man who will deliver them from the Old Order & give them the freebies they've always wanted!

Yaaaay!

Common Sense is jettisoned.
Hysteria takes over!

You bring up FACTS & FIGURES to make them understand this Messiah is not who they think he is.
They respond with curses & insults: how DARE you paint our Messiah laidat?
Suffer no dey tire you?

Now, The Messiah is a Marketer...

He studied Market to Market Management at Harvard, remember?
So he goes about, marketing himself to the people, saying what they want to hear.
He went to Harvard in the US to speak, went to Egypt to "learn" about Power Generation, goes around Churches to hoodwink Christians...

He sleeps at the airport for photo ops (with GRV, I might add!), he visits media houses to talk about how bad Nigeria is, but never proffers solutions.

He says stuff like:
"If the money spent on estacodes for our civil servants was invested in the textile industry..."

Or, "if the money we spend on subsidy was invested in healthcare..."
And people are carried away!

The irony is, this guy was a Governor for 8 years: we KNOW what he did.
Today, his state is not any better than any other one, using ANY indices of development to measure...

But these folks are NOT concerned: they just want the Old Order out by any means!
They are not open to civil debates & intelligent discussions: you try to engage them, they insult you!

But I can guarantee you one thing: when The MESSIAH fails on Saturday, they will leave him...

And they will start looking for another MESSIAH.

Hopefully by then, Sowore would have matured & would be more acceptable to them.

He will probably take over the Mantle to lead the MOB at the 2031 elections, after ASIWAJU's 8 year in office.
We wait!

God bless Nigeria 🇳🇬...
🙏🏾