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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silifat" data-source="post: 4834" data-attributes="member: 1266">Prof. Wole Soyinka says :'WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?WAKE UP NIGERIAN YOUTHS!'~~~"Awolowo was 37 years,Akintola 36,Ahmadu Bello 36,Balewa 34,Okotie-Eboh 27and Enahoro 27And they led the struggle for NigeriaIndependence afterthe death of Macaulay. Only Zik was 42 at thetime!In 1966, the first military coup was led by KNzeogwu who was 29 years and countered byM.Mohammed 28,T. Danjuma 28,I. Babangida 25,J. Garba 23,Sani Abacha 23,and M. Yar'adua 23,And brought to powerY. Gowon 32,Ojukwu 33,Obasanjo 29,And Buhari 24!Most of the military governors who governedthe states under the successive militaryregimes were under 30 years.Also, the brief democratic dispensation whichinterjected the military interregnums also sawsome Senators and members of the House ofRepresentatives, in particular, populated bypersons under 30!Under 30's were also not in short supply withappointments - we have examples ofMT Mbu who became Nigeria's Foreign AffairsMinister at 23 and Pat Utomi who became aFederal Adviser at 27And so on and so forth!NOW: Why is it that almost all this agebracket is today still sleeping in 3-seaterchairs in theirparents’ homes?Why is it that this age bracket is today stillcollecting pocket money from their parents?Why is it that this age bracket is today stillwriting JAMB?Why is it that this age bracket today still'sagg' their trousers?Why is it that this age bracket is today stillsearching for jobs and not yet married?Why is it that this age bracket is today nolonger qualified to even be leaders of youthwings of political parties?Why is it that this age bracket is today sodocile?Why is this age bracket today incapable offeeding itself?Why is it that this age bracket is today barredfrom even aspiring to certain political offices?Why is it that this age bracket is todayincapacitated, unwilling, unable and incapableof asking questions?GOD BLESS NIGERIA!"From Prof Wole Soyinka.This is real Food for Thought!</blockquote>

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