A consultant strategist of the cyber security who is a researcher, Prof Abdalla Yakubu has proffered four cogent points to use by Nigerian youth to clean up the country from its current mess.
Abdalla who is currently the chairman-Africa, Middle East and Turkey (AMET) Study Group, London, UK said Wisdom, Focus, Integrity and hard work by acquiring skills and education are the main crux of good leadership style.
He said this to congratulate the Youth who are commemorating the 2023 world Youth day and called on them to focus on getting Nigeria out of the present mess.
Abdalla worried that nothing seems to be working. But hope that in every mess there is a message, and this message is what the Youth must take as a challenge to make the nation the best in the world.
As the Youth mark their day, the UK based University Don advised them never to look for a person of means, instead they should look for a person of wisdom to guide them. According to him, Wisdom will give them wealth not money.
He further advised them never to get distracted by the noise around them as there would be enemies and those good in accusing, blackmailing and hating any progressive mind.
He said the hallmark of leadership is Integrity and they should pursue it and guard it will all jealousy because ones their integrity is hit they have nothing to fall back at.
everyone will leave you including your own shadow. I empathised that most people celebrate bad news, never hear the other side before deciding to judge you, and the best pass time for Nigerians is judgmental attitudes. Do not struggle to defend your integrity, your integrity will defend itself. Just be yourself, do what will make you happy, and enjoy life.
Abdallah who is a passionate Nigerian lamented how things grew to a worst alarming stage, a worst case scenario that only the Youth of Nigeria can fixed
While celebrating the Youth, Abdalla recounted how life was in the 80s from Primary, Secondary to University .
“While growing up, we were forced to read and write letters in the primary schools and went to debates in secondary schools. Out of these challenges some of us had the privilege of travelling to Europe and excelled. By the grace of the Almighty, my research is still a reference point at Cranfield University, UK.
“When we were growing up, we were mostly judged by character. Universities were for catchment areas to provide equal opportunities for neighbouring States. Our communities were driven by our elders, usually the Imams or Pastors in the community in addition to parents and village heads. We didn’t have proliferation of mosques and churches. We learnt respect and contentment. We looked up to our elders for wisdom, not wealth or money. We floundered in life; got few knocks here and there because we didn’t have mentors, but today by the grace of the Almighty we are still alive.” Abdulla said
He continued to say that; “Nigeria’s greatest mistake today is to leave the youths feeling totally left. During our days circumstances left us with nothing but today it is the society that seems to leave the youths with nothing. The private sector that should be encouraged and supported by government to create manufacturing and construction jobs and enable youths employment have been killed by past bad governance. The mechanisms that would have enabled the life skills empowerment for our youths have been high jacked by corruption, and even MSME funds is only served as political paybacks. Politics is now an industry that would make people to kill for. Thuggery and gangsterism would now get political contracts that are never completed or accomplished. Banditry and kidnapping is now being defended in our religious houses. Our politics have become very corrupted and this has led to financial corruption and economic corruption. However, whether thugs, gangs, kidnappers, bandits, accounts clerks, hired killers etc, most of these are executed by our youths under the tutelage of vampires called elders or leaders. These have become the graveyards of our youth’s dreams and ambitions. I agonise for our Nigerian youths this day; this International Day of Youths.”
He said it is unfortunate that the Nigerian Youth are Ignored by the economy with no employment and being used negatively by desperate politicians.
“No reward system for them, thereby becoming thugs, gangsters, bandits and involving in so many societal ills. The political class does not celebrate them and No one seems care.”Abdalla said
