YOUTHS SHOULD STOP FEELING ENTITLED AND START FEELING RESPONSIBLE:
There is this feeling of entitlement that intoxicates the youths in the country. Everybody wants things to get done, but nobody wants to get them done. Usually in the case of the Nigerian youths, it seems like the ability to solve existing problems is missing or deactivated. When you ask a youth why things are as bad as they are, the youth always blame the government. There is this sense of extreme delegation where most of youths don't see the need to get involved and solve problems or create opportunities on their own, yet such an individual would love to see a silicon valley in Nigeria. I feel like the youths aren't seeing the need to become job creators and that has been a massive draw-back in the economy. Using this model, your grand-parents will grow expecting the government to provide jobs for them, your parents will do the same and then you will also end up doing the same and with the ever growing population of the country, the number of unemployed individuals will always out number the vacant job posts. We need more of Dangote, Innoson, Sim Shagaya, etc. in the country.
THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL SHOULD NOT BE OVERRATED:
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with going to school and getting educated. The problem is that in Nigeria, it's influence is often overrated and it is often assumed that you will never make it in life once you don't have a bachelor's degree. You don't even need to be a genius to know to that assumption is wrong. Our uniqueness should count, everybody can't be forced to complete school especially when that individual has or wants a career that has nothing to do with the conventional schooling system. When the hype given to college degrees is minimised, then people will know that they can go on and create a career that they love for themselves which will save them that time of unemployment that comes after college (which may last for awhile or be permanent), especially if you are in a field where you are really average or just not good enough to make the cut because of one reason or the other.
THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF THE POPULATION SHOULD BE COMBATED:
The population growth in the country has been steady and is not showing any signs of slowing down. It looks like people who can't keep to abstinence as a birth control method don't know other ways to avoid having unwanted babies. This is where your family planning skills are being put to the test and youths in our country suck at this. The unemployed youth will have a baby leaving me clueless on the intended process to adequately care for the baby. There are several weapons to combat this and they include birth control pills, condom, vasectomy and female and male condom to name a few. Youths can also help move this cause to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies. Gone are the days when the number of kids you had were used to measure wealth. This is the 21 century guys!
SOME CAREERS SHOULD NOT BE UNDERRATED AND SHUNED AS THEY HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST
If I go into an elementary school in the country and ask the kids what they would love to be in the future, I will get bored quickly because almost all of them will give me the same reply. You rarely hear things like I wanna be a photographer, a chef, an athlete, a traveler, a writer, a dancer, a drummer etc. Careers such as medicine, law and engineer are all sort for by almost all of them. They are exposed to so little and also told that the former career choices don't make sense. Most of them carry this on into high school and some with little adjustment. These sectors that are sort for the most become over-crowded and when it's time to go to college, most of the youths find it difficult to secure an admission. By this time, all they've ever known was being a doctor or an engineer or a lawyer and then few other career choices. The most painful part is that most of the youths have lost touch with themselves and who they really are. They don't even know what they really wanna be doing anymore and this makes life more difficult and frustrating. Then at the end, most of them settle for their second or third or fourth or even fifth career choices (could be worse than fifth) in college.
MOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HAS TO COME ONLINE:
When I mean coming online am referring to internet usage. Due to the fact that most parts of the country are relatively offline, the exposure and resources are minimal. Don't you know that people build empires and legacies online?. The internet has offered opportunities including exposure to many, their are vast resources that could help the lives of several youths once they have regular access to the internet. The inadequate power in the country has also contributed to this issue because the wifi which would have been used by many needs electricity too. The cost of subscribing or getting a data plan is also pretty high and this also discourages the youth from purchasing them. If this problem is solved, then there will be hope for many.
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