The world demands the qualities of youths: not a time of life but a state of mind, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.
We youths shouldn't participate in politics as leaders in making, but rather do as a sector whose opinion should not only count but be respected. We must be free to act on our initiatives and lead our elders in the direction of the unknown. It's time we rise up against the mental fraud of being call leaders of tomorrow, trick of giving hope not forth coming, tactically denying us from taking part in decision making, leaving us with dreams and illusion of our time is yet to come. Our dreams will not ordinarily come to play without contributing adequately to its realization, here comes the need for we all to wake up from slumber, take charge of all responsibilities and be rest assured that all catalyst are set to work in other to arrive at an appropriate time.
So many political trumpets are blown to our hearings, so many promises have been made, the wind of transformation and the breeze of change, many interest before the youths, portraying high hope of our involvement in making and implementing their policies. And yet we are still hoping to see a youth filed for a post even the least of all, we need to go through stress of exhausting a our 3Cs before a special advisers on youths and students matters would be giving to us. Endless effort in politicizing youths and students movement, bringing division and faction is constantly expected of them, still we trust them with our future.The table turns every four years, this another brilliant opportunity for we all to correct the errors we have been sorry about, mistakes we wish to erase, etc. It's essential we give a careful look into the proposed manifestos, the personal and political ideology (candidate and party), the environment that influences the making and taking of decision, and most especially the angle that gives hope to the youths of the nation. As any blunder that occur now will cost us 1460days to be revive, which is the more reason we need to be extra conscious in making a choice.
It's a sin of he who neglect his responsibilities out of fear and cowardice, and of what reason should we isolate ourselves from history making and the memorable transition that is about to happen? Rather should we advocate and sensitize others on the need to contribute to nation building, bagging into our hearts that we are also responsible for actions and decisions we did not take, a bad leader only emerges out of the failure of the good one's to participate in politics.
Casting votes out of merit should be adopted! Discourage the ignorant selling of votes for chicken feeds and refuse being partisan to political parties, the future of the nation we believe should be paramount to all citizens. Dissociating intellectually from the politically motivated endorsement of a candidate or party on our behalf, by students and youth leaders is essential, doing so by honestly sowing our votes base on merits and credibility, no one sow a seed of mango to harvest oranges.
Fighting, Violence and electoral malpractice should be shun outrightly voting should be done in peace, canvassing and supporting should be mature, all grievances, annoyance and petition should be withheld and channeled to appropriate quarters after election appropriately according to law. The labour of our hero's past shall not be in vain, as we serve the nation with all our might, you and I bound the nation in freedom by giving peace and justice, voting with the love of our country, saying no to violence and electoral malpractice, so help us God.
(Amen)
The pen of Aluta D-mode
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