{"id":358366,"date":"2025-03-16T06:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T05:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=358366"},"modified":"2025-03-16T06:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T05:50:57","slug":"nigeria-sitting-on-ticking-time-bomb-pushing-hungry-unemployed-youths-towards-revolution-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/03\/16\/nigeria-sitting-on-ticking-time-bomb-pushing-hungry-unemployed-youths-towards-revolution-obasanjo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria &#8216;sitting on ticking time bomb&#8217;, pushing hungry, unemployed youths towards revolution \u2014 Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He bemoaned the widespread poverty, unemployment and anger in Nigeria, saying the growing restlessness and discontent among the youths amid perennial maladministration and poor governance are a recipe for revolution.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/03\/14\/obasanjo-accuses-malami-of-influencing-buharis-controversial-state-pardons-in-2022\/\">Olusegun Obasanjo<\/a> has voiced his concern regarding the precarious and troubling state of the nation and the inability of governments at all levels to find solutions to the myriad of challenges the people are facing.<\/p>\n<p>He bemoaned the widespread poverty, unemployment and anger in Nigeria, saying the growing restlessness and discontent among the youths amid perennial maladministration and poor governance are a recipe for revolution.<\/p>\n<p>According to Obasanjo, though the country is blessed with talented and hardworking youths, the young population is disenchanted with the mismanagement of the nation\u2019s commonwealth, large-scale corruption, and leadership ineptitude, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The former President disclosed these in one of his new books, \u2018Nigeria: Past and Future\u2019 unveiled last week.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo said leaders on the continent should not think that they could continue to govern with barefaced stealing and lies and remain insensitive to the people\u2019s plight without repercussions and revolt.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cCurrent trends on the continent portray a more assertive, younger population, intolerant of abuses of power and in search of the dividends of good governance, such that whether or not we accept it, an inevitable shake-up is in the offing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn what manner that happens is left for the current operatives of government to decide or fashion out. That is why my clarion call for a domesticated system of governance that reflects our temperament, context, content, culture, and exigencies is urgent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are currently sitting on a ticking time bomb partly because of the system we practise, how corruptly we practise it, and how exclusively we practise it with impunity, callousness, brazen outrage and total disregard for any element of righteousness, integrity, accountability, sensitivity, compassion, inclusiveness and the fear of God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the incumbent leaders do not shape up and satisfy the yearnings and demands of their people, especially the youths, who are disappointed, dissatisfied, bitter, hungry, angry, unemployed and unempowered, then the future is indeed very bleak, with no light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese young people watch helplessly as their leaders tell them blatant lies unabashedly, while continuing their orgies of vulgar and ostentatious lifestyles rather than investing the money from the nation\u2019s commonwealth in SMEs to create jobs and generate wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould we have the misfortune of pushing these young people to the point of crossing the Rubicon, the country will pay a very high cost because a chain of events will be unleashed, the end of which no one can predict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no better time for change than now before change is forced upon us. It was JF Kennedy, former president of the United States of America, who, in 1962, said that those who make peaceful change impossible will make violent change inevitable. I am not calling for violent change, but it will become a reality if we continue on the present trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us set aside lies, illusions, delusions, dishonesty and scapegoatism. Let us face reality and deal sincerely with ourselves, among ourselves, by ourselves and for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, for Africa, this grave and worrying concern is not just a Nigerian phenomenon but an entire African malady.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is now in its autumn of incubation, and if it does not receive serious attention, it will metamorphose into a destructive pandemic in its winter and spread across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo ignore the warning and the writing on the wall is to continue to dance slow foxtrot while our trousers are burning. 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