HE BLOW ME AWAY! THE NIGERIAN YOUTH AND NYLONS

Good Morning great Steemians, I remain my humble self @Spark92 a Nigerian writer who find it interesting writing about YOUTH lately, here comes the continuetion of Nigerian Youth and Nylons

Have you ever seen a polythene bag? Most likely, yes. You might know it as nylon or plastic, or in some rare cases, a polythene plastic bag. Whichever name you know it by, you will be hard pressed to disagree that they are created with purpose, brimming with versatility; from holding your groceries to wrapping your swallow. Incredible part of our daily lives, even in the age of recycling and environmental awareness, yet casually tossed around, largely ignored and often viewed as worthless nothing. If you’ve ever been told to pay for a nylon bag, you’d know the feeling….. Of course, is has its use. But should anyone have to pay for it? Why should there be any value ascribed to it? Why should it matter in any way? And when a value is given to it you’d feel it’s too much. Think of it, if it’s rolling through the mud, stuck in the gutter, about to be torn to shreds you’d probably just ignore it, because useless it was due to its design, production or place of use, why should anyone pay attention to worthless piece of nylon?

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Nigerian youths are like a polythene bag. Born into a country blessed with potential, incredibly talented, diversely skilled, capable of incredible feats, yet largely ignored. Frequently maligned, regarded as a cumbersome inconvenience tolerated for votes and media appearances then tossed aside to remain a footnote till the next election cycle which is after every four (4) years. It's an even grimmer reality that a lot of us are the ones devaluing ourselves, focused so much on our perceived differences, we keep attacking one another for clout, throwing degrading stereotypes and inciting terms as punchlines for retweets, shares and likes. Forgetting that a house divided cannot stand. We are the soul of this nation, for so long we've been sold the lie -we are the leaders of tomorrow, yet today is the tomorrow spoken of yesterday, and we are still treated as Scum beneath the barrel. For so long we have believed the lie-we are powerless to cause a change, incapable of making a difference, having no choice but to accept mediocrity. There have been various movements over the years, such as Occupy Nigeria in 2012 as a response to fuel subsidy he issues from their roots. Eventually, we resign ourselves to the new status quo

We did not choose our nation! None of us decided to be born in Nigeria or to be Nigerians. We had no say in our tribal affiliations or place of birth, socio-economic class and most especially our privilege or lack thereof Nigeria is riddled with problems, she has been for quite a while and like a gangrenous toe, slowly but surely wasting away, our nation is dying from within, because we the people choose to smooth over the cracks, stay unlocking, shrug our shoulders and complain of her many ills, yet we do nothing to fix her. We shouldn't keep quiet especially if we can make a difference. The option we will have in 2023, won't be those on social media, there has to be something on ground. The young generation of Nigeria should begin to think about the future of our great country because Nigeria belongs to us all. If we let the country collapse, we are the people to lose. Our generation of youths must find and identify her place off relevance in the socio-political and socio-economical reengineering of our society else, we will continue to go on a downward spiral of retrogression while our individual and collective potentials remain untapped. The Nigeria youths must do critical self-assessment and self-development to attain state of awareness, discipline and enlightenment required to snatch the baton of leadership and steward it for their own good and that of society.