Nigerian youngsters, who are the bedrock of the Nigerian economy, are schemed out of governance by the older class who have destroyed the nation since Independence. This scheming must stop now! The RevNig Movement (RevNig) calls on Nigerian youths to use their numeric advantage to take charge of their destinies.
Nigeria became the largest economy in Africa a few years ago, based majorly on the contributions of the younger generation. The entertainment and telecommunication sectors and the more than $24 billion yearly remittances from abroad, propelled primarily by the youth population, are the three major sectors of the economy that pushed Nigeria into the most outstanding economy in Africa.
While the youths bring their hard-earned and much needed foreign exchange into the country, on the other hand, Nigeria’s so-called leaders loot the nation’s resources abroad. Resources that would have complemented remittances to make Nigeria one of the strongest economies in the world, ending the misery brought to Nigerians by self-centred leaders.
RevNig calls on Nigerian youths at home and abroad to use their numeric power to change their fate in our quest for responsible and responsive leaders. The 2015 State of the World Population estimated the population of youngsters in Nigeria at 86,194,823 (about 86 million). This figure is more than the total number of registered voters (68,833,476) in Nigeria and almost three times the total number of votes cast in the 2015 general elections–29,432,083 (about 29 million). More so now that Nigeria’s population is estimated to be more than 200 million in 2022. This youth population implies that if Nigerian youths refused to sell their conscience and vote wisely, they could determine who serves or represents us—considering that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the 2015 presidential election with less than 16 million votes.
Furthermore, every Nigerian age 25 and above is eligible to seek an elective position or a political appointment. Nigerian youths must not shy away from their responsibilities. They will, at least, do better than the so-called leaders of today, whose only experience is how to loot money and rig elections.
Nigerian youths interested in elective positions or government appointments should join other intellectuals at home and abroad and online in creating awareness for themselves–introducing themselves and their ideology to Nigerians through their websites, blogs, or social media accounts. RevNig will call on you to be nominated, elected or appointed based on your ideas, expertise, and qualification through opinion polls.
Never again must any Nigerian youth stay aloof while the actions and inactions of our leaders are destroying their lives.
Many Nigerian youths are driven into lives of enslavement, immorality and crime at home and abroad because of the harsh economic situation perpetuated by our so-called leaders. Resources that would have given them a better life are stolen, resulting in hunger and starvation. As such, Nigerian youths embrace prostitution, drug dealing, 419, terrorism, the sale of their body parts like the kidney and the like to survive. Those who would rather die seeking greener pasture abroad than die–all the same–at home are daily meeting their death when passing through the desert or crossing the sea.
If Nigerian youths want to avert the even darker future that awaits them, they must register to vote and join the 20 million+ voters goal of the RevNig Movement. It is time the youths changed their destinies for good. In the words of Yakubu Dogara, who is part of the failed leadership in Nigeria also:
“This country belongs to you but it’s under the stranglehold of men and women of a generation that have overreached itself. the truth is that nothing will be ceded or conceded to your generation without a fight.“
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