Northern Nigeria Youth need to STEP UP

The History of Nigeria has always been deeply rooted in Religious and tribal warfare and quite frankly the change lies in our hands as the youth of this beloved country.  The current insecurity that is going on in Nigeria today as a result of this Boko Haram nonsense to me is just a cry for help by the youths of the Northern parts of Nigeria.  Since the 1960s, the South West and South East have continually progressed in terms of education and trade and thus the development can be seen in their respective regions but the northerners instead have turn their back on education and chose to send their kids to the military or just Islamic schools but have failed to get them educated so they can compete with their fellow Nigerian youths from the south.  The focus on Islam needs to be reduced because quite frankly this is 2012 and Technology is the order of the day.  These youths need to educate them selves and develop their regions instead of fighting everyone for no reason.  The Sokoto caliphate and all the emirs up there are stuck in the past and the youths need to show them that they cannot move forward unless they they abide to Western customs like Lagos is currently doing.

Can someone tell me what these guys are fighting for?  They say all Christians should leave the North and then the next minute they are fighting the Government.  Sounds to me like these guys are just crying for help because they can't compete with the intellectuals and Technocrats down south.  The governors up there are also to blame because they cater to Islam way too much when they should be educating the youth and make them innovators.  Most of the kids are intelligent but their  Islamic scholars won't let them harness their potential because they want to control them for their own gain. 

Time is NOW or NEVER for Nigeria

In one of my earlier posts, I said that we needed to start a revolution called Occupy Nigeria and this was even before the subsidy removal palava.  My rationale was that we as a country was too blessed with natural resources (Oil) to be living like this.  A country that has that much Oil but yet 70% of its population lives on less than $2 a day?  A country that flares enough gas to power the whole of West Africa but yet it's citizens live in darkness, a country that exports crude oil but yet imports petroleum products, a country where refineries are operating at 10% or less and the NNPC is allowed to defraud its citizens and enlarge their pockets.

Why did it take so long for us to begin these protests and strikes? Is it because we love our lives so much and don't want any commotion? Is it because we are so infatuated with the rich and all want to be politicians some day as well?  Whatever the reason may be, Its about time we put that all aside and fight for this nation and cut off the rot once and for all.  We need new leaders who are younger and are way smarter than those we have now.  We need to expose and eliminate the so called Cabals who are so greedy that they could care less about the masses. We need to stop fantasizing about their lifestyle and mansions and worry about our own well being.  We need to STAND up for our Rights and protect our country so that our children can have a country to call home.

Those bastards in the north who think Nigeria is their own and think they can use religious violence to disrupt our peace must be exposed and eliminated.  They have been in control too long and we need intellectuals to run the government and not old fools who are in their 70s and 80s.