I, too, say ALUTA STOPAY to the perennial wasting of our youths in the name of law enforcement. My positive takeaways from the EndSARS protests is that our youths are smarter than us. Thank God for little mercies! They are as digital-savvy as their counterparts elsewhere in the world. See how they raised funds, assigned tasks and ran a global campaign from their bedrooms!
As the EndSARS protest erupted last year, I had an ‘Ali-Mun-Go’ flashback. When young people see something going wrong, they try their damndest to step in and effect a change, more so when they are the direct victims of a ‘siddon look’ posture. The first sentence in the unwritten constitution of youth is that it is better to die fighting on the field than to expire in your sleep.
But the protest did not need to have gone that far, if the military government had engaged the National Union of Nigerian Students led by Segun Okeowo. Those in government looked down with contempt at students as the dregs of the scum of the earth — and they missed a golden opportunity to learn from the young and incorporate their ideas into governance for the betterment of the society.
The EndSARS protest showed us that youths are youths, no matter where they were born. The Lagos youth wants the best things in life; so does the Kano youth. While their leaders are mostly concerned with politicising everything under the sun, the youths just want to contribute their quota to development, if only government will quit being a stumbling block. Most youths encounter government through the uniformed personnel collecting bribes on the roads, at the borders, at the airports, seaports….
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