THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW HAVE ARRIVED BUT ARRIVED LATE
Collins Imoudu Andrew | Nigeria's neglect of its young population is appalling, and there seems to be no end. The young shall grow and become leaders of tomorrow, they said. The youngsters of yesteryears are grown-ups and ready to take over, but their ancestors are still on the stage. Did they arrive late? The answer is affirmative and negative because the young are in two categories: those who arrived on time and those who arrived late. Those who arrived on time couldn't get placements because the older ones refused to give way. Those who arrived late came that way because of neglect of the system and the untold hardship it put them through. It is so pathetic that many youngsters don't even want to take up leadership positions or any of such things; they only want to breathe, live and enjoy the good life as it ought to be, yet daily, the gap between acceptable standards of living and the unacceptable one keeps widening every minute raising the concern that the nation is ...