MUHAMMADU BUHARI Continue to say..... It is unfortunate that this is the situation we find ourselves. This is not the Nigeria we aspire for. But behind this dark cloud we must begin our search for a silver lining; which is our shared destiny in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. The cause for this country is the cause for all Nigerians. Those challenges that we face are not the challenges of one political party, one region, religion or ethnic group. They are challenges that confront us all. And the struggle against them is not the struggle for a single day, a single year, or a single generation, it is the struggle for posterity: fueled by our determination to bequeath to the next generation a tomorrow that is better than today. We have echoed several warnings on this platform about the burgeoning youth bulge and its threat as a demographic time-bomb of socio-economic discontent waiting to explode. We have pointed at the nexus between unemployment and insecurity and even advocated for approaching our present problem of insecurity through job creation. Some rightly argued that it is not the primary role of government to provide job for everyone. It cannot even afford to do so. It is duty is to provide the ideal atmosphere that is conducive to investment and employment generation. With rising insecurity, power failure, decrepit infrastructure and lack of transparency in governance, that investment-friendly and job-generating atmosphere is neither forthcoming nor realistic. The corollary is that, our unemployment and insecurity problems will inexorably persist. As long as we allow our prejudices to take precedence over reasons, as long as the political class considers impunity as right and substitutes responsibilities with privileges, as long as the good people of this country continue to feel grievously oppressed by the hybrid class of I-don’t-give-a-damn politicians and conscience-less corporate vultures; the future will augur very badly. May God save Nigeria.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:35:27 +0000
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