Several events in recent times have proven to us as a
nation that we are indeed in a crucial phase of our collective life.
Conspicuous symptoms of abject poverty, skyrocketing unemployment rate,
accelerating inflation and it attendant woes shows the nation is on life
support and would catastrophically collapse if no drastic action is
taken to imminently arrest the situation.
Certainly,
the nation is terribly lacking in many ingredients that crystalize a
formidable and prosperous nation. There is news of brazen corruption
here and there. Unaccountable leaders have cunningly found their way to
the helm of affairs and the people are consequently groaning in pains
and poverty. It seems the set of leaders that are currently leading have
run out of ideas and creativity to decisively tackle our perennial
problems.
Consequently,
necessity calls on the youths to lend their vigour and modern know-how
to take up the responsibility and chart a new and prosperous course for
our dear nation. This is an enormous and painstaking task which only can
be achieved through critical and empathetic evaluation of our current
state, rigorous planning and selfless implementation of transformative
politics and policy.
The
book "The Competent Youth" by James Useghan reflects on the life of an
exemplary youth who defies all odds to emerge as a competent and
trustworthy personality that can be trusted with critical leadership
position. Confronted by the desecrating and demonizing pang of poverty,
he never succumbed to the negative dictate of his environment. He did
not only emerge with a golden crest of honour, he had also proven
himself worthy in various capacities as one who could lead Nigeria out
of her self-inflicted woes.
I
believe there are many youths like him, yet unknown. Bruised but not
broken. Boiled through personal development and transformation to form
an indomitable character and still yet boiling with patriotism and
altruism. People who are ready to offer themselves sacrificially to lead
with courage and conviction in other to achieve a better society. Only
when they try would there be a change in the life of all.
Like
Robert Kennedy rightly said "Few will have the greatness to bend
history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of
events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history
of this generation (sic)". This is what James Useghan is preaching in
his book and he is inviting all youths to synergize and collectively
forge ahead to write a victorious history of abundance, prosperity and
happiness for our dear nation.
First
Massive Literari (FML) provides the platform and we stretch out our
hands to all and sundry, who shares our ideology of leading Nigeria to a
peaceful and prosperous harbour. Let's meet at "The Competent Youths"
symposium at Oriental Hotel on the 6th day of February, 2021 to talk
more on the possibility of shaping our nation's history together.
AYANNIYI Taiwo James
National PRO:
First Massive Literati
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